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Section 5 Service Procedures
To reduce the risk of electric shock, fire, explosion, serious injury or death:
• Disconnect electric power to the dryer(s) before servicing.
• Close gas shut-off valve to gas dryer(s) before servicing.
• Never start the dryer(s) with any guards/panels removed.
• Whenever ground wires are removed during servicing, these ground wires must be
reconnected to ensure that the dryer is properly grounded.
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WARNING
37. LIMIT THERMOSTAT
a. While supporting the access panel, remove two
screws from bottom edge of access panel. See
Figure 5.
b. Gently lower the access panel to disengage
locators from bottom edge of front panel. See
Figure 12.
c. Disconnect wires and remove screws attaching
limit thermostat to burner housing or heater
assembly. See Figure 15.
d. Repeat procedure on models with more than
one thermostat.
38. HEATER ASSEMBLY (Electric Models)
a. While supporting the access panel, remove two
screws from bottom edge of access panel. See
Figure 5.
b. Gently lower the access panel to disengage
locators from bottom edge of front panel. See
Figure 12.
c. Disconnect wires from element and plate. See
d. Remove two screws holding element and plate
to heater box and remove element and plate out
through front of dryer. See Figure 15.
NOTE: When reassembling, be sure all wire
connectors are tight on element terminals, thermal
fuse and limit thermostat.
Figure 15
HEATER
ASSEMBLY
HEATER WIRE
CONNECTIONS
LIMIT
THERMOSTAT
THERMAL
FUSE
SCREW
D243SE1A
ELECTRIC MODELS
GAS MODELS
LIMIT
THERMOSTAT
BURNER
TUBE
SCREW
BURNER TUBE
SCREW
GAS VALVE
HANDLE
(Shown in Closed
Position)
BASE
BURNER
HOUSING
D244SE1A
