Why is Clothes Dryer Won’t Start or Has No Power?

Clothes dryer machines could use DIY maintenance or professional touch from time to time.

In case you reached into your beloved dryer hoping to pull out some dry clothes only to be greeted by soaking wet items because the machine failed to spin, the following could be the reasons:

Most dryers in our days have the main control board.

Sometimes, for some reason control board stopped responding on any command when you press buttons, due to control board glitch.

Even though it’s not a common problem, you need to check this first.

So, if after resetting control board, the dryer still won’t start or spin, the cause could be:

1. A blown thermal fuse (on the blower wheel side)

Check if the fuse is blown.

This particular thermal fuse is attached to the clothes dryer blower wheel housing and acts as a safety mechanism that trips in case the air flowing through the drum gets hotter than usual.

The thermal fuse trips to interrupt power supply to the clothes dryer, and the motor won’t run in this case.

The most common cause of a blown thermal fuse is a blocked exhaust vent that causes the air to overheat.

Now, a blown fuse can’t be reset; you just have to replace it.

Just get your mitts on the manufacturer-approved fuse, working gloves, duct cleaning brush, vacuum cleaner, slot screwdriver, and a ¼-inch nut driver.

Begin by disconnecting the machine from the power, unscrew off the back panel, then remove the fuse, position in the new fuse and screw it in, and put the wires back as were in the original fuse.

Next, put the rear panel back, plug in the machine and clean the exhaust vent.

2.Control Board Failure with F01 error code

This problem often appeared on some models of Whirlpool, Maytag or Kenmore dryers.

When this error F01 showed up on dryers display, that means your control board malfunction, due to some burnt spot on the board.

You can fix it by yourself or get a new board.

Clothes dryer machines could use DIY maintenance or professional touch from time to time.

In case you reached into your beloved dryer hoping to pull out some dry clothes only to be greeted by soaking wet items because the machine failed to spin, the following could be the reasons:

Most dryers in our days have the main control board.

Sometimes, for some reason control board stopped responding on any command when you press buttons, due to control board glitch.

Even though it’s not a common problem, you need to check this first.

So, if after resetting control board, the dryer still won’t start or spin, the cause could be:

1. A blown thermal fuse (on the blower wheel side)

Check if the fuse is blown.

This particular thermal fuse is attached to the clothes dryer blower wheel housing and acts as a safety mechanism that trips in case the air flowing through the drum gets hotter than usual.

The thermal fuse trips to interrupt power supply to the clothes dryer, and the motor won’t run in this case.

The most common cause of a blown thermal fuse is a blocked exhaust vent that causes the air to overheat.

Now, a blown fuse can’t be reset; you just have to replace it.

Just get your mitts on the manufacturer-approved fuse, working gloves, duct cleaning brush, vacuum cleaner, slot screwdriver, and a ¼-inch nut driver.

Begin by disconnecting the machine from the power, unscrew off the back panel, then remove the fuse, position in the new fuse and screw it in, and put the wires back as were in the original fuse.

Next, put the rear panel back, plug in the machine and clean the exhaust vent.

2.Control Board Failure with F01 error code

This problem often appeared on some models of Whirlpool, Maytag or Kenmore dryers.

When this error F01 showed up on dryers display, that means your control board malfunction, due to some burnt spot on the board.

You can fix it by yourself or get a new board.