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Why does my white knight (WK447) tumble dryer only work on high heat?

We have a White Knight tumble dryer (WK447 Sensordry) with 2 heat settings. The low heat setting does not heat up (drum still turns as usual) but the high heat setting still works. Any ideas greatly appreciated.
Anne Huntley, January 2006
We've just bought a 2nd hand one without instructions. I'd appreciate if you can explain how the sensordry feature works. Should the dryer stop before the time is up if the clothes get dry ?
Also the time continues to whir until it is switched off at the plug - is there no off switch on the dryer ? Thanks for your help.

Colin, February 2007
Hi, I've got one of these, my heater has packed up today.
I did look at the unit to try and fix it. There are two heating elements one gets a feed when unit is turned on, the switch on the front puts power onto the second element. So when set to hi both elements are on, so I expect the first element is blown and you are just running on the second element. To prove this I would have thought that you would notice that the temp is low!!! Only a guess from what I've seen... It looks like you need to replace the element (both in the one unit). Unsure on how complicated this is!!
Hope this helps

aandy, January 2006
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