There is no heat during the drying cycle. I have checked the operation of the heater fan -OK and the element seems to have a resistance of about 43 Ohm. If I short the terminals of the thermal cutout the programme selector won't stop turning.

Any ideas?

Andrew Green, August 2006

Hi on my indesit wd12x the dryer side was not working! i found the lint filter at the back of the drum was clocked full of lint and condensor chamber ie plasic white tube full of lint, after cleaning all this out, dryer working but not heating, my next move is to try a new thermo fuse hard to find but is part of the pink wire at the top of manifold, with yellow plastic casing i bet this fuse has blown! will let you know outcome when i change fuse,

chris, August 2009

if the you short out the cut out (if you mean the one in the same manifold as the element) it is not a cut out, it is a type of thermistor (it's resistance goes down as it gets warm - 20C is around 20K ohms, so short would be telling the controller it is VERY hot, and so would skip the drying program!
Sorry, don'y know how to fix, but thougth I should save you this error!. Don't know where the one time thermal fuse is!

Pete B, February 2009

If the fan and heating element are doing their job, i.e. the fan is running and the heating element is heating up, then the lint filter at the back of the drum is blocked. Take the top off and back off of the machine. You should see a metal box with a number of connections. Disconnect them, taking note where they go, and be real careful of the pink wire that is mostly covered with a heat protective sheild ( this contains a fragile thermo fuse!). Undo the metal box taking care not to break anything. Now follow the plastic "pipe" down to the back of the machine. It should be held in with a sort of jubilee clip. Undo this and the plastic pipe should, with a little manipulation, come free. In the base of this you will find the lint filter, a peice of perforated metal!! Clean this and put it all back together carefully.

If the heating element isn't heating up, use a multimeter to measure its resistance and check for an open or short circuit. Mine was 45ohms approximately. If that is ok check the themo fuse as I mentioned before. These can be bought from farnell.co.uk for about 45 pence!! The one in my machine was rated at 121 degrees C. Farnell part # 476596 THERMODISC G4A01121C FUSE, THERMAL 121C; Current, fuse rating:10A; Temperature, opening:121°C; Voltage rating, AC:250V; Approval Bodies:BEAB, CSA, FEMKO, UL, VDE; Diameter, body:4mm; Diameter, lead:1mm; Length / Height, external:14.7mm; Temp

You going to have to uncrimp the existing component and re-crimp in the new one. What ever you do, don't use a soldering iron.... it will blow the fuse.... trust me I did it!

Hope this helps!


Rob

Rob (ric1808@btinternet.com), November 2006

I have the same problem. The lint filter that filters the air from the back of the drum to the heating element was blocked. However, the heating element is no longer heating up, which it was earlier on in the diagnostics process. The resistance of the heating element is also around the 43 ohms mark and I have notice very little voltage drop across the terminals, i.e. they are both around 240v. I am guessing the element has over heated and burnt out, but I'd like to find out what the resistance of a brand new one is!

Rob, October 2006