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Showerthought: I was replacing dryer thermistors for months before a tech showed me the real test.
For a solid six months, any time a dryer came in with a no heat complaint, I'd just swap the thermistor. It was my go to fix. Then this older guy, Mike, who works out of a van in Mesa, watched me do it. He said 'You ever actually check the continuity change with a heat gun?' I hadn't. He pulled out his meter, showed me how a good one should drop resistance smoothly as it warmed up. The next three 'bad' thermistors I pulled? Two of them tested fine. I was just throwing parts at the problem because that's how I was shown. Now I always do the heat test first. How many of you actually test every single thermistor before you replace it, or do you just swap it on sight?
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verar217mo ago
Been there, done that.
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jake_owens7mo ago
What part got you? For me it was the endless paperwork, felt like it took longer than the actual project.
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hayden7096mo ago
The paperwork is the real project, the other stuff is just the warm-up act.
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