My AEG washer dryer is not heating on the dryer cycle. The model number is L75670WD. I previously had a few error messages and had it 'fixed'. Now Im not getting error messages, everything seems to be working fine but no heat when drying. I have tried cleaning the filter and this doesn't work. I have read a few articles about it being tripped. Is there a red reset button on this model? Could this be the problem?
AEG washer dryer not heating L75670WD
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You will need to investigate, because mine is an Hotpoint, which had the same problem, but.... In my own case...
Unplug it. Take the top cover off, and look for a large alloy box shaped casting, ducted to the main washer compartment. In there will be the heating element for the dryer. Somewhere mounted on that metal casing, with be a thermal trip, designed to trip if the element over heats. It will be small, round and silver where it clamps to the case, held by a clamp, with two terminals. If you have a meter, test for continuity across the terminals, if it's open circuit/ high resistance, it has tripped..
There are three styles of trip, one with a tiny reset button which can be reset with a suitably small screwdriver; one with just a tiny hole, which can be very carefully reset by gentle pressure from a watchmakers type screwdriver; then finally a type which has no means to reset it - you are supposed to just fit a new item, however..
If you very carefully drill a tiny (1mm?) sized hole through the centre of the plastic side on top, between the terminals, without going too far through and damaging the bi-metal disk under it, you can then reset it with a screwdriver as above. There might be a dimple, where you need to drill it.
What ever style, the disk is bi-metal, and when they trip, the disk switches on over heat by changing from concave to convex. You will feel a click as it springs back to concave. This sort of thing...
Unplug it. Take the top cover off, and look for a large alloy box shaped casting, ducted to the main washer compartment. In there will be the heating element for the dryer. Somewhere mounted on that metal casing, with be a thermal trip, designed to trip if the element over heats. It will be small, round and silver where it clamps to the case, held by a clamp, with two terminals. If you have a meter, test for continuity across the terminals, if it's open circuit/ high resistance, it has tripped..
There are three styles of trip, one with a tiny reset button which can be reset with a suitably small screwdriver; one with just a tiny hole, which can be very carefully reset by gentle pressure from a watchmakers type screwdriver; then finally a type which has no means to reset it - you are supposed to just fit a new item, however..
If you very carefully drill a tiny (1mm?) sized hole through the centre of the plastic side on top, between the terminals, without going too far through and damaging the bi-metal disk under it, you can then reset it with a screwdriver as above. There might be a dimple, where you need to drill it.
What ever style, the disk is bi-metal, and when they trip, the disk switches on over heat by changing from concave to convex. You will feel a click as it springs back to concave. This sort of thing...
Do let us all know how you get on, in another thread I am doing my own battle, replacing the drum bearings of my washer dryer.