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Yesterday I diagnosed and temporarily repaired a faulty element on our 9yo samsung electric dryer. Youtube is magic!
It turned out that the element's NiChrome wires were still just ductile enough to twist together to bridge the break (no photos/evidence were generated). Any failure would have just opened the element again so I judged it pretty low risk. I'll run it at low for the very short term just to avoid those crusty line-dried towels for a few days.
Parts prices are funny - the innermost component of the failed element, so the minimal replacement, was $117. The entire housing including two additional sensors was $123. I splurged and we'll be up to spec by Thursday!
(I know some claim 9 years on this thing was a good run, but that really annoys me. It's a toaster with a motor. How hard can that be?)
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