Spent 3 hours on a GE dryer that just needed a $8 thermal fuse

I was chasing a no heat issue on a GE Profile dryer last Tuesday. Checked the heating element, the coils, the thermistor, even pulled the vent apart. Finally broke down and looked at the wiring diagram (which I never do) and saw the thermal fuse on the exhaust housing was in series. Swapped it out and it fired right up. Three hours for a part I could have checked in 5 minutes if I had just read the damn schematic first. Anyone else hate admitting when they skipped the simple check?

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owens.willow29d ago

Idk, I kinda think checking the fuse first is just good sense though.

margaretj4029d ago

Oh man, that's a classic. I mean, who hasn't been there, right? You tear apart the whole machine and it's just a little fuse. But here's my question - after you finally looked at the wiring diagram, did you actually learn something or are you gonna do the same thing next time? I always tell myself I'll check the simple stuff first, but then I get in there and start poking at the complicated parts 'cause it feels more like real work. Idk, maybe it's just me but I swear I've fixed way too many things by swapping a part I didn't even test first.