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      Returning guest presenter Aaron Wilson is back for another exciting discussion. This time, we'll be talking about...
      The Science of CYA: How to Keep the Customer Safe, Document Your Work, and Not Get Sued
      We take on a lot of liability as appliance repair techs, and that can get us into sticky situations whether we've done anything wrong or not. Aaron will be teaching us all about how to navigate this side of the trade.
      We'll start by going over a tragic, real-world case study where a sloppy installation had lethal results, analyzing exactly how the installer's negligence caused this. From there, our scope will expand to what kind of safety precautions we should implement in our own work, both for the customer's sake and for our own.
      But even if you do everything perfectly, there's still the famous "technician witch hunt." Well, we'll also talk about how to deal with that by thoroughly documenting your work and putting yourself beyond legal reproach.
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      Aaron has been in the appliance repair trade for about 15 years, starting out by doing installations before moving on to bigger and better things. He worked for C&W Services as a Sub-Zero authorized servicer for a time and thereafter joined Mr. Appliance of Highland Park in the Dallas area, where he worked for years as the lead technician and field service manager. These days, he's making sure that all the appliances of everyone's favorite fried chicken place are in tip-top shape as the Quality and Performance Consultant for the southwest branch of Chick-fil-A. In addition, he has taught many classes on refrigeration repair and advanced diagnostics, during which time he also developed training material for the soft skills side of things, which he is delighted to share with you. On top of all that he's a certified graduate of the Master Samurai Tech Academy, so he knows his stuff!
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Hello, 

My dryer has stopped heating and I'm trying to find the actual issue but I feel as if I have chased down everything without a solution or a cause. Every single component in the heater circuit is good, element coils aren't broken, power from the cable/ends of the cord is good, all of the voltages for the control board are present, L1/L2 check out from the self test, and the centrifugal switch has continuity from L1/L2 when I push on the collar.

 

Is there anything that I'm missing here? I'm considering replacing the control board but I don't see any signs of damage so I'm skeptical.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

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Just to be sure, you checked for continuity on both of the thermostats/hi-limit on the heater box, the element, and thermal fuse? If all those things indeed check out, I would pull the control board out and remove it from its plastic casing in order to inspect the back side of it. I would suspect a possible blown solder joint on the relay that controls the heat circuit. 

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On 6/25/2024 at 9:20 AM, frunch said:

Just to be sure, you checked for continuity on both of the thermostats/hi-limit on the heater box, the element, and thermal fuse? If all those things indeed check out, I would pull the control board out and remove it from its plastic casing in order to inspect the back side of it. I would suspect a possible blown solder joint on the relay that controls the heat circuit. 

I went through all of those steps yes, and ended up following the recommendation of the service manual to replace the control board (no visible damage on my original, I attempted to reflow the relay as well). I swapped boards about 2 weeks ago, and today the same issue has cropped up again. The replacement control board has a different relay but the same software revision for what it's worth. No visible damage on the replacement part either.

AustinHines
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Door switch possibly. 

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