Electrolux Dryer Repair in Philadelphia

Some background for Electrolux dryer owners: Electrolux dryers are electric and gas front-loaders with sensor drying and steam refresh, designed to pair with the brand's washers.

Start with heating elements, moisture sensor bars, drum belts and rollers, and steam generator valves; that is where Electrolux dryers usually give out. The calls we get tend to mention damp clothes at the end of the cycle, no heat, and drum squeaking. Clean the pair of metal moisture-sensor strips inside the drum using a bit of rubbing alcohol; buildup on them cuts cycles short. Squealing or thumping while the drum turns usually comes from a worn idler pulley, drum roller or belt.

Cycle length on an Electrolux dryer depends on readings from its moisture-sensor bars, so a coating of fabric softener can end loads early in a way that resembles a heating problem. Steam-refresh models draw water through a small nozzle and inlet valve that collect scale where water is hard. Belts, rollers and elements are standard and fairly priced, so most noise and no-heat repairs are worth doing.

Second-floor laundry closets in newer rowhomes give a dryer a long duct run inside the walls, and a crushed transition duct behind the machine is a frequent cause of overheating. A dryer visit begins at the outside vent, then moves to the heat source, the thermal fuses and the drive parts.

Open the door of an Electrolux washer or dryer to find the model and serial around the opening; refrigerators carry them high on the fresh-food side wall. Whether the job is the steam generator valves or anything else, the estimate is written, itemized and approved before work begins.

Empty the lint screen every load and have the whole vent run cleaned at least once a year. If damp clothes at the end of the cycle sounds familiar, note the model number and any code before you book a diagnosis.