Any Tumble Dryer Engineers out there ?

[Scott.T]

Hotpoint TDL30P

Ours has started stalling when changing from clockwise to anticlockwise rotations (it's OK when going from anticlockwise to clockwise).

Assumed it was belt, so had a look today and it seemed OK after a fiddle and clean of the belt.
But as soon as it was fully back together again, it done the same.

I then took the belt off and ran it and it still stalled/stopped on the transition from Clockwise to Anticlockwise.

The motor/drum slows right down as if it is going to change direction, but doesn't unless you give it a helping hand.
You can also turn the dryer off/on at this point and it resumes and runs OK, until the next clockwise to anticlockwise transition.

The worry is, when it stalls the motor & fan are barely moving the air through and that cools the heater element, so the element then glows red hot and could be a fire hazzard.

Any clues ?
As I have ruled out the belt, me now thinks it could be motor or motor brushes.

at a complete guess and because it works with a bit of help, I would suggest the capacitor is on its way out?

or

perhaps it just needs a map tweak

Diode leak maybe

I take it its one motor for both directions?

[BIG"E"]

Obviously needs a remap.

[Scott.T]

Originally Posted by MrX???

at a complete guess and because it works with a bit of help, I would suggest the capacitor is on its way out?

or

perhaps it just needs a map tweak

Yeh I figure Capacitor after a bit of a search after posting this thread.
Worth a try as only £3.50 and have already ripped the old one out.

Will give it a map on the hot cycle to see if I can get it to flow a bit more air.

[Steve_PPP]

Originally Posted by MrX???

at a complete guess and because it works with a bit of help, I would suggest the capacitor is on its way out?

i was about to say that i thought the flux capacitor needed replacing

Originally Posted by Steve_PPP

i was about to say that i thought the flux capacitor needed replacing

More likely to be the "fluff capacitor" in this case!