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GordoSD

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I have a problem with my dryer It is opening the 30 amp/220v breaker in the panel. The dryer has three heat settings, fluff, gentle low, and heavy high. It only pops the breaker on the high setting? I also removed the vent hose and ran the dryer in the middle of the garage and got the same results.
I removed the rear panel and blew it clean with my air compressor. What else can I look for or test?
 
my dryer's reset button popped , turned out the motor bearings were dry . I let oil soak into each end of the shaft, it's worked fine ever since...
 
Can you get your hands on a clamp-on ammeter and see how much current it is actually drawing? Once you know that, you can proceed to either change out the breaker or dig deeper into the dryer.
 
Does it run at all ? short time ? If not the element could be touching the frame ?
the motor is 110v. but can still turn hard. can you spin the motor by hand ?
 
Without an amprobe you could see if it trips another 2 pole 30 if you have some other 2 pole in the panel you can use for a test. Maybe a pool pump or ac unit?
 
I could swap in the one for my compressor. Can I just R&R them without shutting off all power to the panel?
 
I ran it just now for 30 minutes on high, no wet clothes in it, just empty. It worked as it is supposed to. I was hoping it would trip the breaker and I could see if I could turn the tub by hand
 
Breakers can go bad over time.

If it draws more than 24 amps for an extended time, a 30 amp breaker might trip.

Put an amprobe on it, report back.
 
Take the panel cover off, pop the breakers out with a screwdriver, and switch another for the dryer breaker. If breakers are ever used for a switch, they fail more often from arcing. I ran into that with silo unloaders, feeding equipment, etc.
 
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