What is it?

[VortecJeep]

I have had to replace dryer heating coils twice. Both times I could find the open circuit. It seems if this were heating coils, your clothes would not be getting dried. Or at least would come out damper than they use to.

 

[thecarman]

Could the wire be coming from the washer, rather than the dryer?

 

[WARRIORWELDING]

I think it's a plant by yourself! Kinda smells like the I need a tool for something almost as poorly described thread.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Could the wire be coming from the washer, rather than the dryer?

Maybe, but I certainly don’t see where/how.

 

[Lizooki]

Look for the air intake on the dryer and see if it has a screen over it that’s coming apart.
Check the door seal to see if it has a metal composition in the gasket, that may be failing.
Have you checked you clothes after the wash and before going in the dryer to see if there are any in them?

 

[Lizooki]

It’s the stretchy part from your industrial strength man-spanx failing from being under to much weight load.
Go up one size next time you buy new spanx for yourself.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Look for the air intake on the dryer and see if it has a screen over it that’s coming apart.
Check the door seal to see if it has a metal composition in the gasket, that may be failing.
Have you checked you clothes after the wash and before going in the dryer to see if there are any in them?

Air intake is worth checking into, I’ll have to figure out where that is at. I was hoping one of you geniuses would just know and I wouldn’t have to take the dryer apart, but that where we’re headed.

Door seal is a woven fabric-metallic looking thing, but much smaller and nothing like the pube of steel.

I have not checked between wash and dry, but it would be hard to find. I’ve never noticed these when taking out of dryer, folding, or putting up, only once they are on and poking me.

 

[justjeepin86]

What thrift store did you buy this dryer? You know, so i can avoid it

 

[jeepinmatt]

What thrift store did you buy this dryer? You know, so i can avoid it

Some guy up your way was cleaning out storage units. Had a bunch of contractor tools and chainsaws too, but he wasn’t ready to get rid of them yet. That was about 5 years ago.

 

[justjeepin86]

Some guy up your way was cleaning out storage units. Had a bunch of contractor tools and chainsaws too, but he wasn’t ready to get rid of them yet. That was about 5 years ago.

Pretty sure I have a dryer or two, lol. But, I'd have to get the "owner" to agree to let them go.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Washer is a Whirlpool WTW5000DW1, dryer is a Whirlpool WED5000DW2. I looked over the parts diagrams for both machines and can’t find anything that looks like the culprit. I confirmed with the wife that her nor the kids have ever found such a thing in their clothes. She does occasionally use hot water, but never heated dry, so that’s where I’m gonna focus my investigation. (In a month or two, after I finish building a chicken coop and do enough tractor work to pay for said chicken coop, haha)