9-10-13

12:45pm

When needing extra money we do side work

and scrap metal.  Hubby's friend's dryer quit heating

and hubby told him that I could figure out what is wrong with it...

do what?!  LOL.  I've only repaired our dryer, that doesn't

make me the Maytag repair woman!

Scary thought working on someone else's dryer.

Dryers should be fairly simple to figure out

and work on when compared to a washing machine though.

So here's what I'll do to fix it...

Using a OHM meter at the lowest setting,

disconnect the wires to the thermal fuse which has 2 wires.

If it reads less than 01 ohm's then it's good.

Disconnect wires on the thermostat which might

have 4 wires.  Pull off the 2 larger wires and test.

01 or less it's good.

Test the other 2 smaller wires on the thermostat,

should read around 6.9 ohms for it to be good.

Then test the heating element.

.9 to .10 ohms is good.

Clean the dryer hose or replace with a new one,

Usually if you replace your heating element

you should go ahead and replace your

thermal fuse and high limit thermostat.

That should fix it.

Total cost for parts should be about $40 to $60.

I feel so sorry for the kids on days like these 

going to school with NO air condition.

Right now it is 95 degrees outside

with a heat index of 101 degrees!

We have a heat advisory til 7pm

and a pollen alert.

2:55pm

Had the kids some cold bottled water ready

for them when I picked them up from the bus stop.

They told me that their teachers would not

let them go to the drinking fountains and

that most teachers did not have fans in their

classrooms.  If there is a heat index of

101 degrees outside, how hot do you suppose it is

in a school building with no air condition?

I had some yogurt tubes I got marked down

at Kroger kinda like Go-Gurt.

I put them in the freezer as a frozen yogurt

snack for the kids after school.

4:05pm

Getting ready to start supper soon which will

require use of the oven, ugh.

I'm making Chicken Crescent Casserole.