Dryer Sears / Kenmore HE3 - F01 Error Code Main Circuit Board Repair
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- Опубликовано: 19 апр 2015
- Sears Kenmore Dryer Model HE3 - F01 Error Code. Main Circuit Board Repair - Electronic Control Board Repair or Replacement
UPDATE: The repair has been working for almost 4 years as of DEC18.
UPDATE: The repair had been working for over 6 years as of OCT21; however, for other reasons we bought a new dryer. See the video on that.
Jim I want to send out a huge thank you. I recently lost my job and have a new baby, I don't even think they have these boards available anymore. So I would have had to buy a new dryer. Your video was exactly what I needed. Prayers for you and your family for taking the time to make this video to help others. Thank you!!!
I was in and out in 30 mins and it cost me $0. I didn't do the wire trick but if it blows up again I will. Fastest appliance repair I think I've ever done thanks to you!
Called sears repair service--- service call 80 bucks, new control board 208 bucks, technicians labor 120 bucks--- youtube vids on how to fix shit--- PRICELESS. THANK YOU JIM DANDY
Be aware that this is POTENTIALLY a temp fix... Internally these relays spark each time the heavy current flows through the contacts. This burns the contacts and causes heat. The heat can go down the legs and damage the solder contact to the pcb. Eventually that contact seperates. Resoldering the contact/ adding a strap wire will allow the relay to work again but it will still have burnt contacts that will steadily get worse. A long term fix is to replace the relay which normally cost around $10, then you should be golden for about another 5-10 years.
Cannot go, without expressing appreciation for your Help. Pulled back the Dryer by 7:30 am and was done by 8:55 am. I even did the [ Munchkin ] one finger start-up.
Jim, please know that you have made a difference in peoples' lives with this video. I had the dreaded F-01 error message this morning and was resigned to calling the appliance repairman. But I decided to Google the code and see what was involved. You headlined the comeback. Your instructions were spot on - I had the same splatter pattern on my PCB cover - and in truth, the hardest part was clearing out the laundry room and putting it back together!
I can't thank you enough for your help.
Thank you Jim Dandy !!!! You are my new favorite human being. I am 68 year old retired lady. Fixed my dryer following your video. I have to say I was soooo happy to see the exploded mess when I got the circuit board apart. Piece of cake thank to you. Now my dryer is humming along doing its job 👍😁
Thank you for your video , my husband, who is an electrician, would not have looked behind the green circuit board without your video. Our dryer is fixed!
I just did this repair to my 10-year-old Kenmore He5t and it worked like a champ! Literally had everything I needed to do the repair in my garage. It took me about 5 minutes to have the machine opened up and another 5 minutes to do the solder and another 5 minutes to put it back together. The hardest part was cleaning out years of trash behind the drier and reconnecting my vent! Thanks for the detailed and informative video to save us all money!
Thanks a million for posting this ! I just fixed my dryer in about a half an hour at zero cost ! You just made my bad day a whole lot better. :)
I did exactly what was shown in your video and it worked! Now everyone needs to find out why that part is not recalled when it's happening the same way on these dryers! Scam....
Jim - thank you so much for making this video, when you could have just repaired it and gone on with your life. Your video was on point with everything. I borrowed my neighbor's soldering iron and solder. I did not have the cable you mentioned so I just soldered the spot that had exploded and it worked like a charm. Thank you again for making this video and thanks to my Dad for teaching me as a little girl how to solder many many moons ago. You saved this family an expense and my husband was extremely impressed I was able to repair it following your video so I wish you and your family good health, joy, happiness and God's favor and blessings.
Thank goodness for RUclips and people like you that post these great videos. I was on my way to buy a new dryer when I went to the Kenmore site and plugged in F01 and they gave me the circuit board news. Then I saw your video right below their site.... Thanks!!! Works great and hopefully for a long time.
Thank you. This tutorial talked me through fixing the problem. It would have taken longer to wait for the service man to come and to get it done than it did for me to fix the problem myself. The thing that took the longest was to take the back off so that I could get the screw I dropped inside the housing. Great job!
the best how-to I've ever seen on YT, under 30 minutes to repair, start to finish, now my wife thinks I'm all that! Many thanks Jim!
Just wanted to say thank you for the F01 kenmore dryer fix. I just completed it and it works great! Easy to do once you know how. Thanks again Jim!!! Kurt
loving the cool, calm, and collective commentary. saved my dryer and two loads of wet clothes. you’re the man Jim. my dryer is over a decade old and still going strong. 🤘🏼
I want to thank the person that put up this video! We got the dreaded F01 code, and When we took ours apart.. we were worried maybe it wasn't the same problem, as ours was not real bad looking inside.. but we had nothing to lose , and forged ahead and low and behold , it works!!!! Thank you soo , soo much.. You have no idea when you put up a video how many people it may help. !
This worked perfectly. Took about an hour to repair, half of that time spent looking for my soldering iron I haven't used in 25 years. Well done!
+Werner Wolf HA, so funny Werner, I was wondering where mine is and have to buy a new one tomorrow to finish up this repair.
Thank you Jim for your video. Spent only $25 bucks at Home Depot ... ive never repaired anything in my life but your video was very clear and made it simple for me to do the job. Thanks again!!!!
Our drier went out on Christmas Eve about 10:00 pm while my husband was playing Santa and putting together a doll house that took about 3 to 4 hours.
I didn’t even want to tell him about the drier, so I quickly searched the “F01” error code and found that it would, indeed, need repair. I found this video and was relieved that there was a possible easy fix.
Thank you for this EASY to follow video, my husband was able to easily fix the circuit board by using your instructions. He had some old phone cable with the perfect copper wire that he cut out.
You saved us a lot of money at Christmas time!!!
p.s. we enjoyed your humor with the “Jaws” music. 😂
I can't thank you enough!!!! Died this morning, started looking for replacements parts, $250-350 CAN. Stumbled across this video and SO THANKFUL i did!!! 30 minutes from start to finish, and she's runnin' like a champ!!!
Before seeing this, I opened up the lid and looked around, couldn't see anything obvious with the motherboard, but I didn't go as far taking it out of the plastic casing... once I did, I was very happy to see the same "blowout" markings as yours, exact same spot too....
Quick soldier job, and we're in business. Thanks again bud, I Appreciate it.
Hi Jim, I want to say how lucky i was to find your tutorial on the repair of my Kenmoore dryer. I was ready to buy a new circuit board that would have cost me over 300 dollars. I followed your instructions and the dryer works as good as the day I bought it.
God bless you and your family! Best wishes this holiday!
Kevin
A HUGE GIANORMOUS THANK YOU!!!! Your video was so helpful. My husband fixed our drying in just a few minutes. Can't thank you enough. Many blessings to you and your family!!!!😊😊😊😉😉😉
A friend across town called me knowing I was DIY kinda guy. She stated that her dryer had the feared "F01" code and that she heard a "POP" immediately before the failure. Watched your superb video Mr. Dandy and packed-up everything I needed to complete the repair. From arrival to finish ... maybe 25 minutes. The cost of repair: zero (I had soldering iron, solder, wire and tools) The feeling of helping a damsel in distress and riding away on a white horse a hero . . priceless!!!! A hearty thank you for your excellent tutorial video!!!!
Jim, thanks for sharing! I followed your steps and fixed my dryer in about 20-minutes time. No more error code and dryer works like a charm! Thanks again!
Saved me tons of money. Great video. Easy repair. Cost me nothing to fix since I had a wire, soldering iron and solder. Thanks!
Well this just saved me a small fortune! Thank you for being so clear. Went to Ace, purchased a small soldering gun for $25.99 that included 2 additional tips as well as solder, 19 cents for 20 gauge wire, and a little practice soldering. 15 minutes later and I have a working dryer! Jim Dandy to the rescue!
So very very thankful for this video. Thank you so much for posting it. Not only did the repair only take 30 minutes, this really helped us by not having to wait for the delivery of the part. Thank you Jim Dandy you are a blessing.
Just want you to know your awesome video is still going strong! We fixed our dryer in less than an hour and are still in awe about how easy it was and how much $$ we saved! THANK YOU!!!
Thank you! This worked like a charm! 10 mins of work worth $560. You are my hero!
Thank you so much, brother! This repair cost me a total of 18 cents! I borrowed my neighbors soldering iron and solder, then went to home depot for a foot of wire that cost me 18 cents plus tax. Talk about a savings! You are saving people thousands of dollars thanks to this video. Much respect, God bless you and your family.
What guage wire did you use on your Kennmore?
Thank you from Canada. Your video saved me about 600 dollars. I paid 800 to have a Kenmore Elite Fridge ice maker repaired(circuit board). My cost for the dryer repair, 1/8 of solder and my time.
I also want to thank you. Followed your instructions and my dryer is drying again. Very helpful!
Edit: I am a retired electronics instructor and I would not have attempted the repair with out seeing your video. I probably would of ordered a new washer and dryer. Saved me about $2000! wow... thanks again!
Thank you Jim Dandy!!! After watching your video I went to local hardware store purchased a solder gun, solder, 16 AWG wire and tackled it exactly as you described in video. First time using a soldering gun and it worked!! Like others mentioned, the explosion splatter was very similar. I have a Kenmore Elite HE3 Gas Dryer. We've had it for almost 13 yrs and hope to get more milage out of it. We JUST recently replaced the valve coils, thermo sensor and flame ignitor (no heat) and it seemed to work just fine until we got the F1 Error code. Thanks to your video we're back in action!
Thank you so much!!! We used your video a few months ago and it was a life saver! We were expecting our first child and expenses were piling on. Thanks to your video, we fixed our dryer and saved a ton of money! It's been about 2 months and it's still going solid! :)
This is a perfect example of the information we should be sharing on the internet! Clear video, clear explanation, a solid proven solution that works. You are THE MAN! Thank you so much for this! Extra kudos for having your children in the video to test out the dryer at the end. My son helped do the soldering so he can learn more fix it skills!!! Rock On!
The hubby followed these directions this evening and it worked like a charm! THANK YOU!!!!!!!
One of the most useful videos I have seen on here. I had the same error, and I was up and running in about 20 minutes. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. You have collectively saved all of us thousands of dollars !!
Thanks so much for posting this Jim! I just fixed my 10 year old Kenmore HE2 that had the F-01 error and the same burned out circuit. A quick trip to the Home Depot , $25, and a half hour later the dryer is back up and running! I didn't use a wire. Just cleaned the one bad spot and applied new solder. Worked like a charm! Thanks again!
Thank you so much! I was able to fix my Kenmore Elite HE5 Steam dryer after doing every test everything was pointing to the board, but seeing your video narrowed it down and I was able to solder and fix my dryer! Mine was spinning and it would initially get warm but would not cycle the heat, after the initial fire up of the gas flame, it never came back on. SO clothes never got dry.
Thank you Jim. Got the drier up and running . Great step by step instructions and fault as described. Thanks for taking your time to help the DIY community.
DUDE! This is excellent information. My daughter and I just fixed the dryer - easy peasy! Your step by step instructions and tips took all the fear out of the equation. Now, sadly, I am addicted to soldering....can't wait for the next appliance to break down. Thanks tons! You are the best for sharing your knowledge.
Last night, our dryer decided to do exactly as you described in your video. I showed my husband your very easy to follow directions and we determined that he was going to follow your steps and fix our dryer for $30, instead of call for service and waste hundreds. I just admit, I was skeptical. Well, he did what you told us to do and IT WORKED!!! Thank you so very much! We are on a budget and this is the last thing that we needed to happen. The time you took to make a video to help others is much appreciated. Thank you again!!
Unbelievable! I fixed a Kenmore dryer 10 years ago the exact same way, now I have to do it again! Last Kenmore product I buy. Thanks for the video!
Jim, Excellent instructions. I admittedly am not Mr. Handy Man however I had the exact same problem and fixed it exactly the way you suggested it. It's working perfectly. Thanks for the tutorial.
My dryer quit, just clicked when you pressed the start button. I never would have considered looking at the circuit board until I saw this video. My better half was all ready to go buy a new appliance. I talked her into waiting while I did some research on RUclips. I watched this, popped my board out, and it looked exactly the same as yours even down to the blow out. I did the repair as you described and it worked!!! I had never used a solder iron before this. I really appreciate you making this video.
Thank you, ours quit last night when trying to pack for a trip. All laundry facilities in the area were closed so our options were pretty close to 0 until morning. I made the repair and only ended up about 1 hour behind our original planned leaving time which honestly is better than I would have expected without the dryer issue. About 15 minutes total repair time after watching your video.
Christmas Eve morning 2018 and out-of-town family will be arriving in 5 hours. Our Whirlpool dryer stopped working and gives the error code F01. A Google search brings up a site with a link to this video. Not counting the time to watch the RUclips video, the repair took 35 minutes start to finish, including vacuuming behind the dryer! Huge relief, huge savings!! Thank you, Jim Dandy!
Jim, My wife and I cheered too when your fix worked on our HE5! I was actually relieved to see the same solder blow out you showed in the video when I pulled the board from our machine.
“Honey, I can fix this”!
Thank you for taking the time to put together this easy to follow video; you saved us a couple of hundred $ a few trips to the laundromat and a bunch of heartache. SearsPartsDirect wants $215 for a new User Control Board and does recommend a service technician install the part. 😜
Thank you. I was heading to home depot this afternoon for a new $500 dryer. Got this one back running without having to buy anything! Very clear video. Thank you again!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I’m VERY happy to say that this woman watched this, bought a solder gun kit and did exactly as the video did including the load sharing wire and the HE3 dryer is back in action!!
This video saved me so much money, thank you! Our dryer stopped working 6 weeks after the initial insurance coverage lapsed....Luckily we have a friend with a soldering iron.
Thank you! We just did this with zero soldering experience and it was super easy and worked like a charm. 39 bucks of hardware store materials and tools about 30 minutes of work later and we have a working dryer again. Folks like you who post this stuff are awesome.
Awesome, you saved me a whole lot of money, time, and craziness. It only took me about 15 minutes total to fix my dryer using your directions/suggestions. Thank you so much, my wife is really happy also that we saved the money and that the dryer is working perfectly. Great video.
Thank you, this repair fixed our Kenmore He3. You did a good job showing the needed steps without making the viewer watch unnecessary details. We bought the He3t washer and He3 dryer several years ago. We purchased a service contract for the washer. No contract on the dryer. So far this has proven to be a good choice. I have been able to do the dryer repairs (2 major) and have been glad to have prepaid techs take care of issues on the washer.
I just had the exact same issue happen to our HE2 dryer. It also is a;most eight years old.
The same fix worked for it as well.
Thank you Jim Dandy for posting your video on here. It likely save me a good chunk of change.
I do a lot of home DIY but have never considered myself an appliance repair man. Thank you Jim Dandy for helping save our family hundreds in repair or replacement costs. This video made it super easy! Thank you! Dave
Absolutely on point, 100% exactly as described, one of the most concise repair videos I've ever seen, great fix!!!!
I cannot thank you enough for your video. I borrowed a neighbors soldering gun/solder and it took me hardly any time to fix... in fact it took me longer to clean up everything than the actual repair.
Went to start my dryer this morning and got the F01 error. I googled what that meant and came across your video. My husband and I took it apart tonight and was able to fix it quickly. Thank you SO much for your informative and easy to follow video. It saved us a ton of money!
Great video. Was able to follow your instructions and saved having to replace my 14 year old dryer, as the main control board is no longer available. You've helped many of us save tons of money, made our wives think we're handy (I'm not) and saved the landfill from another prematurely obsolete appliance. Oh, and you proved the internet can be used for something kind and helpful. Thank you!
THANK YOU!!! I followed your steps (by step), didn’t really use that extra cable. Saved myself quite a bit of $$. Only expense was my time and an $18 solder.
Please keep this up, the little guys like me need them.
This saved us today. My first time soldering. Thank you for posting a concise, clear instructional video.
Thank you for this video! This morning our dryer broke and my 8 year old son and I troubleshoot it. Came across your video. I was positive we would have to buy the panel but my husband came home from work, looked at it and told me he sodered it before. But after watching your video he used your idea of connecting it. We now have a working dryer and saved $217.00. Thank you!
My wife found your video after our dryer stopped working. It was exactly what happened to our machine. Even the splatter pattern from the exploding solder point looked identical! The fix took only 10 minutes and worked perfectly. Thanks for saving us a huge repair bill and several hours at the nasty local laundry mat!
Great video thanks so much I was able to fixed my dryer today It was broken for a week now is up and running my 15 year old son found you video thanks
Thanks for the video. My dryer suffered the F01 error. Following your guidance I inspected the main board to find the same cause, the blown contact below the relay. Cleaned the contact, soldered a 14awg wire to take some of the load, back together and the dryer is running again! Many thanks!
Jim Dandy -- You are the man... Still 2 years after your post, your solution safe my dryer and my money.
5/1/2016-DUDE!!!!! YOU ARE THE BOMB!!! I just repaired mine. You were correct, same explosion!Mine was in a Maytag Bravos Model MED6600TQ0. I just ordered the board from Repair Clinic for $220 with $60 rebate for the returned old board and I paid $30 to expedite shipping. You saved me big $$$$. I just called and canceled order. Thank you for sharing your great knowledge. Keep up the great work and take care. Have a great day. Len
I did the same thing! I ordered the new board, but kept searching around....MUCH cheaper this way...
Thanks for the review, I fixed it thanks to you!!! I used 18 gauge braided aluminum wire but probably could have gone a bit smaller. Just hope it holds and doesn't burn the house down. The price for a new board in August 2020 is $306.35 if bought from directly form Sears. Nice to save a few bucks thanks to folks like you that make these posts!
This is the BEST video! I followed step by step. Repair cost $0!!!! I had everything I needed in my garage. Thanks! You saved me a bundle.
Just helped my father-in-law fix this exact problem! Praise God and thank you for posting this detailed video!
Absolutely great instructions, now works without any extra steps. Up and running in less than an hour. Thank you!!!
Just made the exact same repair this evening after getting a F01 code. The failure is exactly the same, down to the splatter pattern. Using the jumper wire was a good call. 1hr start to finish! Thanks for taking the time to put up this video.
Worked again. Kenmore Dryer Model HE2. My blown soldering joint was a spitting image of yours. Thank you Jim Dandy!
Thanks Jim!! Your step-by-step video was exactly my issue on my HE2. My husband and I worked on it together and had the repair done in less than an hour. Thank you for saving us so much $$. You will have good Karma.
+Ray Markel - crap I was logged onto my son's you tube, he actually is married but to a woman, lol
Your video is great. I had this exact problem on a maytag epicz and did the repair and it is working great again. The appliance repair service wanted $400 to fix it. Being on fixed income now this was an enormous relief when it was working again. I had everything I needed in the basement. Thank you so much for posting this video.
Jim, Great video and perfect guidance. Had our machine back running in 45 minutes. With lots of points from my wife.
This same exact thing happened to me yesterday on Christmas! Thank you for this video. It was a quick 15 minute fix and the best part, it was FREE!
I wonder what makes this happen to so many of our dryers? It looks like I'm one of many people who saved a lot of money by watching this video.
RUclips has saved me quite a bit on this dryer alone within the past year. Last year, I had to replace the rollers and the belt. Cost of parts was $40. I found a RUclips video for it. About 3 months ago, the heating element burnt out. The cost for a new heating element was $30. I found a RUclips video for it. Soon I'll have a brand new dryer! This one is about 7 years old.
+Rodney Snyder I don't know why this happens, but it appears the solder joint is not properly sized to handle the current, and every once in awhile there is a spike/surge that vaporizes the solder joint.
I also just replaced the idler pulley, belt and rollers on my dryer and made a video for this as well. Hopefully I won't have to make a video on replacing the heating element/coil, but it wouldn't surprise me. There is a kit that has the idler pulley, belt, 4 rollers, clips, etc. for about $50 at the local parts store or $25 on Amazon.
+Jim Dandy ruclips.net/video/gVzb7AfGqaA/видео.html
Great video! Thank you for not sharing 10 minutes of your life history and just getting down to the fix. Especially love the assistant at the end trying it out and the wife rejoicing in the background!
Had the same problem with mine and did the fix just as you showed. Took like 20 minutes!
Jim you are my hero! I fixed my dryer! Plus I used my solder gun for the very first time! I didn't have the wire like you used to reinforce it but we'll see if it holds. I was so happy when it turned right on after I put everything back together! Of course this happened the day my husband went out of town - so I broke a few nails getting the lid off the circuit board BUT I feel VERY proud that I did it all on my own. Thanks for the how-to video!
Samantha
2019 and this just happened last night to the same exact model dryer. Followed the instructions and it’s currently drying my wife’s clothes. She couldn’t be happier. Happy wife, happy life. Thanks for this video. It deserves a people’s choice award...👍🏼
One more huge thanks for posting this video. One hour and we were back to drying sheets after a family heavy holiday weekend. Thank you!
I'm so glad I found this video! Our dryer just showed this error and once we opened it up found that the back of the circuit board did indeed look like yours. After a few spots of solder and a few minutes putting the dryer back together, it's working again! 🙏 Thank you so much!
Hi Jim - THANK YOU!!! three years after you posted the solution yet again it worked! coming back after a week skiing only to discover the dryer does not work kind of ruins New Years... Quick troubleshooting, youtube, and your solution saved the day in less than 30 min! The fact my husband had the soldering iron, skills, and knowledge to actually do it is only a fraction of what makes you guys the best! the happy wife
Thanks Jim Dandy! I watched your video and I fixed my dryer in about 20 minutes! Everything you said was 100% accurate! You're a lifesaver!
You just saved me a bunch of money, hassle and time. I watched your video and got our Kenmore HE2 up and running in 15min. Can’t thank you enough for taking time to shoot and share this!
Jim, This was the Jim Dandy of the advise I saw, and the one I followed. Work just fine! 2 hours total. Only one hitch in my model, there was one connector that refused to separate, so I place to 1 x 3 boards under the circuit board on top on the dryer shell, and soldered it "virtually in place". Thanks for your guidance. Doug
Thanks so much Jim!!! Fixed the F01 problem following your instructions. Then got an F70 error, which your other vid helped me diagnose (just a loose wire during reinstallation). Again, thank you very, very much! My favorite guitarist, Angus, thanks you too!
Yessssss!!! Thank you so much for this tutorial!! My husband and I both screamed with excitement when it worked. (Maybe a few tears.) saved us so much money and even gave us a little more confidence in the DIY department.
You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Mine wasn’t as “blown up” as your’s, but you could see that some of the solder was missing. A little bit of solder and a jumper wire and the old Maytag 3000 is up and running. I hope you have a glorious day!!?
This is as relevant today as it was nearly five years ago today. My Whirlpool Duet Dryer stopped working today with the F 01 error. I've owned it for 12 years and have never had an issue with it, but did not want to pay who knows how much to get it fixed. I opened up the dryer I did find that this was my issue.
I was handy with a soldering iron in my youth, decades ago, and still had a soldering iron, but no solder or wire. Ran down to Lowe's and got both (of course, I had to buy more wire and solder then I will use in my lifetime), followed the instructions here, and the dryer is working again. No hefty appliance repair bill and no waiting days for it to be fixed. Thank you!!!!
Thank you so much for this video, I followed it step-by-step and my pictures looked exactly like yours. I now have a working dryer and it cost me nothing but time!
Jim Dandy you are fantastic. Repair proceeded as directed. Dryer running a load as I write this. Job took 2 hrs 15 minutes subtracting out 45 minutes for lunch and I took my time. Thank you!!!
Late Saturday night...guests coming for the week in a few hours....Kenmore dryer throws a F01 code. Jim Dandy and his video to the rescue. Watched the video - exact same splatter mark. Added the wire (just like the video) and soldered the two terminals. Dryer works perfectly again. Big thank you!!!
This was the best fix video I have ever watched. Took me less than 45 min to get this fixed and continue with the laundry. Thank you so much for posting this!!!
Thanks for the video. I just did this fix on my Kenmore HE2 dryer and it’s running fine once again. Appreciate you posting this.
Worked like a charm. Super helpful not to have to invite a repair guy into our home during the pandemic or wait for a replacement circuit board to be delivered. Thanks so much!
Jim Dandy -- you are the man! Just got a quote for $450+ for this repair on a 8-year old HE5t Steam with 2-3 days wait for the part. I watched your video, headed down to Ace, spent $19.95 on soldering iron and 59 cents for wire. Tried it without the wire first, no luck. Then added the wire and working like a champ. I'm a decent DYI guy, but never worked on a control panel/motherboard/circuit board before, but with your video, this was cake. Used rubbing alcohol to clean the connections , back of the board and cover. Also, took advantage of having the lid off to clean out the circuit board and connections with compressed air and vacuum out the top of the dryer for extra measure. Thanks (and really enjoyed hearing the family cheer you on at the end of the video. Had my kids help out, and they did the same!)
+Jp Lj In hindsight I should have made it clear that in most cases simply resoldering the pin to the circuit board will not work since the metal foil on the circuit board often gets blown away when the solder joint pops/explodes. The jumper wire doesn't need to be very big (say #22 AWG), and being small makes it easy to wrap around the pin(s). The factory pins are not insulated so if you follow the path of the foil between the two pins there is really no need to use insulated wire, but it makes it look a bit more professional.
For those without much or any soldering experience the trick is to heat/touch the pin and wire with the soldering iron and keep touching he solder to the pin and wire until they are hot enough to melt the solder. You don't want to drop a blob of solder off the soldering iron onto a cold pin and wire.
I didn't read this FIRST and have tried to do just that...drop solder off the iron. And of course, it is not working. I did have the blown out area so I am convinced this is the problem. I am headed to ACE right now to get #22 AWG because I didn't try that. Can I repair from here? There is a glob of Solder on the pin now, how do I repair from here? Thank you SO much!
+Lana Irons you will have to re-melt the solder and then put the wire down and then resolder.
Okay! Thank you!
do you remember what gauge wire was used?
Thank you!! Because of your video I was able to fix our dryer before I went to work this morning. Very happy wife!