Menards Thermal Fuse (2024)

FAQs

Can a normal fuse be used as a thermal fuse? ›

You can, but it will have no good effect in terms of the safety the fuse was designed to supply. The regular fuse opens to protect against over current.

No it's never OK to just jump the thermal fuse. Although it may work, the thermal fuse is there to cut the power, if it overheats, preventing a fire. If you bypass the fuse and it overheats it could burn your house down.

There are cycling thermostats, hi limit thermostat, etc. But the thermal fuse is usually located close to where the hot air exits the dryer, down where the dryer vent attaches. A thermal fuse, unlike your thermostats, is non-resetable.

If you do not have access to a multimeter or ohmmeter, you can momentarily bypass the thermal fuse. While bypassing the thermal fuse is easy, it is not something that should be done to operate the appliance beyond troubleshooting if you do not have access to a multimeter or ohmmeter.

A 10 amp fuse restricts overcurrents to 5 amps lower that the 15:amp fuse. The fuses are there to protect the wires from too much current which might cause a fire in the wires.

The main reason that a thermal fuse will blow is a blocked exhaust vent. This is because when the exhaust vent is blocked hot air cannot properly get distributed out of the dryer and this causes it to overheat. So, if you give the exhaust vent a regular clean, it should stop the thermal fuse from blowing again.

In many cases, if your dryer has a malfunctioning thermal fuse, the dryer will not turn on at all. However, with some other dryers' models, the drum will turn and the dryer will operate, but the heating element will not turn on to heat up the clothing inside the dryer.

A thermal fuse is a cutoff which uses a one-time fusible link. Unlike a thermal switch which may automatically reset itself when the temperature drops, the thermal fuse is more like an electrical fuse: a single-use device that cannot be reset and must be replaced when it fails or is triggered.

If you suspect a fault with a thermal fuse in your appliance, you need to perform a continuity test on it using a multimeter- as the thermal fuse will display no visual indicators of its fault.

At room temperature, testing the thermal fuse should produce a reading of zero. But if a thermal fuse is tested when it is heated to its limit, a reading of infinity should be produced.

Do thermal fuses wear out? ›

A thermal fuse must be replaced when it fails or is triggered. Unlike electrical fuses or circuit breakers, thermal fuses only react to excessive temperature, not excessive current, unless the excessive current is sufficient to cause the thermal fuse itself to heat up to the trigger temperature.

Unlike electrical fuses or circuit breakers, thermal fuses only react to excessive temperature, not excessive current, unless the excessive current is sufficient to cause the thermal fuse itself to heat up to the trigger temperature.

Can I simply bypass the thermal fuse? Yes you could, but don't do it as it is not safe - with no safety cut out there is an increased risk of the irons starting a fire.

Also known as a thermal cut off, temperature switch, thermal cutout, temperature fuse, etc. Rated 15A at 120V, 10A at 250V.

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