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Customer Questions and Answers for Thermal Cut-Off Kit by Whirlpool

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Part Number: OEM9282681
Manufacturer Part Number: 279769

The Thermal Cut-Off Kit is an OEM part for Whirlpool dryers. This safety kit is designed to protect the dryer from overheating by interrupting the heat source when the dryer air temperature reaches dangerously high levels. The kit typically includes one high-limit thermostat and one thermal cut-off fuse. These components are critical for preventing potential fire hazards by ensuring that the dryer operates within safe temperature ranges.

Symptoms of a failing thermal cut-off kit include:

  • Dryer not heating up at all, as the thermal fuse may have been triggered
  • Excessive heat in the dryer, prior to the fuse being triggered
  • Frequent stopping of the dryer during cycles

Causes of thermal cut-off failure often involve restricted airflow (from lint buildup or obstructed vents), component failure within the heating system, or issues with the dryer cycling thermostat that cause abnormal heating.

This OEM part is also compatible with Kenmore, Maytag, KitchenAid, Roper, and other brands manufactured by Whirlpool.

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Hello Sheron. Without a model number we can not determine which part you need. Either the timer or the motor is bad on the unit.

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Laura, When installing this kit there will be a red wire that connected to the original thermal fuse that you will reconnect to it. Then there was a wire that jumped from the thermal fuse to the hi limit thermostat. Reconnect that wire. Then you will want to then take the jumper wire in the kit and jump it to one side of the heater element. The other red wire that goes down to the motor and would connect to the other side of the heater.

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Hello Richard. If the unit is heating, then it sounds like the venting is the issue. You will need to check the blower wheel in the unit and make sure it is good. Also, check all the duct inside the dryer and make sure it is good and clean also.

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Hello Edmond, You either have a shorted heating element or a shorted wiring harness. If contacts in the timer were stuck, the thermostats would still cycle the element on and off. If the cycling thermostat is stuck, the unit will still cycle on the high limit but will seem hotter than usual.

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Neil, The first thing to always check with a non drying issue and the unit heating would be the dryer venting. Check the venting from the blower wheel to the outside of the home for restrictions. You can also try to pull the vent off the back of the dryer for 1 cycle and see if the drying improves and this will tell you for sure whether there is a vent restriction.

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