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Customer Questions and Answers for Timer by Whirlpool

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By: Whirlpool
Part Number: OEM18027084
Manufacturer Part Number: WP3976576

The Timer is an OEM part for Whirlpool dryers. This part manages the duration of the drying cycle. This part plays a role in the operation of your dryer, ensuring that clothes are dried efficiently and thoroughly within the predetermined time. 

Common issues include cycles that end too soon or run much longer than necessary, which can lead to clothes being damp after a cycle or excessively dry and potentially damaged. 

Symptoms of a bad Timer include:

  • The dryer not starting when the timer is set and the start button is pressed.
  • The dryer stops mid-cycle, which indicates that the timer contacts aren’t working properly.
  • Unusual or no ticking sound from the timer.
  • Clothes not drying properly due to the dryer not adhering to the selected time.

This OEM Whirlpool part is also compatible with Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Magic Chef, Admiral, Norge, Roper and some Kenmore models.

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Hello Ernest, With the door open the unit should shut off. If the unit continues to run then you have a bad door switch. Also you will want to check your neutral wire from the door switch to the motor and back to timer for short to ground. This would keep the timer motor operating. Also check for shorted centrifugal switch. You can test this with a multi-meter TJMA-DMT3. Here is a link on how to use a multi-meter. http://forum.appliancepartspros.com/oven-repair-including-ranges-cooktops/4810-how-check-continuity-ohmmeter.html

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Dad, You'll need a multi meter to test the start switch for a momentary "closed" circuit, when the button is pressed WP3395382. You'll need to check the door switch W10820036 for a "closed" circuit, when the switch plunger is pressed down/in (D to D1). and the thermal fuse WP3390719 on the blower housing has to have a "closed" circuit to supply power to the motor so it will start and run.

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Hello Norm. Based on the information you provided, it sounds like the timer WP3976576 is bad and will need to be replaced on the unit.

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Hello David. If the timer cycles to off, but continues to run past the off position, it sounds like the timer WP3976576 is bad and will need to be replaced in the unit.

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Hello Don. If the dryer went completely dead, the thermal fuse WP3390719 is probably blown. Hope this helps! Have a great day!

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Hi Termite. Is the timer making a rattling or a chatter sound? They will do this for a period of time before the timer fails. This will be part # WP3976576. If the door is opening slightly, the door switch is part # WP3406107. Thank youIt sounds like the venting system is clogged or kinked. You will need to check the vent and clean it out. Be sure and clean the vent pipe and the dryer air duct assembly. If the air flow is not good, the unit will retain moist air causing the clothes not to dry. Try running the unit with the vent unhooked from the back of the dryer and see if the dryer works properly. Hope this helps. .

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