Samsung DC47-00019A Dryer Heating Element OEM Part

Watched video. Took dryer apart to get to heating element and sensors. In process found alot of lint had escaped into inner dryer and had a thick coating over heating element. I cleaned out most lint and pulled apart lint trap on front and cleaned out as much accumulated lint as possible. I then removed the heating element (very simple, three screws in a support bracket) and found it was broke in one spot.(wire - element severed). I believe the heavy lint build up on elements caused lint to burn on unit and to coat it causing it to fail prematurely. Will be vigilant with clearing lint screen on every load in the future. I ordered part on a Friday around lunch time and had element on my porch Saturday morning! Less than 24 hours, AMAZEING!! (I am in central PA and I believe warehouse was in MD) No matter where, the turn around time is incredible. Others stated up to a week for same part with extra shipping charges and I still dont think they could beat APP at $8.95, next day delivered and me installing by lunch time. once part was there putting unit back together was a breeze since it was all fresh in my head from day before. Note: Do test all sensors on heating element housing to rule out a sensor failure while you have apart as per their video. Dryer is simple compared to the complexity of washer but I was able to make Major repairs on both by just watching the videos on this site. Saved a ton of money in the process and learned a lot. Should be handy with tools and testing equipment and not be afraid. I am amazed at how simple many appliance repairs end up being once diagnosed and how much companies actually charge to fix....

I watched the online video on Appliance Parts Pro site. I am mechanically inclined and like saving money so I decided to fix it myself. Video is excellent and easy to understand if you follow every step and mark wires and take pictures on phone before you take off wires and parts to use as reference later. My Samsung front loader was purchased in 2009. I had a good idea that the heating element was the problem and had a couple of friends tell me the same thing from their experiences. When I removed the front panel of the front loader, I was shocked to see over 4 inches of lint and a few coins in the bottom of the dryer and inside of the heating element assembly. I could see where the lint was blackened and looked like it tried to ignite. I removed the element and looked at it but couldn't find a break. I tested with my ohm meter with the beep setting every couple of inches and finally found a bad area. Upon closer look and moving the coils the break was evident. I checked the thermal fuse and thermister with the ohm meter and they tested ok. I ordered the original and pricey Samsung heating element from Appliance Parts Pro even though I could get a cheap reproduction for under $10 on Amazon. Sometimes you can get away with a cheap product but I decided that didn't want to have to go through this replacement again. I did a final cleaning/vacuuming of everything that I could reach. I removed the screws on the lint remover/filter assembly on the front loader. I was amazed of how much lint was lodged down in the exhaust pipe. I put everything back together and after drying 6 loads of clothes everything is working fine. I believe that the Number 1 reason a dryer fails is from the excessive buildup of lint that escapes back into the dryer when the exhaust vent pipe becomes blocked with lint and the exhaust pipe has too many tight bends. I removed the cheap foil vent pipe and had a tremendous buildup of lint. I replaced the vent pipe with a round sheet metal pipe to eliminate a few of the bends. I would recommend that if you have a dryer that is more than a few years old, to take off the front panel and clean/vacuum the inside of the dryer where the heating element is located before the element breaks or starts a fire. Also, clean the exhaust vent pipe every year or two.

I fixed by just removing 4 screws. Three from around the dry vent so that the dryer vent would come out of the back of the dryer. The other one, is all the way to the front of the dryer and facing away from the worker which needs a bit of dexterity to reach with a short shafted Philips screw driver, that holds the element housing in place. Then I unpluged the two power wires to the element housing and removed it through the vent hole. There are several screws holding the element housing together but come out very quickly. The old element contacts have a little ear that holds them in their holes which I bent straight with a needle nose pliers and reversed that procedure with the new element. I was unable to use the short screw to hold the element housing in place because when I tried to start the screw with my hand the knuckles on my hand hit the element housing structure raising it so the the two holes would come unaligned. I got around this by just using an 1 1/4" long screw of the same diameter, which I was able to easily start and turn almost all the way in before needing the Philips driver again. Then I put a small flash light it the dryer vent line so that I could see to alien it with the female plastic housing in the front of the dryer and replace the 3 holding screws for the vent frame. I did vacuum out all the dust and lint that I could see once inside the dryer housing (which was a lot by my surprise) so I will be opening that up from time to time to clean it out. I think that we have had the dryer for around seven years or so and it and the washer have done very well so far.

It's Stay at Home time in Texas due to the Carona virus, which is in high gear here, and my clothing piles started to pile up when the dryer stopped producing hot air. Thought the fix might be a DIY kind of thing. Found AppliancePartsPros.com online. Took dryer apart following the looks-so-easy directions on your site, which were not true for my machine. The molded corners back on my model could not come off. It was built with top/front access only. There were also not slots/tabs as shown in the tutorial, only awkwardly placed screws, that required a stumpy screw driver and acrobatic hugging of the dryer parts, blindly groping and photographing with a phone to find two hidden screws. Once the dryer heater housing was removed, and my husband's bleeding knuckles bandaged, we checked meter readings on all possible heater related parts and determined that the heater coil was cracked. Ordered the part, paid for 2-5 day delivery, and received the package in a fast three days. The job required an extra part, an electric connector. Which meant a trip to a local hardware store. Unlike other experiences we read about, the inside dryer parts and venting were not full of lint, so that did not contribute to the part failure. Empty your lint trap every time you dry, and there will be less problems with this. Fingers bandaged on all knuckles to avoid more nicks, hubby genuflected before the machine again to reinstall the stand with the new heater coil safely buttoned up in its housing, and we started the machine with no spare screws, and high hopes nothing would go clatter bang. Other than an alarming burning metal smell that lasted through the first load, the machine is fixed, and piles of clothes dealt with. I hope the new part lasts longer than 2 years, am grateful I have a handy husband who is good at improvising, and appreciate receiving the new part so quickly. If the back of your machine is molded rather than panels that screw together--the time involved and difficulty level will increase, but it can still be done. Requires patience and band-aids.

Amazing, that's all I can say. Initially, I wasn't in the mood of making the repair to the dryer, called several APPLIANCE REPAIR places that I had found on line and with our present situation with the virus, I experienced a slow response. This is the second time I would have to repair the dryer for no heat. The first repair on a 2011 dryer cost me $325.00 in the second year of ownership. Figuring that this repair would cost somewhere around the $400 range after being contacted, I explained that I would analyze the problem and get back with the results, Well, that didn't go over with the guy. His policy is to Diagnose the Problem, Order the Part, Make a Return Visit bringing the cost to the previously stated amount. After going back and forth with attempts to make the arrangement, I decided to make the repair myself and went on line, clicked on Appliance PartsPros.com, went to the area of My Appliance, My Issue, saw that in addition to having the part, they offered a VIDEO HOW TO MAKE THE CHANGE OF ELEMENT STEP BY STEP.. At 4:15 on Monday June 1, 2020, I called. I asked several questions regarding the replacement element, got all the Correct Answers and Ordered the Part. I had also found out that I had made purchases from them years before. I Charged the heating element on my card and anticipated the delivery by the end of the week, possibly the beginning of the next which would have been June 8, 2020. The following day, Tuesday, June 2,2020, I checked tracking and found out that the part Had been Delivered and was ON MY FRONT STEPS. Later in the day, I had the part installed and have done several washes, TOTALLY, TOTALLY HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS. THE VIDEO, THE AVAILABILITY OF THE PART, THE DELIVERY TIME, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE INITIAL PLEASANT CONVERSATION I HAD WHEN I CALLED, I MADE THE RIGHT DECISION WITH APPLIANCE PARTS PROS.