Novice please help electric heater...

[user 18297]

The heating element won\'t heat. I traced the problem to a gizmo between two nuts, you can see in the picture I\'ve included. When I put a jumper across those two nuts, the element heats up.

Would you suggest I find one of those gizmos and replace it, or would it work just as good to solder a wire across there?

Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you

 

[John Robertson]

On 2020/11/12 5:56 p.m., user 18297 wrote:

The heating element won\'t heat. I traced the problem to a gizmo between two nuts, you can see in the picture I\'ve included. When I put a jumper across those two nuts, the element heats up.

Would you suggest I find one of those gizmos and replace it, or would it work just as good to solder a wire across there?

Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you

Looks like a thermal fuse, the heater overheated the fuse (vent
blocked?) and it opened up. Try to find one of the same heat and current
rating. You might need the parts manual for your heater to get the
correct part.

Don\'t buy the part on Amazon, too many counterfeit parts! Pay a bit more
and buy from an appliance (or other bricks & mortar) parts shop.

John :-#)#

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