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   Bill_Hartmann | Jan 17, 2002 12:36am | #1

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   They do have a "fusiable link" or thermo cutout on the heating elements. Yours must have not gotten hot enough.

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   Astrid_Churchill | Jan 17, 2002 03:54am | #2

   *Thanks, Bill. I'm still glad I got there when I did, and also that I had noted the warning on the sticker on the new sheets - Caution Excess Lint.

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   bake_ | Jan 17, 2002 04:29am | #3

   *Aaha, just as I suspected..... more proof that flannel is the root of all evil!

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   jcallahan | Jan 17, 2002 04:39am | #4

   *Be sure and check your navel, too. ;o)

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   Astrid_Churchill | Jan 17, 2002 04:39am | #5

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   Just a warning to those who may have bought new flannel sheets this year. The first time you wash and dry them there may be a lot of excess lint. I found this to be true this last weekend. I smelled the problem when checking to see if they were dry yet. The red hot heating elements were visible through the vent at the back of the drum, and the lint trap was totally full of a thick layer of lint.As soon as I removed that the dryer was able to function normally again, and the scorch smell went away.
   DH and I dicussed solutions, like a temperature sensitive trip switch that would turn off the dryer when it got at too high a temp.Something should be done by manufacturers, think of the house fires they could prevent.