10-19-2005, 06:55 PM
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The dryer is fed with #10 wire and is rated 30 amps. Shut off the breaker, take the cover off the panel and check the tightness of the two screws on the breaker. Then turn the breaker on and off a few times then leave on. What make is the breaker and panel? If its an FPE or Federal Pacific, then that'll explain it.
Next would be to check for something overloading the motor. Could be a drum bearing or a motor bearing. A dead short from the element would trip the breaker immediately but being you state it trips after a while would indicate something that draws excess current over a time period. That would put the motor as the prime suspect.
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