[tss]

I have an 8 year old electric Maytag Performa dryer. I noticed my clothes were coming out damp when I use the moisture sensor, a sign in the past that the outlet to outside needed to be cleaned out...but it was clean. I have checked the entire exit pathway for the exhaust and cleaned out the insides of the dryer (got a lot of lint) and still no change. Timed dry works fine, but when using the moisture sensor the unit stops either when the clothes are dry, when the clothes are just damp (about ten minutes early), or with the clothes pretty wet (today the dryer stopped with a large load before the washer was even in the final spin cycle). I'm thinking the inconsistency is the key to what's wrong... Can anyone help? Thanks!

[PS Staff - Sheila]

It could be the moisture sensing bars are dirty.

When using dryer sheet the sensor can get a build up on it.

Take some alcohol and clean them.

Here is a link to your dryer model PYE3200AYW.

[tss]

I would have already cleaned the moisture sensor but I cannot find it. I examined all the diagrams but again cannot find it. Also, we never use dryer sheets. I appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks!

[tss]

I have learned more and apparently this dryer does not have a moisture sensor, it is an auto dry model. Likely the timer or likely the thermostat in the exhaust port, or maybe something else? Thanks for any assistance.

[tss]

Originally Posted by tss

I have learned more and apparently this dryer does not have a moisture sensor, it is an auto dry model. Likely the timer or likely the thermostat in the exhaust port, or maybe something else? Thanks for any assistance.

I did a few loads on med heat and it worked fine. Then I checked the amount of air coming out of the dryer and it was a lot more than what was coming out outside, which surprised me because there was only 1/4 of an inch of lint on the inside of the pipes and I didn't think that would make very much difference... but I guess with 7 feet up and a 90 degree turn and then 15 feet and a 45 degree turn and a few more feet it all adds up. I grabbed my old plumbing snake and duct taped a t-shirt and part of an old scratchy door mat and hooked up a flexible duct vent to the outside with my leave blower and long story short it works just fine now. The leaf blower shredded the lint so I didn't have any lint to pick up.