Eight years or so in a household, one thing is nearly certain about the WTG86402UC: a felt of fine lint has settled in the condenser that the cycle’s flushing cannot move. This is a discontinued 800 Series tumble dryer with a ventless setup, a drum of 4.0 cubic feet and a body 23 1/2 inches across.
The label self-cleaning is half true. The machine rinses the condenser during the cycle, but that does not replace a human looking at it now and then. As lint thickens, airflow falls and drying times lengthen a little each month, until a household notices that loads that once took one cycle now take two.
Another age-related wearer is the NTC temperature sensor. When it drifts, the dryer decides clothes are dry too soon and ends the cycle early, leaving damp laundry behind. Both parts are serviceable. A proper inspection and cleaning as part of a visit gets this model back to how it dried when new.
Cycles rinse it out, yet fine lint still collects over time. A proper inspection and clean at a service visit is worthwhile on any dryer this age.
Typically a wrong reading from the moisture sensor, or else the NTC temperature sensor, leads the machine to think the load is dry. We test them with a written price first.
Airflow has dropped, most often because the condenser is coated with lint. Cleaning it restores heat exchange and brings drying time back toward normal. We check the sensor at the same time.
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