maddog Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 The heater coil on my dryer burnt out. $55 + sh for the new part and who knows when it will arrive. I found this trick on the web: Snip off the burnt ends where the coil has separated. Bend them into loops and hook them together. Coat with borax. (I heated them to orange with a propane torch so that the borax would stick). Turn the dryer on. Since the loose ends are a high resistance contact they get very hot, hot enough to weld together at which point the resistance and the temperature fall. Worked like a charm. They say this kind of repair will last. We will see. Tomorrow I will be trying to thaw frozen water pipes with my welder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 That sounds like a neat fix, I'll keep it in mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aametalmaster Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Tomorrow I will be trying to thaw frozen water pipes with my welder. AC turn it up hook the ground at one end and the + to the other and turn it on. Did it for many years on the farm...Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddog Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 AC turn it up hook the ground at one end and the + to the other and turn it on. Did it for many years on the farm...Bob Thanks for the advice metal master. Why AC? I got lucky and the pipes thawed by themselves. I seem to have only one pinprick leak and thats on the faucet for the bathtub which is easy to reach and easy to shut off. I am going to put a small space heater in the crawl space and plug it into a temperature controlled outlet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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