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Dixmor Dryer Timer Not Working

Red Baron

Red Baron

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It lights up and says "00" but does not go to 60 seconds and countdown. Dryer works fine, shutting off after 60 seconds.

Ideas?:)
 
Send it to them for repair, it won't cost much.

If it only lights up when the dryer is on, it's wired with a simple jumper to start the countdown. You might check to be sure that connection is tight.
 
I have had a couple of these display timers do the same thing when connected in a similar way to a Washworld Automatic. There is a small resistor on the circuit board which is burned out. The fix was a wiring change from Washworld, and to send the board for repair to Dixmor. Dixmor replaced the resistor and updated the software, which allows it to work correctly with the wiring change. Basically the way Washworld and Dixmor originally specified the wiring forced a very small resistor to handle an excessive amount of power - Eventually burning out the resistor.

This was a problem I had about 4 years ago on 3 different machines.
 
New info: The dryers go off sometimes just several seconds after starting. The connections inside the display box seem to be tight.
 
Not sure what brand of automatic you have but I occasionally have problems with the dixmore timers that my Ryko auto use. Dixmore fixes them for a small fee. About 1/2 the time it is the timer and 1/2 the time it is wiring somewhere else in the system.
 
IIRC The countdown timer is just that. It has no timed output function. I don't know how your system is set up but it sounds like you have a bad connection on your dryer output circuit on your IBA. I imagine it is possible that a bad timer could be placing a load on it and causing the problem interference, but don't know for sure. Somewhere in your auto should be a circuit that sends a signal to both the dryer panel and countdown timer. I would check all connections thoroughly, If nothing is found I then would disconnect the timer circuit to see if the dryers started working correctly again
 
Kudos to Dixmor. They got my timer back just a few days after I sent it to them, and only $109 for the repair. Great service!
 
I just sent my spare timer in to dixmore and they got it fixed and returned in just a couple of days with the fix being under $100 also. They are just a great company to work with.
 
pitzerwm said:
Everywhere, Jesus Red. There is a link from the banner under the navbar, its on every page of the forum and a banner above the classifieds on the home page.

You are working way too hard.

But if you miss all of them:

http://autocareforum.com/ratings/ratings.php
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Thanks, by any chance do you know where I left my car keys? lol

I swear I looked up there 6 times and the link wasn't there. I'm not sure what my eyes were looking for but they didn't see it.
 
Some days, I can't find anything. I bought a new computer with Win 7 so its been fun loading the software and networking it, still a long way from ready, but it is fast, 2- 23" monitors 1TB HD Win 7 is suppose to be really better than XP which thank fully I never went Vista.
 
pitzerwm said:
Some days, I can't find anything. I bought a new computer with Win 7 so its been fun loading the software and networking it, still a long way from ready, but it is fast, 2- 23" monitors 1TB HD Win 7 is suppose to be really better than XP which thank fully I never went Vista.
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I took a speed reading class years ago and I tend to scan text looking for the first word - when "consumer" wasn't it, I was lost.

Yeah, I think I'll go with that.
 
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