Always use the model number located on your dryer when searching for parts or requesting service because the care and use guide (owners manual) that came with your dryer is often generic for several models and may not indicate changes made to your specific dryers production run.
A short history about the clothes dryer
George Sampson, from Dayton Ohio, invented the first clothes dryer in 1872. Before that if the clothesline was unavailable because of rain or winter, most people dried their clothes on or near the stove or an open fire.
Around 1940 demand for home clothes dryers became sufficient that large manufacturers started selling them with an estimated 60,000 dryers per year.
Today, almost every home has a clothes dryer and the art of the clothesline
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