The short answer
On the NED dryer this symptom is usually the supply, because an electric dryer runs from two legs and a dead machine is often a dead circuit rather than a dead appliance. The trailing letters in these model numbers mark finish and trim, not a different mechanism, which is why one ranking covers the whole family.
What you observe
- It went dead at the end of a long, hot, badly drying cycle — That sequence is a thermal fuse doing its job.
- Nothing at all happens when start is pressed — No lights, no hum, no click — which points at the supply or at a safety device rather than at the motor.
- The panel lights but the machine never runs — The control has power and the motor circuit does not, which is a much narrower fault.
- A hum for a second or two and then silence — The motor is trying and failing, which is a motor or a jam rather than a switch.
- NEAR MISS — it starts and runs but never heats — A machine that tumbles without heat is a heating fault, and that is a different page with a different list.
Causes, most likely first on the NED family
- Supply, breaker or receptacle — First on this family. A double breaker with one half tripped, a tired receptacle or a plug not fully home produces a machine with no response at all.
- Belt switch tripped by a broken belt — Second on these models. This is why a belt failure presents as no response at all on machines fitted with the switch, rather than as a motor running with a still drum.
- Control board or timer not passing the start request — Third. A board that has failed leaves lights on the panel and nothing behind them, which is the most confusing version of the fault.
- Control lock or a mode left active — Last of the four, and the one to reach for only when the others are clean. It is free to clear and it should always be eliminated before anything is dismantled.
- Body: A brand-generic article on this symptom starts with the door switch. Here the supply moves ahead of it, because the models in the table share the same construction, so what is true of one is true across the family.
Check in this order, and why
- Switch the breaker fully off and back on, and check the plug is fully home — A full reset rather than a nudge is what clears a half-tripped double breaker.
- With the machine isolated, turn the drum by hand — A drum that spins with no resistance at all has lost its belt, and the belt switch explains the silence.
- Note whether the panel lights and responds normally to other buttons — A responsive panel with no motor is a different fault from a panel that does nothing at all.
Before you open anything
Safety
Unplug the appliance or switch off its breaker before removing any panel or turning the drum by hand — a capacitor can hold a charge after the power is off.
Models in the NED family
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| NED4600Y*+ | amana:dryer:ned |
| NED4655E*+ | amana:dryer:ned |
| NED4700Y*+ | amana:dryer:ned |
| NED4705E*+ | amana:dryer:ned |
| NED5800D** | amana:dryer:ned |
| NED5800H** | amana:dryer:ned |
When to call a technician
Call once the door, the breaker, the controls and the drum-by-hand check are all clean, because what remains is inside the cabinet. Call rather than retry repeatedly if the motor hums and stops: repeated attempts against a jam overheat the winding.
Other faults covered for the NED family
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