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RobOhh t1_j9ist8b wrote

240 volts of exceptionally profound life lessons learned. Please, don’t ever disassemble your appliances EVER again, no matter how much you learned today.

Sincerely, An experienced appliance technician/technical advisor

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Krayt88 t1_j9j4mik wrote

I mean, is it dangerous if you're smart enough to unplug it first? A dryer isn't rocking a deadly capacitor like an old CRT TV, right?

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RobOhh t1_j9jyzuh wrote

Some dryers do have motor start capacitors but not of the the kind you referenced in old CRT’s.

That being said, there are a whole host of other safety-related things OP could have been injured by as well when disassembling the unit even if it was de-energized. Sharp edges in the sheet metal panels and drum, pulley arms under tension are a couple great examples.

I would never want anyone to get injured by their appliance because I truly care about everyone’s well being and health, but further, as a former in-home technician I also absolutely dreaded walking into someone’s domicile to find they disassembled their product (usually the wrong way) and couldn’t put it back together, losing screws or damaging components in the process. It creates hellacious headaches for technicians to unfuck the mess a product owner can sometimes cause by uninformed disassembly. Often does not end well, unfortunately.

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Krayt88 t1_j9kfz2s wrote

Ah, sure, I wasn't really thinking about sharp edges. You'd like to think OP can be trusted to cut up an apple without gutting himself on a sharp edge, but given that he started taking apart an appliance that was still actively plugged in, maybe not.

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