Product review (5 stars): Perfect Replacement and Saves Money!
One fine day, our dryer stopped drying chlothes. Having a 20 month toddler at home we go through atleast a couple of rounds of laundry daily if not more. With dryer not working and we having to air dry our washed chlothes within the limited space of our townhome, we started shopping for a certified repair shop. Got a few quotes from electricians and looking at the quotes, we decided to purchase a new dryer altogether. Also went to sears and lowes to look at different models. we didn't want to spend a whole lot and didn't want any bells and whistles. But a  basic chlothes dryer to dry our clothes. July 4th long weekend being around the corner, we decided to wait a few more weeks for a deal.
However, out of a curiosity, I googled the make and model of our dryer and boom.... it brought up a few DIY  articles to troubleshoot and fix the dryer. While most of the websites recommended checking voltage with a multimeter, me being a novice when it came to electricity .. I was thinking of getting a multi-meter. But while going through some forums online, one of the websites mentioned steps to troubleshoot without a multi-meter and performing a test to see if a thermal fuse was blown off. I ran that test and boom it was indeed the fuse. I searched for the fuse and found cheapest at one of the online stores and just as I was about to order it I casually mentioned it to my wife, and she asked me to check it on Amazon. I hesitantly checked and to my surprise, Amazon had the thermal fuse available and that to at 1/5 the price (inspite of shipping charges) compared to the other retailer. I literally jumped my seat looking at the cheap price and ordered one after going through the reviews. I also ordered this thermostat from Amazon as one of the reviewers mentioned that it is recomended to replace thermostat alongwith the fuse.

I received the product on time as it was promised and installed it the following day. And we were back in business. Our dryer works as before and my wife is also very happy since we saved over $500 that we were thinking of spending on the new dryer and then installation.

This thermostat works but please make sure that it fits your dryer make and model before you purchase. But more over, BE CAREFUL and TAKE EXTRA CARE if you are inexperienced like me when it comes to playing with electricity and are planning to replace this yourself. I have a degree in electronics enggineering and have learnt electrical circuits to some degree. So I was extra careful to unplug the power cord from the wall outlet and then securing the back cover of the dryer during testing and after testing the new fuse and thermostat.

But this is well worth the money if you should need a thermostat for your broken dryer. It will save you several hundreds of dollars to replace your dryer!!