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re: Replacing dryer and new dryer has a 4 prong cord, old has a 3 prong....???
Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:11 pm to Yewkindewit
Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:11 pm to Yewkindewit
If the 4 prong whip is already attached to your new dryer and you are not comfortable working with wiring, there is an adapter. It does require a nearby 120v outlet for the ground.
Amazon Adapter
Amazon Adapter
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Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:11 pm to Yewkindewit
Try the home and garden board
Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:12 pm to High C
quote:
Look at Mr. Electricity calling a cord a “whip”. Is that industry slang?
In my area of the world.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:13 pm to Yewkindewit
Congrats on buying a used dryer. New ones don’t come with a cord.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:13 pm to Yewkindewit
You can put the neutral and the ground off of the four prong cord together on the white screw at the back of the dryer. Eta didn’t read the post real well just use the old cord
This post was edited on 5/1/21 at 6:18 pm
Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:15 pm to Yewkindewit
I thought the plug was always a separate purchase?
Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:19 pm to Yewkindewit
Switch cords from old dryer to new one.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:23 pm to Yewkindewit
It's probably easiest just to buy a new house.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:26 pm to Yewkindewit
C. Get a hammer and force the new plug fit into the old outlet.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:27 pm to Yewkindewit
Damn millennials
Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:29 pm to Yewkindewit
Get a new cord you low rent soy boy. frick. You sonsabitches don’t have no training.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:41 pm to lsujag
quote:
Congrats on buying a used dryer. New ones don’t come with a cord.
This is truth
Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:43 pm to QuietTiger
Never heard it called a “whip”. It’s known as a “pigtail” in the industry.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:47 pm to SuperSaint
quote:
You have fat old people hands. Hope you double mask to keep COVID exposing your comorbidity
Small penis says “what”
Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:48 pm to Yewkindewit
Yeah.
Two of the wires can go together.
Maybe white and green.
But I forgot.
You can figure it out.
Two of the wires can go together.
Maybe white and green.
But I forgot.
You can figure it out.
This post was edited on 5/1/21 at 6:49 pm
Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:51 pm to DragginFly
quote:
“pigtail” in the industry.
I'll play.
Tell me what makes it a "pigtail"?
Posted on 5/1/21 at 6:54 pm to Bullfrog
quote:
Two of the wires can go together.
Maybe white and green.
But I forgot.
You can figure it out.
This. If it Sparks Bigly, try a different wire combination.
Happy Saturday evening, everyone.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 7:08 pm to scottfruget
quote:
splice on new one
Hell no don’t splice it. Replace it. It’s easy enough. Just open the cover in the back of the dryer and swap them out. Hopefully the original plug in the wall has four wires
Posted on 5/1/21 at 7:09 pm to Obtuse1
quote:
You could do this but you would have to pull a ground wire from the breaker box. Three prong outlets only have two hots and a neutral coming into them.
Incorrect - existing box has two hots and a ground. A new installation would have two hots, a neutral and a ground. Old accepted practice was to use the ground conductor for the small 115V loads sometimes present in appliances (fan motor, etc.). NEC changed this many years ago so that the ground wire is only used for fault current.
OP - follow above advice and use old cord on new dryer. This cord will have two hots (angled prongs) and a ground lug. Jumper the dryer's neutral terminal to ground. If owner's manual doesn't show you then use the Google/YouTube machines.
This post was edited on 5/1/21 at 7:14 pm
Posted on 5/1/21 at 7:09 pm to Yewkindewit
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Yewkindewit
Change your name
Yewkantdewit
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