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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 7:10 pm to BHM
Posted on 5/1/21 at 7:10 pm to BHM
You corksoakers are the reason I stick around here!
The replacement dryer is used but I like this model.
I could swap cords to avoid an outlet swap. Figured I’d get one intelligent answer and I did.
My hands are not fat, they are big though.
Half my grout is cleaned, the rest....pain in the arse to finish the job but on the list.
Got to go bake some muffins. :)
Thanks, you bunch of pikers.
The replacement dryer is used but I like this model.
I could swap cords to avoid an outlet swap. Figured I’d get one intelligent answer and I did.
My hands are not fat, they are big though.
Half my grout is cleaned, the rest....pain in the arse to finish the job but on the list.
Got to go bake some muffins. :)
Thanks, you bunch of pikers.
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Posted on 5/1/21 at 7:14 pm to Yewkindewit
quote:
Yewkindewit
If you change the whip(power cord) from 4 wire to 3 wire, then they must have removed the grounding bridge from neutral to ground. It would be smart to install a jump to replace it.
Good luck.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 7:18 pm to Yewkindewit
I just got a dryer without a cord wasn’t sure but figured I could swap out my old one...thanks baw
Posted on 5/1/21 at 7:18 pm to QuietTiger
quote:
Tell me what makes it a "pigtail"?
The multiple wires and/or lugs on the opposite end from the plug.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 7:21 pm to Unobtanium
quote:
Unobtanium
Voice of reason, thx.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 7:26 pm to Yewkindewit
By another cord. $20.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 7:31 pm to DragginFly
quote:\
The multiple wires and/or lugs on the opposite end from the plug.
You're saying a whip(power cord) has multiple wires on lugs?
A pigtail is more than one wire tied together with a "pigtail" to land on a device or screw with one terminal.
Good luck in your future.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 7:41 pm to QuietTiger
Not an electrician but the term pigtail and whip get interchanged a lot. I think of a whip as a power cord without any plugs on the ends. Example being an air conditioner where the individual wires are encased in a flexible conduit and all the wire ends are bare and unconnected.
A pigtail or dryer cord would have the plug on one end.
A pigtail or dryer cord would have the plug on one end.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 7:46 pm to QuietTiger
quote:
You're saying a whip(power cord) has multiple wires on lugs?
A pigtail is more than one wire tied together with a "pigtail" to land on a device or screw with one terminal.
Good luck in your future.
Google “dryer pigtail” and see what shows up. Call it what you will. That’s what the white goods guys call it.
Why don’t we compromise and call it a “dryer cord”?
That’ll secure both our futures, ;)
Posted on 5/1/21 at 7:47 pm to Yewkindewit
Is your wife home? Ask her.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 7:52 pm to BHM
quote:
A pigtail or dryer cord would have the plug on one end.
Must be localized then, it's what they are called here by everyone in the field.
I've never heard a "power cord" referred to as a pigtail.
Good luck to the OP.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 8:11 pm to DeafJam73
quote:
You have fat old people hands. Hope you double mask to keep COVID exposing your comorbidity
Are you always a douche bag or what?
Every fricking post.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 8:16 pm to Yewkindewit
But an adapter or just change the cord on the dryer.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 8:18 pm to Breaux
Breaux,
My wife died in 2015 or I would have asked her and not have posted a question.
My wife died in 2015 or I would have asked her and not have posted a question.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 8:48 pm to Yewkindewit
If your boyfriend is alive, ask him.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 9:03 pm to Martini
quote:oh Martina pull your panties out your vagina
Martini
Posted on 5/1/21 at 9:04 pm to Yewkindewit
See if you can find a man with some screwdrivers and swap the cords.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 9:32 pm to Yewkindewit
On your way home from Home Depot stop at cvs and get some nail clippers.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 9:36 pm to Yewkindewit
If the old cord is still in good shape, put it on the new dryer. Make a note or picture of the terminal screws it attaches to.
Posted on 5/1/21 at 9:39 pm to Yewkindewit
Congrats on having an old house ya poor
Just kidding, it’s easy to change the cord. You honestly don’t even need a YouTube video, just make sure you properly ground it. It’s actually really easy.
Just kidding, it’s easy to change the cord. You honestly don’t even need a YouTube video, just make sure you properly ground it. It’s actually really easy.
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