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Oct 26, 2007, 05:14 PM
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My clothes dryer has a four prong plug and the wall outlet is 3 prong...is there an adapter avaliable that can make this work?
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Oct 26, 2007, 05:38 PM
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| Sorry no adapter is available. The only choices you have is preferably is to replace the three wire circuit, cable and all, with the new 4 wire system, but you are allowed to only replace the cord to a three wire cord. |
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Oct 26, 2007, 05:40 PM
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| If you have the type of dryer plug im thinking about then answer is no. It uses a higher voltage then the standard one...you are going to need an electrician to run a new line. | |
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Oct 26, 2007, 07:37 PM
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| Can you be more specific, what kind are you thinking of? | |
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Oct 26, 2007, 07:40 PM
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| TK,
I was going to ask the same thing, yet I think I figured out what Marriedguy means.
Could be a gas dryer=120v recep outlet--instead of 240 outlet
Marriedguy,
Make note that older 220v dyer receptacles where three prong ready
Good points!
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Oct 26, 2007, 08:17 PM
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| A four wire plug on a gas dryer? | |
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Oct 30, 2007, 06:45 AM
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| Here what that plug looks like Part Detail
Sorry for not getting back to yall. | |
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Oct 30, 2007, 07:45 AM
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#8
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| OK the cord and plug is as I imagined, a 30 amp 125/250 volt 4 wire plug. So where do we go from here? | |
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Oct 30, 2007, 08:37 AM
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| How old is your house? My house was built in 1970, and the 3 prong dryer plug has a 3 conductor with ground feeding it. If I bought a new dryer with a 4 prong plug, all I would need to do is change the outlet. I would suggest you check the cable feeding the 3 prong one and see if it has red, black, white, and bare like mine. | |
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