My clothes dryer has a four prong plug and the wall outlet is 3 prong... is there an adapter available that can make this work?

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.

If you have the type of dryer plug I'm 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.

Can you be more specific, what kind are you thinking of?

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!


Side note: Why don't I get ratings?

A four wire plug on a gas dryer?

Here what that plug looks like

Part Detail (http://www.repairclinic.com/SmartSearch/SSPartDetail.aspx?PartID=12861&PPStack=1)

Sorry for not getting back to you.

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?

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.