bergs4
Oct 26, 2008, 10:59 AM
Hello,
I recently purchased a house built in 1948. When I attempted to install my dryer, I realized the outlet was 3 prong 250v. A helpful post said that I could convert this outlet to 3 prong 240v. I have looked a little closer in the outlet and noticed there are two hots (red and black stranded) and what looks like some sort of stranded copper clad wire (the outside looks silver while the middle is copper). I have two questions:
1) Does anyone know what type of wire this is, and will I risk rusting a connection to a new 240v outlet?
2) What tool should I use to test if this wire is actually a ground wire (which I'm assuming it is) -- the access to the area under the house where this wire leads is very difficult to get to, so following it visually to a water pipe would be difficult.
Thank you.
I recently purchased a house built in 1948. When I attempted to install my dryer, I realized the outlet was 3 prong 250v. A helpful post said that I could convert this outlet to 3 prong 240v. I have looked a little closer in the outlet and noticed there are two hots (red and black stranded) and what looks like some sort of stranded copper clad wire (the outside looks silver while the middle is copper). I have two questions:
1) Does anyone know what type of wire this is, and will I risk rusting a connection to a new 240v outlet?
2) What tool should I use to test if this wire is actually a ground wire (which I'm assuming it is) -- the access to the area under the house where this wire leads is very difficult to get to, so following it visually to a water pipe would be difficult.
Thank you.