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    Oct 26, 2007, 06:14 PM
    Clothes Dryer
    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?
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    Oct 26, 2007, 06:38 PM
    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, 06:40 PM
    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.
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    Oct 26, 2007, 08:37 PM
    Can you be more specific, what kind are you thinking of?
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    Oct 26, 2007, 08:40 PM
    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?
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    Oct 26, 2007, 09:17 PM
    A four wire plug on a gas dryer?
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    Oct 30, 2007, 07:45 AM
    Here what that plug looks like

    Part Detail

    Sorry for not getting back to you.
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    Oct 30, 2007, 08:45 AM
    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, 09:37 AM
    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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