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Can you put amale 4 prong plug on the end of a 3 wire stove top?
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∙ 14y ago
Yes. There will be no wire connected to the neutral terminal in the plug. The neutral terminal should have a silver screw. If not, the neutral will be the straight prong right on top and a little between the other two straight prongs.
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No you can't. Cooktops are, by code, hardwired in. No plug allowed!
You should have a black, either a white or red, plus either a green or bare wire. Black to black, If the junction box has four wires--black, red, white and bare--cap the white because you won't need it (cooktops are wired like water heaters--two hots, no neutral) hook the green or bare to the bare on the AC service, black to black and white or red to red.
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Is the wide prong on an electrical plug connected to the black wire?
No, the wide prong is neutral it is the white wire. The narrow prong is hot it is the black wire. The round prong (in a 3 wire plug) is safety ground it is the green wire.
What does the circle prong on a 3 prong plug do?
Ground wire
What is the difference between a 4 prong dryer outlet and a 4 prong stove outlet?
The four blade dryer plug brings a separate ground wire from the machine to the electrical grounding system. The three blade dryer plug depended on the neutral wire of the plug to make this connection.
How do you wire a 12v 3 prong flasher?
you take the socket and plug the flasher into it
What is wrong if you changed a four prong to a three prong and the dryer is not heating?
My question is WHY did you replace a four prong dryer plug with a three prong! 220 volt Electric dryers require two hot legs, a neutral and a system ground wire. Sounds as though you shunted one of the hots or the neutral. You need to install a four prong plug of the same configuration and wire it exactly as the original.
Is the wide prong on an electrical plug connected to the black wire?
No, the wide prong is neutral it is the white wire. The narrow prong is hot it is the black wire. The round prong (in a 3 wire plug) is safety ground it is the green wire.
What does the circle prong on a 3 prong plug do?
Ground wire
What is the difference between a 4 prong dryer outlet and a 4 prong stove outlet?
The four blade dryer plug brings a separate ground wire from the machine to the electrical grounding system. The three blade dryer plug depended on the neutral wire of the plug to make this connection.
How do you attach a three prong plug wire with a green white and black wire to a shop light with a black wire and white wire?
The green wire is for ground. You can attach that to any metal part of the frame. The red is the active and coincides with the lefthand prong into the plug and the black in this case should be the Neutral and ciocides with the right prong into the plug as seen standing behind the plug.
How do you wire a 3 wire 240 volt stove to a 240 volt 4 wire feed?
Change the cord/plug on the stove to a four wire cord/plug. When installing the new plug remove the grounding strip that connects the center lug in the stove wiring block to the frame of the stove. Connect the white wire from the new plug to the center lug. Connect the green wire from the plug to the stove frame.
How do you wire a 12v 3 prong flasher?
you take the socket and plug the flasher into it
The electrical cord on the kiln only has three wires. How do you wire to a 3 prong plug?
Black wire to the gold screw, white wire to the silver screw, green wire to the round or U shaped prong screw.
What is wrong if you changed a four prong to a three prong and the dryer is not heating?
My question is WHY did you replace a four prong dryer plug with a three prong! 220 volt Electric dryers require two hot legs, a neutral and a system ground wire. Sounds as though you shunted one of the hots or the neutral. You need to install a four prong plug of the same configuration and wire it exactly as the original.
You are replacing a 3 wire plug to a 4 wire outlet but the stove is set up for a 3 wire and you have a 4 wire plug to switch over but there is no place for the ground wire to go?
The range 4 wire plug kit should have with it a grounding lug that connects to the frame of the stove. If not buy a small #2 lug and bolt it to the frame of the stove. This is the attachment point for the fourth green ground wire from the new range cord assembly.
What is the third prong in plug for?
On a British plug it is the earth pin connected to the earth wire. This is safety feature to stop electric shock
What is a stove plug and how would it work in a power drop configuration?
Its where you plug a stove into. Power drop for what?? Voltage drop deals with wire size and length.
Polarized plug which wire is hot?
A polarized plug can only fit together in one direction. This is to prevent reverse polarity in the device you are plugging in.
