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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.
German appliances don't have three pinned plugs. The standards are the "Schoko" plug, which is a two pin plug with contacts on the side as a ground connection and the "Euro plug which is a two pin plug without a ground connection. There are adapters available at most good electrical stores.
I don't know about an extension cord, but they do sell plug adabters. You can pick them up at any hardware store or even Wal-Mart. They are ussaully grey or orange , and look like the plug end of the extension cord. One end will have the 2 prong, the other side will have the slots to plug in the three prong.
The difference is safety. Any appliance or equipment that has metal parts that may be touched by the user will usually have 3 prongs because this provides for safety if those metal parts become energized. Exceptions would be "double insulated" items, such as many power tools, and items without exposed metal parts.
Yes, provided the outlet has a three element receptacle. The third prong is ground. If you use an adapter that connects three prongs to a two slot outlet there is a shock danger.
Need to know the amperage rating of the plug or the NEMA configuration of the plug and receptacle
Because - the 2-prong socket is NOT connected to earth !.. Any fault in the appliance - could result in electrocution.
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.
German appliances don't have three pinned plugs. The standards are the "Schoko" plug, which is a two pin plug with contacts on the side as a ground connection and the "Euro plug which is a two pin plug without a ground connection. There are adapters available at most good electrical stores.
I don't know about an extension cord, but they do sell plug adabters. You can pick them up at any hardware store or even Wal-Mart. They are ussaully grey or orange , and look like the plug end of the extension cord. One end will have the 2 prong, the other side will have the slots to plug in the three prong.
The two prong electrical plug and outlet was invented by David Brown. i know
The difference is safety. Any appliance or equipment that has metal parts that may be touched by the user will usually have 3 prongs because this provides for safety if those metal parts become energized. Exceptions would be "double insulated" items, such as many power tools, and items without exposed metal parts.
Plug it into a properly grounded receptacle if it has a ground prong. Otherwise, if it has only a two-prong plug, it is a design flaw and you will need to remember to discharge it, before you touch it, and yourself, before touching doorknobs after running it. You can carry a key or other piece of metal around with you to do this. I believe I'd take it back to the store and buy a different one.
Yes, provided the outlet has a three element receptacle. The third prong is ground. If you use an adapter that connects three prongs to a two slot outlet there is a shock danger.
The reason might be a voltage or amperage mismatch between the two devices. Plugs and receptacles are matched sets depending on the voltage and the amperage of the devices. The configurations are done in this manor to prevent the wrong voltages being applied to wrong plug in equipment.
this switch is on the top of the transmission its a two prong plug I'm having trouble location which plug on the harness goes to it.
the wider of the 2 blades, provided that the plug is polarized