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How do you wire a dryer?

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How do you wire a three wire 220v for dryer White to white but where does black and ground go?

If the cable you are trying to connect the dryer up to only has a white, black and ground wire, then the dryer is not going to work. The cable needs to be a three wire, the ground wire is never counted when discussing house wiring. Open up the electrical access panel on the back of the dryer. You will see a terminal block. A red and black and white connect to this terminal strip. The "hot" wires are connected to the outside terminals. The neutral (white) wire will be in the center. Connect the ground wire to the frame of the dryer. It is very important that this ground wire be connected as this is the wire that carries the fault current to trip the breaker should a fault arise.


Can you wire a external and an internal ground together on a drier?

The ground wire should go from the dryer directly back to the distribution panel. An external ground wire is not required. The ground wire that is in the cord set that is connected to the frame of the dryer and the ground wire that is in the feeders coming from the distribution panel, that is connected to the ground terminal in the dryer receptacle, is all that is required to satisfy the code requirement.


Why 4 wires for dryer?

The dryer is a 240v dryer so two of the wires are your hot wires, or the ones with power on them. One is your ground wire. And the forth is your neutral.


Where is the chassis of a dryer?

The chassis of a dryer is what you see when you look at the dryer. It is a frame work of metal that contains the rotating drum and motor assembly. When you ground a dryer it is this framework that the ground wire, from the cord, is connected to.


What gauge wire does a dryer use?

Normally AWG #10


Adding a 220 line to panel box for a dryer?

A dryer requires a 30 amp receptacle. This will be to receive a four blade dryer plug. The wire needed will be a three copper wire #10 cable set with a bare #14 copper ground wire. The breaker will be a two pole 30 amp breaker.


Should a 3 wire 250 volt drier be grounded?

Yes, most definitely. Provisions for the ground wire in the dryer receptacle should be used. The feeder cable's ground wire is first grounded to the receptacle's junction box ground screw and then taken to the receptacle's ground terminal. The dryer plug configuration will match up to the dryers four wire plug in cable. When the plug is connected into the dryer receptacle the ground terminals of both devices will match and the ground wire will be continuous from the voltage source at the distribution panel and complete the circuit at the dryer. This low impedance electrical path will conduct any ground fault that could occur at the dryer and trip the feeder breaker of the dryer circuit, there by removing the fault current from the dryer circuit.


Ground wire burned and broke in half right where cord attaches to back of dryer Why did the ground wire short out on my electric clothes dryer?

The ground wire is NEVER used to provide a reference to create 110v for the controls of the dryer. That is the job of the neutral wire and why dryers are fed with a three wire cable. With the loss of the neutral the dryer would not start as it needs the 120 volts to bring the heating contactor and the motor contactor into activation.In many cases, the ground wire is used to provide a reference to create 110v for the controls of the dryer. With the loss of the ground, the dryer's control circuitry 'floated' as high as 220/240 volts.Usually, the small electric motor that drives the control knob can not handle these voltages, also the control contacts and any additional coils will burn up as well.There could be extensive damage, and may not be worth repairing the dryer.