the wider of the 2 blades, provided that the plug is polarized
In electrical terminology they are called blades. The same terminology is used when talking about knife switches.
Yes it should.
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.
The AC wide prong is the neutral. An AC voltmeter measuring from narrow prong to ground should show line voltage; measurement from wide prong to ground should show zero. In a two-conductor power cord (and some three-conductor cords), the ridged side should be the neutral. In any light-bulb socket, the outer ridge should be wired to neutral.
In a 6-30 3 prong female plug, there are two hot wires, which are usually black or red, and these connect to the two hot terminals. The neutral wire, typically white, connects to the neutral terminal, and the green wire, which is the ground wire, connects to the ground terminal.
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.
Yes, the larger slot is a polarity slot that is supposed to connect the plug in device to the neutral wire. If the device is a lamp it would make the shell of the lamp the neutral wire connection and the center pin the "hot". If the two wire plug has a moulded plug on it, look for a tracer on the devices power cord. It will be a raised rib or a white tracer on the conductor that is the neutral. Position the two blade plug into the receptacle with the identified conductor into the larger slot, this will give you the proper polarity configuration that the manufacturer recommends. New plugs (caps) today all have a ground pin connected to them and can only connect to the receptacle in one position.
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.
The AC wide prong is the neutral. An AC voltmeter measuring from narrow prong to ground should show line voltage; measurement from wide prong to ground should show zero. In a two-conductor power cord (and some three-conductor cords), the ridged side should be the neutral. In any light-bulb socket, the outer ridge should be wired to neutral.
In a 6-30 3 prong female plug, there are two hot wires, which are usually black or red, and these connect to the two hot terminals. The neutral wire, typically white, connects to the neutral terminal, and the green wire, which is the ground wire, connects to the ground terminal.
Need to know the amperage rating of the plug or the NEMA configuration of the plug and receptacle
The smallest slot is the hot side the larger slot is the neutral slot assuming the outlet was wired correctly.
On a 240 volt outlet, such as a dryer outlet: G is Ground, W is Neutral, X and Y are the two Hot legs.
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.
Yes, the larger slot is a polarity slot that is supposed to connect the plug in device to the neutral wire. If the device is a lamp it would make the shell of the lamp the neutral wire connection and the center pin the "hot". If the two wire plug has a moulded plug on it, look for a tracer on the devices power cord. It will be a raised rib or a white tracer on the conductor that is the neutral. Position the two blade plug into the receptacle with the identified conductor into the larger slot, this will give you the proper polarity configuration that the manufacturer recommends. New plugs (caps) today all have a ground pin connected to them and can only connect to the receptacle in one position.
If you are refering to a wall receptacle, the one on the right is the hot side. The left side is the neutral and it's slot is larger that the hot one. The U shaped on the bottom is for the ground pin of the plug.
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.
Because - the 2-prong socket is NOT connected to earth !.. Any fault in the appliance - could result in electrocution.
This answer will be treated cautiously because your question shows a lack of knowledge of residential electrical systems. By "two prong", you are probably referring to a duplex electrical outlet, the standard "two-plug" arrangement found in North American homes, which is actually a 6-prong outlet - a live, neutral and ground "prong" on each of the two outlets. In any case, yes you can change one half of the outlet to "switched' without changing the other half. There is a connecting copper buss on each side of the duplex that connects the top half with the bottom half. This is designed in such a way that the buss can be clipped with electrical wire cutters (after ensuring that you have turned off the breaker or pulled the fuse to that circuit) to separate the two halves. You need only clip the "live" side, and can leave the neutral side connected. This will essentially allow you to feed each half with a separate supply, one of which can be live all the time, while the other half is switched. To wire up the switch, you will probably need a bit more knowledge.