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Depending on the connection this scenario could happen. The 240 volt heating element of a dryer is connected to the two outside terminals on the dryers terminal strip. Also in this circuit is a thermal cut out that will open the circuit should the internal mechanisms of the dryer get too hot. The motor connection and the controls of the dryer are 120 volts. This means that the voltage is obtained from one of the 240 volt legs and the neutral connection on the dryers terminal strip. This connection is in between the two outside 240 volt connection points on the terminal strip. On a four wire dryer cord the fourth wire is the ground and should go directly to the chassis lug on the dryers frame. Turn off the breaker or unplug the dryer from its receptacle and check your wiring. Red and black wires on the outside terminals on the dryers terminal strip. It makes no difference whether red is on the left or right terminal. The white (neutral) wire is on the terminal between the two red and black or black and red wires depending on how you placed them on the terminal strip. The ground wire of course will be connected to the frame of the dryer. If this is the way the connections are made inside of the dryer it should work. If any work has been done on the wall receptacle make sure that the wire on the receptacle match the wiring inside the dryer.

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