I bought a new house. I'm Trying to change out the plug on my dryer because the cord currently in the dryer is a 3 prong, the outlet in the wall is a 4 prong. Problem is the one installed isn't color coded.
Obviously green goes on the ground but the rest SHOULD go black, white, and then red, correct?
are you sure you arent trying to plug a 2 phase w/ ground (3 wire) dryer into a 3 phase w/ ground (4 wire) outlet
oh im moronic, looks like the dryer is 3 phase with no ground on the original wire.
just plug it in and bump the motor and make sure it turns the right way, and roll 2 wires if it doesnt and check again
Bump the motor?
make the motor contactor close so you can see if the rotation is the right direction
Does it matter if a drier runs CCW? Clothes become dry in either direction right
No. if it spins in the other direction they'll actually become more wet.
post a pic of the electrical data plate that is affixed to the dryer. There is no way in hell you have a 3 phase dryer. You have a 240 volt single-phase WITH a neutral and a ground.
Show some judgement and intelligence. Hire a LICENSED ELECTRICIAN.
sorry i actually know nothing about diy and just make bad posts that people have to waste their time correcting and replying to
>There is no way in hell you have a 3 phase dryer
nor a 3 phase outlet
Put a shitload of tape around that where the sheet metal is.
You should have a grommet
I got the cover on
you fricked up the metal clamp on the wires
the tabs go inside, this prevents the cord from being yanked out if someone pulls the dryer away from the wall
Thanks bros. Will correct.
2 phase, 3 phase lol
2 hots black red white neutral and ground. Wth is going on in this thread ffs
Yeah, 2nd poster was off. I was just curious on the color order. You know, 100% checking.
It's single(split) phase. It doesn't matter which side the red and black go to. The motor runs off 120 single phase anyways. Only the heater runs off the full 240. And that's just a big resistor.
See below
I hope that clamp holds on to the hole otherwise it's doing frick all like that.
>I was just curious on the color order
From what I have seen, most large appliances will have a diagram somewhere on the back of them showing how to hook up the power supply cable. Either on the device itself or on the back of the access plate you have to remove to get to the connections.
Look up the service manual for your dryer, it will be in there.
Rtfm
Maybe RTFT? He did that a few hours ago:
No where does it say he actually looked it up.
Simple answer: yes. green is ground, goes to the green ground screw. black and red are the hots. white is neutral. notice the terminals are brass, silver, brass colored? the silver one is neutral. the others are the same because it doesn't matter which hot goes on which one. However, just to be 100% sure, RTFM is always recommended
This guy is right
You also need to make sure that ground and neutral aren't tied together, because this will basically invalidate any protection you get by adding ground
Wait a second, what did you do with the dryer's own neutral (usually white) wire? The one originally on the ground screw? You're supposed to double it up with the wire's neutral wire on the neutral center terminal.
>the wire's neutral wire
I meant the cable's neutral wire. And I can see your dryer's white neutral wire just dangling in the latest pic.
You'd be better off replacing the female receptacle to match the original male plug that came with the dryer.
Dryers don't come with original plugs, you need to buy them.
Bullshit
its a common trend in the USA for dryers be sold without a cord. IDK if this because of liability reasons having to do with the weirdness in the electrical code about 3 prong outlets bonding the neutral and ground together at the device, or if it's just to save money for the manufacturer considering that they would kind of need to include both types of cords to cover buyers who had one or the other variety of outlet available.
I figured it’s because there’s too many different types of 240V outlets. Any truth to that?
Can confirm
>I figured it’s because there’s too many different types of 240V outlets. Any truth to that?
You can't be liable for Harry Homeowner burning his house down if you don't give him a cord.
People find the stupidest things to try to insist on.
You clearly have never purchased a new electric dryer in the USA, so why the frick would you think you have a perspective on it?
It just doesn't "feel right" to you that they wouldn't come with a cord?
Wait until he hears about the UK from 1945 to like 2010
Newer appliances and fixtures pretty much follow that color code. Green screw = ground, silver screw = neutral, brass screw = hot.
If you get on your knees and look inside that terminal connection, the wires are indeed color coded. You just cant see it from that angle.
See pic related. wires are indeed color coded, just look closely. The terminal screws on these are notorious for causing problems, dont swap them around and be very careful not to strip them
op dont listen to the morons. i am an electrician. the two brass colored screws are for your black and red wires, and the silver screw is for the white wire. the green screw to the left attatched to the body of the dryer is your ground, which is what your green wire goes to. youll probably need a 5/16 to get the green screw out and a philips for the rest.