How do I hook up a 4 wire dryer to 3 a wire receptacle?
Leave the 4 prong plug on the dryer and replace the receptacle. Here’s why. An older appliance with a 3 prong plug has a solid jumper on the appliance itself. When converting a 3 to a 4, you simply remove this jumper and the white [neutral] goes to the terminal bolt, and the isolated ground wire goes to the spot that was jumpered. On your dryer, since it came wired for a 4 prong cord, you would have to make up a jumper wire/ribbon , there won’t be one on there. Replace the recepracle [outlet] instead. It will also be cheaper than buying a new range cord. wiring diagrams are on the box.
