How Do You Wire An Electric Dryer?
Modern appliances come with separate ground and neutral wires. Generally, this setup is safer, because the current-carrying neutral is not connected to the dryer case. However, it is useless if the wall receptacle does not have a separate ground slot. In that case, you’ll have to do the very simple procedure of converting a 4-wire dryer to a 3-wire setup. 3 wire Connections NO LONGER Meet NEC Code (since 1996) You should upgrade to a 4 wire connection & circuit • Identify the type of plug that you will need by looking at the “slot pattern” of the receptacle on the wall. You’ll need to buy a new power cord/plug from an appliance or hardware store (~$12-$15). • Look to see that the new cord (at the dryer end) will have 3 wires only, no ground wire. The center wire of this cable is the neutral wire and the outer wires are hot live wires. The hot wires connect to the outer 2 connections the power terminal block of the dryer, does not matter which is which as long as one hot is connected to
