I have an aunt that just bought a house.
She had a friend of the family come in to upgrade the service to 100 amp.she also wants a line in her garage run to feed an electric dryer,this friend is telling her that he will do it using 12/2 wire and hard wire it,not use a plug.
Anyone see a problem with this?
Thanks,
Care to elaborate?
I've run wire for my dryer but I used 10/3 with a 3 prong plug.
This guy does it for a living so I thought there was another way that I'm not aware of.
A dryer requires 10-3 wire, and a disconnect, so we use a plug and receptacle to meet that criteria. Also, i would be scared of this friend doing any electrical work if he was going to wire a dryer like you proposed.
That's what I was thinking! It can not be done safely with just 12/2. I'm hoping she just misunderstood him.
But the hard wire is no good either,correct?
Sure, that would be meet the requirement. but seriously, it would be silly to hard wire a dryer. Also, the dryer may require a cord to be installed...
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