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01-28-2007, 07:45 AM
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does it matter what side the black and red wires attach to on the outlet for the plug? I know black and red go to the brass screws and white to the silver.
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01-28-2007, 07:56 AM
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No, it does not matter.
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01-28-2007, 11:21 PM
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By chance is this a new installation? If so you need a 4 wire feeder to be code compliant. You need 2 hots a neutral and ground.
Stubbie
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03-04-2007, 11:08 PM
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By chance is this a new installation? If so you need a 4 wire feeder to be code compliant. You need 2 hots a neutral and ground.
Stubbie
hello,
dont u also need the neutral so u can get 110vac-120vac between a one leg and neutral/ground? (for a 120vac light or motor in an appiance)
bob
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03-05-2007, 12:18 AM
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There is no nuetral in a 220 circuit.
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03-05-2007, 05:14 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jproffer
There is no nuetral in a 220 circuit.
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but there is a 120 volt control circuit in a dryer.
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03-05-2007, 07:35 PM
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hello,
how do you get the 120vac for the motor, lights, timer, for the dryer, if there is only 240vac supplied to the dryer?
bob
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03-05-2007, 08:19 PM
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jproffer's reply while correct, was not accurate in the sense of this topic.
99.99% of residential electric dryers in the US are 120/240v thus requiring a neutral. They ALWAYS have. It was the ground that was an exception in past years.
ALL new 120/240v electric dryer installations now require four wires. Hot; hot; neutral; ground.
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03-05-2007, 11:33 PM
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My apologies...quick general response...should have given it a little more thought for the exact topic at hand.
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03-06-2007, 10:34 PM
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hello,
thank you guys for clearing up the 120v/240v for the electric dryer. all tho im not a pro, i did think you needed a neutral to get 120vac from a 240vac circuit..bob
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03-07-2007, 01:03 AM
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I never understood why you were asking that the neutral be explained?? When you responded to me in bold type that the neutral needed to be there for 120 volts, it sorta made me think you were joking or messing with the thread. Besides also providing the safety ground path for 3 wire hookups, why else would it be there other than for 120 volts? The op never asked for someone to explain the purpose of the neutral in the dryer circuit. What was there to clear up?
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03-07-2007, 07:05 PM
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helo.
i was refering to the post that said, there is no neutral in a 240vac. there is, if the appliance needs it, for 120vac purposes. i just wanted to know if i was correct, sorry for the confussion...bob
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03-07-2007, 11:14 PM
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Oh...ok I see what you were wanting now, I was a little confused at the question....no problem.
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05-28-2007, 06:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Speedy Petey
jproffer's reply while correct, was not accurate in the sense of this topic.
99.99% of residential electric dryers in the US are 120/240v thus requiring a neutral. They ALWAYS have. It was the ground that was an exception in past years.
ALL new 120/240v electric dryer installations now require four wires. Hot; hot; neutral; ground.
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Speedy Petey, it sounds like maybe you can help me with a related problem. Maybe there is no help. I am a missionary in Papua New Guinea. I was ignorant of how our dryers in the US achieved their 240v and that they still used 120v for system functions. Well here I am 10,000 miles from home, shipped my dryer (its a nice one), and I have no clue if there is a way to wire this thing to work with the 220 power supply here. Is there a way to split it by adding a neutral block? Can I step it down and then back up using transformers?
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05-29-2007, 05:09 PM
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calvery, what is the system voltage where you are?
My guess is that 230 volt is phase to neutral.
You can buy a transformer to convert from 230 to 230 with neutral, but a dryer would be cheeper.
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