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HDX 6 ft. 10/3 3-Wire Dryer Cord-HD#627-833 - The Home Depot
OverviewReviewsThe Exito 6 ft. 10/3 3-wire dryer cord features a molded-on plug for strain relief, safe handling and durability. 3-pole 3-wire SRTD 30 Amp 125/250-Volt dryer replacement cord. Dryer replacement cord with ring terminals for secured connection. The stain relief is installed on the cord.See more on homedepotBrand: HDX
Wiring a Dryer Power Cord - Ask-The-Electrician
Summary: Electrical wiring for a dryer power cord has a typical 240 Volt electric power cord with 3-wire and 4-wire wiring configurations people may experience the situation of trying to make a older dryer work with an new four wire receptacle. This article will explain what options you have to get your dryer wired and running.
3-Slot vs. 4-Slot Dryer Outlets
In older three-slot, three-prong configurations, the neutral wire also served as the ground wire, and the dryer was grounded through the neutral connection via a jumper in the wiring compartment on the dryer. This was viewed to be sufficient, since the neutral bus in the service panel was grounded, anyway.
3-Prong vs 4-Prong Dryer Outlets: What's The Difference
Although the old 3-prong outlets were effective at providing power to dryers, they had one major flaw: the ground and neutral wires were grouped together, creating the potential for shock. 3-prong dryer cords contain two ‘hot’ wires along with a third wire that contained both the ground and neutral wire.
How to Wire a Dryer With 4 Wires to a 3 Wire Plug | eHow
The older 3P, 3-wire dryer circuits are still legal and safe to use, so there's no need to rewire your dryer branch circuit to install a new dryer that came equipped with a 4-wire "appliance whip" (wire). It's much easier and much less expensive to replace the 4-wire whip with a 3-wire whip.
3 Prong Cord Wiring For An Electric Dryer
Most 3-wire dryer cords are flat, and the two outside wires of the flat dryer cord provide the two power wires which correlate with the black and red wires and the terminals in the dryer that have the red and black wires as well. The center wire if a 3-wire dryer cord is the ground wire.