On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:07:36 -0500, wrote:

On 3 Jan 2006 11:34:03 -0800, "Chip C" wrote:

Your code may require a "dedicated" circuit for a washing machine, and
would prohibit two outlets on the circuit.


The NEC simply says you need a 20a circuit serving the laundry
receptacles. That could be the washer, iron and blower for a gas
dryer.

Mark says his dryer isn't grounded, that is the WWII exception that
allows dryer and ranges to be grounded by way of the neutral.


This house was probably built about 1969.

CMP 5 decided in 1996 that the war was finally over and they now
require 4 wires to a range and dryer.

I know someone who had an electric dryer installed about 2 years ago
(in a house with no 240V wiring, only 120V). That electrician used a
3-prong connection.

I have seen one 4-prong device. It was for the big ceramic kiln my
grandmother had installed about 1955. The elements could operate on
low or high (I suppose low meant 120V and high was 240V).
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