On Nov 13, 6:10 am, Doug wrote:
On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:08:15 -0500, "Mark" wrote:
If the dryer were to have a problem and draw more current than it is rated,
the over-sized breaker would likely not trip until the drier was on fire.

I've never believed in arguements like the above. Dryers generally
fault by having opencircuitcomponents or dead shorts, such as the
heating element breaking open and its ends dropping to a ground point.
That results in a dead short that will blow any reasonable breaker.
They also have overtemp thermostats that cut power in cases of
overheating.

To buy the above posters logic, every item in a house should be on a
breaker with just higher capacity than the normal current need. Thus
you better not have your 60 watt table lamp on a 15 ampcircuit, you
better not have your 700 watt refrigerator on a 20 ampcircuit, etc,
etc.

Doug

Here's more information on my issue. I bought the washer some years
back with the NEMA 6-20P plug on it and so I ran a 240 volt circuit
for it. Recently, I picked up the matching drier but was surprised to
see a regular drier plug on it. This also came with a box which has a
drier outlet, a NEMA 6-20R outlet both double fused and a cord with a
drier plug on it! Clearly, this was intended for people buying both
appliances at the same time and having a drier outlet available to
them. I'm kind of in the opposite situation..