Dryers don't come with cords. Just use your old cord on the new dryer and
go. You'll have to be sure the grounding jumper is in place on the new
dryer like it is on your old one.

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"M.Burns" wrote in message
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I have a 220-volt electric dryer with 3-prong plug going into a 3-prong
receptaclet (2 blades on a 'V', and third L-shaped prong).
Do newer electric dryers have a 4-wire plug with a ground?
Would I have to replace the 20-year-old 3-prong receptacle?
Just technically speaking, could the ground prong on the male plug be cut
off to fit the old outlet (similar to what people of done for years on
110-volt stuff). Or is the wiring for 4-wire 220 volt completely
different because of 2 hot wires, neutral, ground, etc.?