mm wrote:
On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:57:43 -0500, dpb wrote:

MiamiCuse wrote:
"RBM" wrote in message
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Your newer dryer plug is a dryer plug. your older one, with the three
straight blades, is an range plug

My range plug is three straight blades, but they are all oriented
"north-south". The three straight blades on my dryer plug is not all in the
same direction. The top middle one is oriented "north-south" but the other
two are angled.

The new plug has the same two bottom blades, just the top middle one is "L"
shaped.
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It's not whether it's range or dryer, it's the amp-rating of the plug
that's the difference.

The straight-blade is 50A, the one w/ the L is 30A.

Assuming the new implies new manufactured not just new to you and so the
30A plug is OEM and the existing wall circuit is wired properly for 30A
or greater, then you can correctly do either--change the outlet or
change the plug.

The requirement is that the plug be rated for at least the amperage of
the appliance/load and the circuit must, of course, be capable of that
load. 50A would have been a little unusual for a normal dryer hookup
but using the higher-rated plug is ok.

If the old dryer plug is of the detachable kind rather than molded in,
you could just swap it to the new dryer; if they're both molded probably
just as well to change out the wall plug to match the new dryer.

Yeah, save the old receptacle in case your next dryer after this one
requires that, or in case you sell your house and your next house
requires it, or so you can leave it behind for the next owner, in case
the dryer he brings with him requires the old receptacle.


meh? you can get any cord you want at your local Big Box, just pull the
plate off the back of the dryer and swap away. way easier than changing
the receptacle, only reason I would change the recep is to "make it
right" which would involve running a ground wire and using a current 30A
4-wire recep

nate

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