On Jul 6, 11:50*am, genkuro wrote:
Hi -

Just moved in. *The house has a gas dryer hookup. *We of course have
an electric dryer.

I did notice a heavy duty socket on the wall. *It looks a lot like a
NEMA TT30
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEMA_co..._TT.E2.80.9330)
but with vertical slots instead of the 45 degree angled slots. *The
house was build in the early 80's. *Any ideas at all on what this
could be? *Any chance of hooking a dryer to it?

Not too hopeful. *But I thought it's worth asking. *Short of using
that outlet, what should I expect to pay a contractor to run a proper
250V socket? *The garage is finished.

Thanks!
Brian

$300 was the estimate I got for the same about 20 years ago. I bought
a gas dryer and sold the electric for $75.

Jimmie