On May 2, 12:45*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
I'm guessing a lot of people will have the old dryer hauled
off, taking the three prong plug with it. They will then buy
a new four prong dryer, and find out that the plug doesn't
fit the recepticle. That will create a bit of confusion.

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"jamesgangnc"
wrote in ...

in a house around here is #2 which I often use for
stoves. Moving an old
dryer to a new location has us removing the old 3 wire
cord and plug for
the 4 wire cord and plug.

TDD

Actually 10/2 with a three prong plug was acceptable for
dyers for a
long time. *Dryers have a metal strap inside them that
connected
neutral and ground together. *The code now calls for a 4
prong plug
and 10/3 with ground now. *But I'll bet there are still
millions of 3
prong installations out there. *I don't know if replacing
the dryer
meet the code requirement to upgrade to 10/3 since you are
not
actually touching the circuit any. *Existing circuits do not
have to
be upgraded to meet newer code releases.

Every time I have bought a dryer it did not come with a cord. If the
old dryer was broken, usually was, I used the cord from it. Though I
tend to buy basic no frills appliances so maybe when you spend more
you get a cord :-)