"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ...
On 11/15/2013 7:58 PM, wrote:

So, there is no ground that I know of, if I understood this correctly.
That's why I asked if you guys ADD a ground wire in this situation?
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3753/1...473a60a8_o.gif

The ground is a must, for safety. At one time, it was allowed to run
the timer current though ground. A neutral conductor is now required
for that current.


I've been trying to figure if the cold wire of a
three wire dryer is a neutral or ground. I'd thought
it was a ground, but some folks on the list and
on the web thought it's a neutral.

The proper term is grounded conductor, and it is white.
The grounding conductor is green.

White carries device current/current imbalance.
The green/bare wire equalizes potential and provides a dedicated
fault path for the circuit breaker in case there is a short
to any bonded (to ground) metal surface/raceway where the
conductors are present.

There is no such thing as a neutral in a single phase application.