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220V dryer sparked on startup (3 wire) What to test?
Danny D'Amico wrote:
On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 18:47:36 -0500, Stormin Mormon wrote:
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Red can be a power wire, it's often the other leg of a
220 VAC circuit.
That's interesting. It must be the case, because that "romex?"
cable has four wires in it. (1) a bare ground, (2) a white
neutral, (3) a black power, and (4) a red wire, which, if it's
a 220V cable, would then be the second power.
It makes sense that the red is merely the second 220V hot
leg, as the only other red I've ever seen is a sometimes-hot
switched 120V wire to a lamp or three-way switch.
Hi,
Yes, it is. You get 220V between red and black. 120V between neutral and
either red or black.
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