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Dryer breaker
dpb wrote:
On 09/08/2015 6:30 PM, John wrote:
On 9/8/2015 4:54 PM, dpb wrote:
On 09/08/2015 3:21 PM, wrote:
Years ago the dryers and stoves only used 3 wire plugs and the
neutral and
frame were hooked together, but that is not the correct (code) way
to do it
now.
It can also create a very dangerous shock hazard.
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Which is why there's been a news story every night over it for the
last 60+ years...oh, yeah, "not!"
Yah, putting in a proper 4-wire circuit is soooooooooooooo much more
expensive.
Immaterial; it the point is it gains virtually nothing in either safety
or operation. Not that it isn't _marginally_ better, but there's a
_long_ history that indicates it's a solution to an essentially
non-existent problem.
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Marginally better is still better.
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