Beachcomber wrote:

The new US Electrical code "standard" for dryer connections is "4
"wire"
not "3 wire".

Duncan Tuna wrote:
I moved my Kenmore natural gas dryer a few feet back, and noticed a
green
wire, connected to a grounding pipe,
hanging from the wall.

Except the OP has a gas dryer, not an electric one.

jeff.
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