My current electric clothes dryer was installed in early 80's, and I think I
may have to get a new one soon. I believe that I will need to convert the
220 outlet to the newer style outlet and purchase a new dryer cord (not real
sure why though).

How do you make the conversion from the older style 220 plug to the newer
style??

"stevie" wrote in message ...
My current electric clothes dryer was installed in early 80's, and I think
I
may have to get a new one soon. I believe that I will need to convert the
220 outlet to the newer style outlet and purchase a new dryer cord (not
real
sure why though).

How do you make the conversion from the older style 220 plug to the newer
style??

You would need to run a new line that contains four conductors instead of
three.

However, they still sell three prong cords for dryers so you may not have to
do anything.

If your existing dryer feeder happens to be a four wire cable, you would
connect the four wires accordingly : hot-hot-neutral-ground. If it is only
three wire, as FDR said, just use a three wire cord on it. The dryer
probably doesn't come with a cord so you may want to swap the one from your
existing dryer



"stevie" wrote in message ...
My current electric clothes dryer was installed in early 80's, and I think
I
may have to get a new one soon. I believe that I will need to convert the
220 outlet to the newer style outlet and purchase a new dryer cord (not
real
sure why though).

How do you make the conversion from the older style 220 plug to the newer
style??

In all liklihood, the existing cable has three wires. There is no way you
can make it four wires without running a new cable.
If it happens to be four wires it is a simple matter to put a new outlet in.
If you have an easy run to the breaker box it is not too difficult to put a
new four wire cable in.

If you are stuck with the existing three wire cable, follow the directions
that come with the dryer. As someone suggested, you may want to pull the
cord off the old dryer instead of buying a new one.

thanks-i appreciate the suggestions/ideas.
"stevie" wrote in message ...
My current electric clothes dryer was installed in early 80's, and I think I
may have to get a new one soon. I believe that I will need to convert the
220 outlet to the newer style outlet and purchase a new dryer cord (not real
sure why though).

How do you make the conversion from the older style 220 plug to the newer
style??

In alt.home.repair on Sun, 24 Jul 2005 21:30:11 -0500 "stevie"
posted:

My current electric clothes dryer was installed in early 80's, and I think I
may have to get a new one soon. I believe that I will need to convert the
220 outlet to the newer style outlet and purchase a new dryer cord (not real
sure why though).

In order to use the current outlet. There is no point to doing both
of these things at the same time.

Replace the new cord to match the old outlet, or replace the old
outlet to match the new cord. If they don't match already.

How do you make the conversion from the older style 220 plug to the newer
style??


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On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:23:55 -0400, meirman
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In order to use the current outlet. There is no point to doing both
of these things at the same time.

Replace the new cord to match the old outlet, or replace the old
outlet to match the new cord. If they don't match already.

To convert from a 3 wire cord to a 4 wire cord (pigtail), the flat
bonding strap must be removed. It is a short strap running from the
neutral screw on the terminal block to the green cabinet grounding
screw.

In order to go from a 4 wire to a 3 wire pigtail, don't forget to
add/connect the bonding strap. It's usually a flat, 7/16' wide brass
or nickel plated copper strap. If one isn't present, a bare or
green wire could be used, but it should be #12 or larger.

An alternative to neutral bonding is to run an external ground, but
the ground must be a good one, not just to the plumbing, and must
connect to the green same screw where the bonding strap would
normally go.

Never use both grounding methods, or you can get a nasty ground
loop.

Of course, the owner's manual should mention this in the
installation instructions, anyway.



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Just wanna get this straight...

I have a three pronged dryer chord that I want to convert to four. There
is a red, white, black and then a green cord.
Is this green chord a ground wire?
There is a green wire already coming from inside the dryer and screwed down
off to the side.
Do I want to screw the green cord from my new four pronged power cord to
that screw?
Do I leave the green wire that is coming from inside the dryer attached to
that same screw?

Thanks...

You connect the green from the dryer cord to the green screw on the dryer,
then the white to the neutral, and the two hots (black and red) to the two
hots on the dryer. This is all assuming that the feeder cable feeding your
existing dryer is a four wire cable



"crisk" wrote in message
news:fe7336a7ad1a81d8ceeeafcb5d93b33a@homerepairli ve.com...
Just wanna get this straight...

I have a three pronged dryer chord that I want to convert to four. There
is a red, white, black and then a green cord.
Is this green chord a ground wire?
There is a green wire already coming from inside the dryer and screwed
down
off to the side.
Do I want to screw the green cord from my new four pronged power cord to
that screw?
Do I leave the green wire that is coming from inside the dryer attached to
that same screw?

Thanks...