Dishwasher install, electric question
 

Looks fairly easy to install where I just took the old one out. But
the old one has two wires coming into it, one black, one white. The
instructions for the new one (hasn't arrived yet) shows three wires,
with the third one attaching to a screw on the dishwasher's electrical
box.

Since I only have two coming up from the house panel, can I just run a
wire to something that should be grounded, maybe the drain pipe?

Dishwasher install, electric question
 

On Apr 15, 1:23*pm, dgk wrote:
Looks fairly easy to install where I just took the old one out. But
the old one has two wires coming into it, one black, one white. The
instructions for the new one (hasn't arrived yet) shows three wires,
with the third one attaching to a screw on the dishwasher's electrical
box.

Since I only have two coming up from the house panel, can I just run a
wire to something that should be grounded, maybe the drain pipe?

If it's BX, I wouldn't worry about it. The armor shield would act as a
ground.
If it's ungrounded Romex, you could run a seperate ground back to the
panel ( not a pipe), or simply replace the existing breaker with a
GFCI breaker which would provide protection in the abscence of a
ground.

Dishwasher install, electric question
 

dgk wrote:

Looks fairly easy to install where I just took the old one out. But
the old one has two wires coming into it, one black, one white. The
instructions for the new one (hasn't arrived yet) shows three wires,
with the third one attaching to a screw on the dishwasher's electrical
box.

Since I only have two coming up from the house panel, can I just run a
wire to something that should be grounded, maybe the drain pipe?

No, you need a proper ground, particularly with a device like a
dishwasher. What kind of wire is currently servicing (or was servicing)
the dishwasher? Unless it's pretty old, it should have a ground
conductor, possibly the person who installed the previous dishwasher
didn't connect the ground and cut the ground back for some reason.

Dishwasher install, electric question
 

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:53:11 -0700 (PDT), Mikepier
wrote:

On Apr 15, 1:23*pm, dgk wrote:
Looks fairly easy to install where I just took the old one out. But
the old one has two wires coming into it, one black, one white. The
instructions for the new one (hasn't arrived yet) shows three wires,
with the third one attaching to a screw on the dishwasher's electrical
box.

Since I only have two coming up from the house panel, can I just run a
wire to something that should be grounded, maybe the drain pipe?

If it's BX, I wouldn't worry about it. The armor shield would act as a
ground.
If it's ungrounded Romex, you could run a seperate ground back to the
panel ( not a pipe), or simply replace the existing breaker with a
GFCI breaker which would provide protection in the abscence of a
ground.

Hmm. No, these are fuses. The wire is (having just looked up Romex and
BX) BX. A white and black wire inside a metal snake-like housing. Then
it sounds ok as is, with the metal sheath providing the grounding.
That's how it was hooked up.

Dishwasher install, electric question
 

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:57:26 GMT, "Pete C."
wrote:


dgk wrote:

Looks fairly easy to install where I just took the old one out. But
the old one has two wires coming into it, one black, one white. The
instructions for the new one (hasn't arrived yet) shows three wires,
with the third one attaching to a screw on the dishwasher's electrical
box.

Since I only have two coming up from the house panel, can I just run a
wire to something that should be grounded, maybe the drain pipe?

No, you need a proper ground, particularly with a device like a
dishwasher. What kind of wire is currently servicing (or was servicing)
the dishwasher? Unless it's pretty old, it should have a ground
conductor, possibly the person who installed the previous dishwasher
didn't connect the ground and cut the ground back for some reason.

Apparently, as per the Mikepier post, I have a BX cable and that
should be sufficient. That would make my life somewhat easier.

Dishwasher install, electric question
 

On Apr 15, 2:10*pm, dgk wrote:
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:57:26 GMT, "Pete C."
wrote:







dgk wrote:

Looks fairly easy to install where I just took the old one out. But
the old one has two wires coming into it, one black, one white. The
instructions for the new one (hasn't arrived yet) shows three wires,
with the third one attaching to a screw on the dishwasher's electrical
box.

Since I only have two coming up from the house panel, can I just run a
wire to something that should be grounded, maybe the drain pipe?

No, you need a proper ground, particularly with a device like a
dishwasher. What kind of wire is currently servicing (or was servicing)
the dishwasher? Unless it's pretty old, it should have a ground
conductor, possibly the person who installed the previous dishwasher
didn't connect the ground and cut the ground back for some reason.

Apparently, as per the Mikepier post, I have a BX cable and that
should be sufficient. That would make my life somewhat easier.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I have a BX cable and that should be sufficient...

...assuming the BX is conected to a chassis ground at one end and an
earth ground at the other. Simply sheathing the wires in a metal
casing that is connected to nothing grounds nothing.

Just making sure we cover all bases here...

Dishwasher install, electric question
 

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:12:40 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Apr 15, 2:10*pm, dgk wrote:
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:57:26 GMT, "Pete C."
wrote:







dgk wrote:

Looks fairly easy to install where I just took the old one out. But
the old one has two wires coming into it, one black, one white. The
instructions for the new one (hasn't arrived yet) shows three wires,
with the third one attaching to a screw on the dishwasher's electrical
box.

Since I only have two coming up from the house panel, can I just run a
wire to something that should be grounded, maybe the drain pipe?

No, you need a proper ground, particularly with a device like a
dishwasher. What kind of wire is currently servicing (or was servicing)
the dishwasher? Unless it's pretty old, it should have a ground
conductor, possibly the person who installed the previous dishwasher
didn't connect the ground and cut the ground back for some reason.

Apparently, as per the Mikepier post, I have a BX cable and that
should be sufficient. That would make my life somewhat easier.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I have a BX cable and that should be sufficient...

...assuming the BX is conected to a chassis ground at one end and an
earth ground at the other. Simply sheathing the wires in a metal
casing that is connected to nothing grounds nothing.

Just making sure we cover all bases here...

Thanks. I'll follow that cable and see where it goes. Clearly, it
makes it to the fuse panel.