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220V dryer sparked on startup (3 wire) What to test?

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220V dryer sparked on startup (3 wire) What to test?

On 11-16-2013, 12:48, wrote:
Unhook a neutral and grab hold of it in a properly functioning
circuit and you could be dead. Unhook a ground wire, and unless
something is malfunctioning, that can't happen.

Could be--IFF there were an available path to earth through you.

Otherwise, you might have absolutely no clue that you just did something
stupid.

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