Either that or the outlet fried due to bad wiring or not capped correctly, that and the fact the drier was working way to hard due to the vent outlet going to outside of house wasn't cleaned as in my case. I got over a huge shop vac full of lent and wet lent dust cleaning that. I am now going to instal new outlet. Hopefully nothing else was cause .
I would've swapped it for the 4 wire. If you'll notice in the machine it has white connected to ground, because they're using neutral for ground. By upgrading you're helping the customer by giving them a safer appliance. If you do upgrade to 4 wire you take the white from ground and connected ground from the cord and the 2 whites go to neutral terminal. Yes the old way worked, the new code in my HVAC Tech opinion is safer.
Unnecessary unless you have an access to an absolutely grounded source. You do not want to connect to green wire to something that’s not absolutely grounded. The code on the specifically says there’s no requirement to go to four wires from three wires
Tempting DIY people to mess with their 240V stuff seems like a recipe for disaster. Nothing wrong in the video, the instructions are spot on. But there's always those people hat can't help but fuck something up. 😶
120 is not "Safer" than 240. Both have the potential to kill. Treat both with respect, isolate power, and do things slowly, if unsure, get a pro. I live in Australia and I replace my own outlets even though its illegal for non licensed people to do electrical work.
The metal casing to the dryer isnt bonded now, which i know you say its been like that forever.But if someone comes in after you and miswires the receptacle, the entire dryer can have potential.Most dryers are in a basment, on a concrete slab, while people do laundry barefoot.Some ones kid could be control alt deleted.Please be careful. And dont be complacent.And if theres lights and fancy whistles, more than likely if u did bond it, youd have objectionable current.
See I have a 3 prong set up, but I have 2 hot (black, white) and a bare ground wire. I’m attempting to replace. Been told it’s not good, but a couple of times that it’s fine 🤷🏼♂️
Why is America lacking when it comes to power safety? Australia uses the same types of outlet but our plugs have insulation on the first half of the live and neutral pins, this way if the plug is not all the way in, nothing will hit the pin itself and cause a short, The EU does this, The UK does this. Perhaps there is a logical reason for it.
What you see in the video is not a typical US receptacle. It is a 240 volt 30 amp receptacle, typically used for dryers. It does resemble Australian receptacles, but it's not and, in fact, an older style ungrounded receptacle. Newer building receptacles are required to be grounded so you will have four prongs instead of three like the video shows. A typical US receptacle is 120 volts at 15 amps. We use 240 volts for large appliances such as a dryer like in the video, but all other receptacles are 120 volts.
Code specifically says is no requirement to go to four prong from three prong. Great video, appreciated the fast-forward
Why did the cord and receptacle fail in the first place...that would be my first question
I think the lady did not have it all the way plugged in and it created heat
Either that or the outlet fried due to bad wiring or not capped correctly, that and the fact the drier was working way to hard due to the vent outlet going to outside of house wasn't cleaned as in my case.
I got over a huge shop vac full of lent and wet lent dust cleaning that. I am now going to instal new outlet. Hopefully nothing else was cause .
Either way a new cord and New outlet should last a long time
I would've swapped it for the 4 wire. If you'll notice in the machine it has white connected to ground, because they're using neutral for ground. By upgrading you're helping the customer by giving them a safer appliance. If you do upgrade to 4 wire you take the white from ground and connected ground from the cord and the 2 whites go to neutral terminal. Yes the old way worked, the new code in my HVAC Tech opinion is safer.
Yea I will do another video switching to a four wire eventually. Good feedback
Unnecessary unless you have an access to an absolutely grounded source. You do not want to connect to green wire to something that’s not absolutely grounded. The code on the specifically says there’s no requirement to go to four wires from three wires
While I do not believe that connecting the white and green wires is the absolute best solution.
Tempting DIY people to mess with their 240V stuff seems like a recipe for disaster.
Nothing wrong in the video, the instructions are spot on. But there's always those people hat can't help but fuck something up. 😶
I get alot of those comments. People need to know thier limits for sure. Ive done a safety video before too
120 is not "Safer" than 240.
Both have the potential to kill.
Treat both with respect, isolate power, and do things slowly, if unsure, get a pro.
I live in Australia and I replace my own outlets even though its illegal for non licensed people to do electrical work.
The metal casing to the dryer isnt bonded now, which i know you say its been like that forever.But if someone comes in after you and miswires the receptacle, the entire dryer can have potential.Most dryers are in a basment, on a concrete slab, while people do laundry barefoot.Some ones kid could be control alt deleted.Please be careful. And dont be complacent.And if theres lights and fancy whistles, more than likely if u did bond it, youd have objectionable current.
The music is really unnecessary, ita difficult to focus on what you saying
This is exactly what happened to me now I’m going to fix it
See I have a 3 prong set up, but I have 2 hot (black, white) and a bare ground wire. I’m attempting to replace. Been told it’s not good, but a couple of times that it’s fine 🤷🏼♂️
I have that exact same issue, did you find a solution?
@@lowkiisaucin4754 I went ahead and replaced it with the identical set up instead of upgrading to the 4 prong.
@@joshuajones2658thats about to be me too
I wish I could work with you.
Why is America lacking when it comes to power safety?
Australia uses the same types of outlet but our plugs have insulation on the first half of the live and neutral pins, this way if the plug is not all the way in, nothing will hit the pin itself and cause a short,
The EU does this,
The UK does this.
Perhaps there is a logical reason for it.
Na, no logic there.
What you see in the video is not a typical US receptacle. It is a 240 volt 30 amp receptacle, typically used for dryers. It does resemble Australian receptacles, but it's not and, in fact, an older style ungrounded receptacle. Newer building receptacles are required to be grounded so you will have four prongs instead of three like the video shows.
A typical US receptacle is 120 volts at 15 amps. We use 240 volts for large appliances such as a dryer like in the video, but all other receptacles are 120 volts.