How to install a 3 Prong Electric Dryer Cord Ground Wire explained
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- I will show you how to wire a 3 prong dryer cord the correct way.
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DISCLAIMER ............... I am NOT a licensed electrician, following the advice found in this video is to be done at your own discretion / RISK. I am to not be held accountable for any good or bad results of your work that may or may not occur. If in ANY DOUBT call a licensed Electrician.
Your video is the only video on CZcams that addresses the dryers common wire being attached to the ground stud on the washer for proper grounding of the body of the dryer. Great video. Other videos would have the the dryer body ungrounded.
What if you hook it up and your dryer dont heat up and the timer dont work???
Thanks for clarifying and going in depth on what to do with the ground/neutral. Much appreciated brother.
Your description of how to wire this exact setup for a 3-wire vs. a 4-wire, especially relating to what needs to happen with the white pigtail, was fantastic. I am helping a friend out with a 3-wire setup tomorrow that they were not sure about. And now, adding this knowledge to my skillet, I feel comfortable handling whatever setup they have.
Thank you so much. My husband always took care of these kinds of things, but he recently passed away. So I was lost when I found the new hook-up was a 3 prong instead of the 4 prong we had. Thanks to your video, I was able to change the wiring harness, and it is running beautifully.
Sorry to hear about your loss. I'm glad this video helped, stay strong ... Cheers
I supposed to pay someone to get this done for me, but after watching this video, I get it done myself, now I keep my $50 or more. Thanks sir
You're one hell of a guy! I did this two handed and it was a breeze listening to your video! Thank you so much!
Thank you for taking the time out of your day to show a tutorial of how to set it up ❤it’s been years since the last time I had to replace a dryer and I just completely forgot which wires go w which😂
You have the only video I found that (at around the 2:20 mark) specifies that the flat side is the back side when deciding which is the left power and right power. Sure you can assume by how it's flat, it's supposed to be there and make the best contact and the other videos show it like that... but it makes me sleep soundly at night hearing someone say, "yes, hold it like this to know which is the right and which is the left". Thank you for your awesome specificity.
Thank you for taking time to comment, much appreciated. Cheers
@@breakerbroke23 thank you for helping me sleep soundly at night without electrical nightmares
😝
I came here after having a guy try to charge me $230 to fix what I just knew was a simple fix !! Thank you so much!!!
Got this done in 5 minutes with your help thanks man! “watch me flail” I love it 😂
Thank you! New dryer, Utilitech 3 prong cord but not labeled in any way, no way to recognize which way the connections go. You are the only video I found that said it “goes this way” with the flat side installed to be flat against the dryer apparatus.
Dude, you were a brave man driving those screws back in one-handed lol.
Thank you for such a good video on hooking up the3 prong electrical wire to our new dryer. It helped my husband understand what needed to be done. Great help!
With your help I changed my plug all by myself I'm newly single living on my own thank you soo much
That is awesome!
This video is very helpful and easy to understand.
Glad to hear that!
First time..66 women I love to take care of dyi my self.. I would recommend putting a SCREW CATCHER.. paper ot tape under the area. So not to take offback to rescue a screw.
Thank you for the information on the power and neutral wire positions. I was really worried I might have it backward and trip the breaker !
Glad I could help
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! You just answered every question this newly divorced lady had to hook up my dryer. (BTW...I have a 1/4 nut driver!!)
NICE! You go girl:)
Best video on this subject and I’ve watched many trying to learn how to hook up my dryer! Thanks!
Glad it was helpful.
great video ! thanks for the post, i was confused about the green screw placement, also i have a magnetized screw driver so it saved me from dropping the screw.
At the end when you showd us the volts in the back, like, will I die if u touch that? I'm running that exact same set up that you are, I got kids.
Thank you so much for this video and your time
Nope.
Thank you soooooooo much Brother!!! You saved me a ton on installation fees!!!
Good job and great explanation on the ground
Great video. I just literally followed your instructions step by step, you helped me out big time bro. Thank you
Glad I could help
Thank you so much! That was my question is which way the round connectors face. Looks exactly like the Maytag set I just got.
The tools I have. Much appreciated!!
Thanks for your help. I was switching from 4 wire to 3 .
Glad I could help
I followed your instructions step-by-step okay just don't shock me just want to let you know I'll let you know if it works when I plug it in how accurate your video is😅
super helpful. had to switch from a 4 prong toa 3 prong
Thank you for your video. I learned a lot. I am a little confused by your explanation at the end however.... Does the voltmeter test in the end verify that the machine’s chassis ground was actually truly grounded (120 V) or should it show zero? What should the voltmeter show if the machine had a 4-prong power hook-up?
For 4 prong it should close to zero
Thanks for posting, you got me when you said at 5:57 "washer".
Yea.... Thanks for catching that. Hahaha.
Great info, and not bad for one-handed!
"She's a Runner". Billy Squire. Great tune. Thanks.
Ahhh yessss ty man, that’s exactly what I needed, you’re awesome!!
awesome video👍what I like to do when im using a nut driver in an electrical cabinet it put a tiny neo magnet on the side of the tip.
Great tip!
Which wire do I leave out if I change the receptacle to a three prong from a four? Someone said to use neutral in place of ground on three prong receptacle
Yes, you can flip-flop the two energized wires, the dryer doesn’t care nor will any electrical engineer. The important thing is that the center wire is hooked up to the center screw on the buss.
It looks like we bought the same Maytag dryer. The instructions that came with it state that with a 3 wire connection, you are suppose to connect the neutral ground wire with the neutral wire and then connect a separate copper ground wire from the green external ground conductor screw to an adequate ground. I have no idea where I’m suppose to get that wire or what I should ground it to. What happens if I don’t and just leave it as is like you did?
This helped a lot thank you
Glad it helped
Great video! thanks for showing how its done.
Just got a new dryer, I've never had to install the cord before. In your video, and every other video I've watched, the ground wire is attached on the green screw but on my dryer, it's attacked in the neutral spot. Am I supposed to move it to that green screw?
Hi BreakerBroke, thank you so much for the video. I couldn't find this on any other videos. What if I have a newer Samsung Dryer (I'm changing the wire from 4prong to 3prong) and it has the skinny green wire already wired to the chassis? Can I still run the white wire to the chassis as well?
Maytag specifically says in the instructions to take thake the ground off the chassis and bond it to the neutral and then add a separate ground to the green screw on the chassis.
On a 4 wire power supply connection
Nice explanations throughout!
Glad it was helpful!
For your viewers. Before you do this to your dryer, pull the plate off of the receptacle, and verify that there is only black, white, and bare. If there is black, white, red, and bare, someone has changed the receptacle to three wire. You should always install 4 wire receptacle and 4wire plug when you can. The only reason 3 wire cords are sold are for houses built before the late 80’s that only have two conductors with ground installed.
And Don't forget to TURN OF THE BREAKERS going to the Dryer outlet.
@@breakerbroke23 I hope you did not mind my comment!
I don't mind one bit, you have a valid point. I try to pack as much info in a video as I can, however for some it is just TMI, so I try not to get crazy in depth.
Great comment, thanks.
@@breakerbroke23 Just looked through your videos. You are an electronics guy. I wish I had your knowledge! Color blindness kinda messed me up in electronics class in college. I designed residential, commercial and industrial electrical power distribution for 35 years. Will stop bothering you. Have a great evening!
Respectfully, Kevin
No bother at all, you had a great point. Cheers and have a great Christmas.
First time doing it and I dropped the screw 😂🤦🏻♀️ Thanks for ur help though
1996 new construction was the change from 3 to 4 wire. New Construction.
Thank you! This is what I was looking for 😀
Damn thanks a lot… I have the exact dryer and wire hookup… I’m doing this now…
did you live? we’re doing ours now. the instructions said to put ground on neutral and add a copper wire but it’s the exact set up as this one. i need to know you survived before my husband messes with it 😂😂
Tried to hook my fryer up from 4 to 3 prong. There was NO GROUND WIRE. We tried to do it with no ground. Now I have to get the neutral and connect it to the ground.. I think.
I just bought an amana electric dryer. When I opened up the back, the white ground wire was connected to the middle neutural panel. Its a 3 prong. I connected it to the green one, the middle wire to the middle neutral, and the left and right hots are hooked up fine. I have power, but no heat. Its brand new from menards. Is it something I did wrong or should I take it back and swap it out!?
Noise !!! Glad that i watched this video
Can you use any screen to ground it I dropped it inside the dryer and can’t find it
ours is this exact set up but tells us to ground to the neutral and add a separate copper wire…. will it be fine in the configuration you showed??
Thank you so much this video was a lifesaver
Glad it helped, Thanks for watching.
I want to use a 3 prong dryer cord to wire my Comfort Zone heater. Can i add a ground to the neutral this way? And what size wire if so? Thank you!
So with the original 3 prong Whirlpool Cabrio the pigtailed neutral to ground is safe? Just want to be safe. THANKS!!
Thanks for posting this!
My pleasure!
Just got a new dryer, but it has a 4 prong cord, and I have a 3 prong outlet. Can I just use the old 3 prong cord from my old dryer and use it on the new one?
Very clear! Thanks!
You bet!
First time doing this so I assume I am lucky knowing I have a three prong hook up
I've got a dryer system that doesn't have any wire attached to the Green Grounding nut.... is this a problem, if I am switching to a 3wire prong ?
Wondering the same
@@donmcguinness9968 You should find it, there. I was mistaken, and it turns out someone removed that wire from its place, and tucked it behind some of the other stuff.
If you reverse the screw before tightening it self centers so you don’t strip the threads
The wire from the inside of my dryer that is connected to the grounding screw is not white like in the video, mine is green with a yellow stripe. Is it the same?
Nevermind, I rewatched and paid better attention. Thanks!
Yes
Ha! Never mind answered your question to late.
Thanks this really helped me out
I didn’t even use those holders. Hopefully it won’t be an issue.
Question for you. My dryer wires are very long and when I hook them up the wires hit the back of the dryer drum. I suppose I could cut down the wire and and recrimp etc but I would rather not. Is this a danger if it is hitting the back of the drum? For reference, in order to have the wire strain on the thick outside coating (4 prong which is different cord), I have to push the wires into the dryer hole a lot and this is when the wires hit the dryer drum. Thank you for your help.
Yea, I'm not liking the wires hitting the drum. I also wouldn't cut and re-crimp. IMHO Go and buy the right cord and reinstall. Its a safety thing. Oh and your insurance company may not pay up if you have a fire due to the dryer connection.
What are these square bolts that have fallen from where you put wires?
The white wire on my dryer was screwed to the middle instead of the green wire. Do I plug it into the middle or move it to the green screw?
white wire to middle(neutral)...green wire to ground screw if power cord is 4 wire
the white wire does it go on the green screw?
Wondering the same. My white wire was in the middle and I am changing front 4 prong to a 3 prong. Do I connect that white wire now to the ground or green screw or put it back to the middle neutral??
Same , I'm switching from a 4 to a 3 prong and my white wire in attached to the middle. Do I take it from the middle and move it to the side like in this video?
@lexxilove7755 I moved it to the left side metal casing. What about you?
My dryer says “3-WIRE 120/208 OR 120/240 VOLT ONLY” does that mean I can run it on 120? Kind of lost and need a dryer soon. Thanks for the info.
Did u get answer
@@mrs.childers8333 I moved my old dryer out to prep for the new, turns out there was a 240 outlet behind my old dryer so I didn’t peruse this issue any longer.
Sooo, my plug in the new house is a 3 prong but it's like a range plug for a stove. I bought a range plug end and I'm trying to make sure the wires are lined up correctly. I would attach the "neutral" to the G on the 50a plug I bought?
Is it safe to use a 50a plug with a 30a electric dryer?
Would you recommend installing a 3 prong cord or using a 4 prong to 3 prong adapter with a ground piece?
I would not use an adapter.. IMHO
@@breakerbroke23 i switched the wires from 4 to 3 prong but i didn’t see that extra wire to ground. Im hoping there’s nothing to worry about?
@@km4l317 just go get the correct cord...don't mess with electricity
How would you wire the same dryer for a nema plug
can someone please tell me what the 3 screws are that attach to the 3 wires... i lost one and cannot seem to find the right one at the store
10 x 32 x 3/8 or 10 x 24 x 1/2 stainless Steal nuts
Sorry for late response
@@thehouseofprayereducationw1031 could I use a screw from the outside panel as a replacement?
If i got those size and the screws are still loose do you think i might need a whole new panel block? (Black part)@@thehouseofprayereducationw1031
@@caitlinvbaby851 one out of the two should fit -
Spend less money more than more money
I brought 2 packs of the different sizes because they didn't cost that much.
I found them at Lowe's
It worked for me I'm hoping it'll work for you.
Word of advice - use a magnetic screwdriver bit - so you don't drop them.
@@animemob215 I don't believe they are the same.
I watched someone else's you tube video to figure out those sizes and decided to share the news.
They don't cost that much -
I would just go purchase them.
Word of advice - use a magnetic screwdriver bit to install them - you don't want to drop them inside the dryer back panel.
Where inside is the neutral connection to the ground we see it outside in your video. I have a coin op machine to orevent other tenants from using mine and if they do they have to pay. But mine eats cords and I wonder if it's a ground issue.
I would get a tester and check your wall outlet first. Then go from there.
PS........ A bad or arced wall socket will eat the plug end of the cord going to the machine.
If not sure then call an electrician, you don't want a tenant to get hurt and sue you.
My new Midea electric dryer came with the white ground wire already attached to the middle (ground) of the 3 connection screws. I’m going to remove it and attach it to the green screw in the body of the washer, as in your video. I took a pic but can’t include it in my reply.
Please look at this video to make sure you are doing the correct way. Look at the whole video. There is a schematic towards the end of video.
czcams.com/video/fSoFDGGl_6k/video.html
Looks like the new dryer arrived ready for a 4-prong plug, with the white neutral wire intended to be doubled on the middle connection screw with the middle prong of the power cord. Now I’ll just move that white wire over to the green ground screw and connect the power cord. Life is good! Thanks again for your great videos. (Now, on to the dryer venting haha)
Silver and two golds
Mine does not have a ground coming from inside the dryer it has three wire things on the inside and then the one for the ground on the outside the cord has four wires coming from it too hot too neutral the colors are black white red then green on the ground that color is starting from the right side over is this the right order and do I need a ground from the inside of the machine to the outside of the machine like the white one is in this video?
This video may help you, czcams.com/video/nV9bdZwEwzM/video.html there is a schematic towards the end. Check it out. If you are still puzzled then may I suggest calling a electrician or handy man.
add a magnetic tip screwdriver and you will not the screws
Thank you!
If you put the 3 prongs on backwards at first then fix it after it doesn’t turn on could it create a problem?
1 month later, has your dryer exploded yet?
I can’t use dryer. Something is wrong in new house. No electrician will help because of landlord. There is a yellow no green also to white in middle. A copper strip. I thought ground was green😮
120V in America, sharing ground with neutral! 3 Phase in a house! Aluminium wiring that can catch fire! Never understand why the Americans did these things. An earth should be an earth so if 120v comes in contact with it there is no question it will go to earth. In the Uk those connections inside the drier would be Live, Neutral, earth and would be covered with a plastic cover, so if anyone took off the back cover they have no access to the mains connections, it would be 250v here and single phase. In Europe they have three phase 230v in their houses, handy if you have something three phase like a lathe in your workshop..
Is that 3 phase what amperage plug
What happens if someone puts the ground wire on with the neutral?
I just got a new dryer and its a 3 wire, but they set it up that way, so they took the ground off and put it on with the neutral. Is that safe? The instructions said not to but they ignored me when i mentioned that.
That is common practice in older homes. If your home is newer then you will want to separate the Neutral and ground. Much safer.
Review the schematic at the end of video. Cheers
See now I'm super confused. I was ok once I watched the video but now that I see your response to this person's question it confused me all over again. She said she has a 3 prong but they put the white wire that came attached with the dryer in the middle. But in your video you are separating it and putting it to the left with green screw. Let me just ask my question so I don't make this more confusing.
Ok so we qon a dryer that was using a 4 prong. We bought a 3 prong since we live in older townhouse that uses 3 plug prong.
The white wire that came with dryer is attached to the middle. And we've had it this way because it was like that woth the 4 prong. Are you saying that when we switched from 4 to 3 that we should of taken the white wire that's attached to dryer and move it from the middle to the side just like in your video? Basically I do exactly what you did in video? Again I live in older townhouse, switched to 3 prong, and right now the white wire is attached in the middle with the three grey wires I have hooked up. Thank you for your time.
@lexxilove7755 the difference between the 3 wire and 4 wire is that on a 3wire the neutral has a bonding wire which goes to the frame of your dryer to act as the ground. Most dryers are usually already set up for 3 wire. 4 wire requires you to move the bonding jumper to the neutral, and use the 4wire dedicated ground where you had the jumper wire. Just make sure on your 3wire that your ground/neutral is working and has continuity, otherwise you could get shocked.
My nuts are missing off the terminals. What kind of nuts do I use?
Get a hold of these guys they are great, I used to by part from them quite often. Have your Dryers model number ready when you call.
www.repairclinic.com/Shop-For-Parts?page=2&query=Terminal%20Block%20nuts
Good luck.
Big help thanks
My husband hooked the wires up before we found this video. The dryer doesn’t get hot. What could be wrong?
Check your breakers. Dont just look at them, switch then on/off/on. Hope thats it. If not, recheck your wiring.
I’m sure they are pigtailed together but is it ok if I make a ground strap with eyelets and attach it from neutral to the chassis aswell to ease my paranoia?
IMO I would not make any modifications. Let it stay OEM for insurance purposes.
My left terminal burned out I Believe because was loose and wire's inside the Dryer was touching together against metals.
Oh man! I am glad you caught that.
So the ground wire from my new plug I just put it on top of the ground from the machine that’s already on there is that ok?
Good video .thx bro
You bet
nice video bro
Please can you use a power system that includes only the hot and neutral?
Yes 2 hots and a neutral because each hot is 120v and all dryers available in the US are 240v
My red wire burned and disconnected somehow and my dryer wasn't heating. How do I replace the burned and melted red wire and its connector on my dryer? Thank you!
Idk if you fixed it yet. I dealt with the same issue today. We just cut the end off of the wire stripped it and reattached to the existing terminal after taking apart and cleaning terminal with wire brush. We had several other issues leading up to it including replacing thermal fuse and door switch.
I switched mine exactly like that but it keeps tripping the power outlet for the washer. How do I fix this?
Recheck your wiring, I have another video on this using a schematic.
Watch that one, it's in my DIY playlist.
I'm on my mobile phone so I cant send link.
Is the center wire always the neutral one??
My breaker trips after like 5 mins any tips?
You MAY have an old "soft Breaker" Try turning the breaker on/off if the switch doesn't click or switches easy then you may have an old failing breaker. Compare it to others in the panel. Breakers can break down.
Cord from the previous dryer available?
Does ur 3 prong cord come w a ground
Middle wire is neutral
Mine is not heating. I’m so confused
Is your dryer old?