Wiring a new dryer are trying to.No color code on wire.
Wiring a new dryer are trying to.No color code on wire.
Installing the plug?
Did you buy a new cable, or are you trying to reuse the old one?
How many connectors on the cable?
Electric or gas dryer?
Just FYI, I could do it if I was standing there, but I’m not confident enough to tell you how, so above are just questions that will need to be answered to get a good answer.
Try some google-foo on the problem.
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I believe it’s a 3 wire connection, if it’s electric. Green goes to ground (inside of the dryer and ground lug on the cable) and the other 2 are hot.
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Agreed, not enough info.
First assumption: "Wiring a new dryer" sort of implies that the OP had a dryer, it fritzed, and he is trying to install a new one. That would also imply there is an existing outlet on the wall to plug it into. Otherwise I can only assume the post would have started with "Wiring an outlet for a new dryer...".
If this was a gas dryer, wiring would not be an issue. The last gas dryer I dealt with came with a plain old 120V wire and plug attached. No need to do any wiring, just plug it in. Again, an assumption.
Using the statement "No color code on wire", I assume this is one of the common 3-conductor cables with terminals on the end. Heavier wire on the outside terminals, and a lighter gauge in the middle. These cables are typically gray, with no markings and no color code whatsoever. If this was a 4-wire cable it would have the requisite black, red, white and green/bare wires. So I'm betting this is a 30A 3-pole 240V outlet at the wall, and that the OP has the correct cord to fit it.
Then the dryer has something like 1 - N - 2 on its connections, and the installation notes in the dryer manual goes into some amount of detail about which color wire to hook up where, or where to hook up the ground, neutral and hot wires. For the first timer, this is understandably intimidating. It gets worse if the OP is using the 3-conductor cable off the old fritzed dryer since the key to what wire is what is on the package that comes with a new dryer cord. The instructions for the old cord got tossed 15 years ago.
Now to answer the question as to how to wire it up...
Sorry, not enough info. I'm not going to take the hit for someone's cat getting fried because the dryer is wired wrong.
Just added a dryer to my daughter's house. 4 wire, new construction. If three wire, most new dryers are wired for that. The black and red are the two lines, the white is the center neutral. If four, then I had to move the white line off the ground connection and screw to another actual ground. But do search on Google for images yo match your plug. Btw, red and black lines matter not which side they are on....
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Some of the new appliances don't come with the power cords connected to the appliance. On the three-wire cord without color coding the center is ground, the smooth or one ridge is hot and the three ridge is neutral.
https://www.answers.com/Q/How_do_you...y_color_coding
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If its a 240v dryer with the old 3wire plug, you have two hots (I think the two bigger wires are either both gray, or a red and black) doesn't matter which color goes to which blade. Small green wire goes to ground. If its a newer 4-wire, you'll have two Hots, one neutral, and one small ground wire.
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What's funny is that when you use a VFD to operate a 3 phase motor, (the variable frequency drive converts single phase, usually 220v to the equivalent of 3 phase in order to use 3 phase motor where only single phase is available) it matters which wire going to the motor is which. If motor runs the wrong way, you reverse any two of them.... and it will run the right way.
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