Load DataWidenersMidSouth Shooters SupplyInline Fabrication
Reloading EverythingLee PrecisionTitan ReloadingRotoMetals2
Repackbox
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 20 of 22

Thread: need help

  1. #1
    Boolit Master




    wgr's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Location
    indiana
    Posts
    1,052

    need help

    Wiring a new dryer are trying to.No color code on wire.

  2. #2
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Apr 2016
    Location
    NC
    Posts
    2,863
    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.

  3. #3
    Moderator Emeritus / Trusted loob groove dealer

    waksupi's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Somers, Montana, a quaint little drinking village,with a severe hunting and fishing problem.
    Posts
    19,340
    Try some google-foo on the problem.
    The solid soft lead bullet is undoubtably the best and most satisfactory expanding bullet that has ever been designed. It invariably mushrooms perfectly, and never breaks up. With the metal base that is essential for velocities of 2000 f.s. and upwards to protect the naked base, these metal-based soft lead bullets are splendid.
    John Taylor - "African Rifles and Cartridges"

    Forget everything you know about loading jacketed bullets. This is a whole new ball game!


  4. #4
    Boolit Master Half Dog's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2015
    Location
    Grand Prairie, TX
    Posts
    1,126
    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.
    The sooner I fall behind...the more time I have to catch up with

  5. #5
    Boolit Grand Master

    gwpercle's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2011
    Location
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    Posts
    9,254
    Quote Originally Posted by wgr View Post
    Wiring a new dryer are trying to.No color code on wire.
    More information required .

    Electric or gas dryer
    installing a new receptacle
    110/120 volt
    220/240 volt dryer recpt.
    What wire are you referring to
    Are you installing a new breaker in the panel ...

    Details Matter
    Gary
    Certified Cajun
    Proud Member of The Basket of Deplorables
    " Let's Go Brandon !"

  6. #6
    Boolit Buddy
    Join Date
    Jul 2018
    Location
    South Alabama
    Posts
    295
    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.

  7. #7
    Boolit Master Handloader109's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Location
    NW Arkansas
    Posts
    2,505
    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....

    Sent from my SM-S908U using Tapatalk

  8. #8
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Apr 2016
    Location
    NC
    Posts
    2,863
    Quote Originally Posted by Handloader109 View Post
    Btw, red and black lines matter not which side they are on....
    If the dryer runs backwards you just gotta swap them.



    Kidding.

  9. #9
    Boolit Grand Master



    M-Tecs's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2008
    Location
    Minnesota
    Posts
    9,452
    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
    Last edited by M-Tecs; 09-13-2022 at 01:46 AM.
    2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. - "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

    "Before you argue with someone, ask yourself, is that person even mentally mature enough to grasp the concept of different perspectives? Because if not, there’s absolutely no point."
    – Amber Veal

    "The Highest form of ignorance is when your reject something you don't know anything about".
    - Wayne Dyer

  10. #10
    Boolit Master

    Plate plinker's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2012
    Location
    Indiana
    Posts
    2,297
    Quote Originally Posted by JimB.. View Post
    If the dryer runs backwards you just gotta swap them.



    Kidding.
    Ha ha funny. All the backseat electricians are freaking out.

  11. #11
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    May 2022
    Location
    MPLS
    Posts
    1,486
    you don't know what you are doing? get an electrician? cheaper than the hospital bills.

  12. #12
    Boolit Master slim1836's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Location
    Burleson, TX
    Posts
    2,120
    Quote Originally Posted by Plate plinker View Post
    Ha ha funny. All the backseat electricians are freaking out.
    I enjoyed that one also, last heard that said in the early 70's.

    Slim
    JUST GOTTA LOVE THIS JOINT.

  13. #13
    Boolit Grand Master

    jonp's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Posts
    8,281
    Quote Originally Posted by Plate plinker View Post
    Ha ha funny. All the backseat electricians are freaking out.
    Not an electrician but still laughed at this
    I Am Descended From Men Who Would Not Be Ruled

    Fiat Justitia, Ruat Caelum

  14. #14
    Boolit Grand Master

    jonp's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Posts
    8,281
    Quote Originally Posted by BLAHUT View Post
    you don't know what you are doing? get an electrician? cheaper than the hospital bills.
    Mothers boyfriend was fixing a dryer and told me "hold this" and thought it funny. 14yrs old, bare feet in water. I took it but developed a strong dislike for him.
    I Am Descended From Men Who Would Not Be Ruled

    Fiat Justitia, Ruat Caelum

  15. #15
    Moderator Emeritus


    JonB_in_Glencoe's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Location
    Land of 10,000 Lakes
    Posts
    15,833
    Quote Originally Posted by wgr View Post
    Wiring a new dryer are trying to.No color code on wire.
    for drying boolits?
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    “If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
    ― The Dalai Lama, Seattle Times, May 2001

  16. #16
    Boolit Buddy alfadan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2020
    Location
    Augusta KS
    Posts
    475
    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.

  17. #17
    Boolit Grand Master

    gwpercle's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2011
    Location
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    Posts
    9,254

    Hey ... wgs... Did you get help , get it fixed or get an electrician ...
    ... you didn't get shocked did you ?
    Gary
    Certified Cajun
    Proud Member of The Basket of Deplorables
    " Let's Go Brandon !"

  18. #18
    Boolit Master Handloader109's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Location
    NW Arkansas
    Posts
    2,505
    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.

    Sent from my SM-S908U using Tapatalk

  19. #19
    Boolit Buddy alfadan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2020
    Location
    Augusta KS
    Posts
    475
    In my industrial electronics portion of school, I thought the electric motor theory was facsinating. That Mr. Tesla sure was one sharp dude.

  20. #20
    Boolit Grand Master

    jonp's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Posts
    8,281
    Quote Originally Posted by alfadan View Post
    In my industrial electronics portion of school, I thought the electric motor theory was facsinating. That Mr. Tesla sure was one sharp dude.
    Too bad he died before figuring out how to send electricity through the air
    I Am Descended From Men Who Would Not Be Ruled

    Fiat Justitia, Ruat Caelum

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check