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Dryers are often in the garage or in the small room adjacent to the garage that we called the "service porch" when I was a kid. I think it's because the garage
by sowbug 9y ago
Dryers are often in the garage or in the small room adjacent to the garage that we called the "service porch" when I was a kid. I think it's because the garage is a good place for the main junction box (near the street, where the main power lines are, but indoors so creepers don't mess with it), and since 240-volt wiring is thick and expensive, it's cheaper to put any 240-volt outlets near the junction box.
QED.
- azinman2 9y agoSo I'm going to know to unplug a dryer and expect my friends to be cool with that? And that plug is plain out in the visible, easily accessible areas and not hidden behind a heavy dryer?
- daveFNbuck 9y agoPeople often don't have a dryer in the garage, but it's common enough that they'll have the plug there anyway.
- tossaway1 9y agoI've owned half a dozen houses including new construction and never had a 240 outlet in the garage.
- sowbug 9y agoI wonder if it's a regional thing. My experience is US West Coast. The dryer is a source of waste heat, which out here is usually undesirable, so it makes more sense to put it in an extremity of the house where the heat can easily escape. I could imagine that other areas of the country might be more likely to view extra heat as a good thing.