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Aren't dryers grounded?
by maximus-decimus 3y ago
Aren't dryers grounded?
- kube-system 3y agoYes. Although I'm not sure if mine was designed to ground the plastic front panel that the buttons are on.
- tzs 3y agoIf a dryer circuit was installed before 1996 there is a good chance it won't be grounded. Before 1996 the US national electrical code allowed 3 wire dryer circuits. Two hot wires and one neutral. In 1996 that was changed to require new dryer circuits to be 4 wire. Two hots wires, one neutral, and one ground. Existing 3 wire dryer circuits were allowed to remain in use.
- ProllyInfamous 3y agoRegardless of being grandfathered in (allowed), you should update your drier to a 4-prong cord/outlet (which is ACTUALLY grounded). This does not always require stringing an entire new circuit — NEC (US) allows driers to be grounded with just a single 10awg wire. Particularly if you operate rentals, the legal liability is perhaps almost as much as NOT retrofitting GFCIs into baths/kitchens. SRC: not your electrician