Dryer wiring help

[ben2go]

4 prong dryer to 3 prong cord.I think I have this correct.I have things lined up the way I believe they should connect.All I need is to run a ground strap from the white to the ground on the left.Is this correct?

[Shawn B]

Ben2go,

It looks o.k. too me. The neutrals and grounds are bonded in most residential anyways.
Is the ground hooked up on the recept ?

[MountainDon]

http://www.applianceaid.com/general.html#3to4


The recommended method is to change the receptacle to a 4 prong style, BTW. But that is more involved. As long as the home already has the older three prong style installed NEC will grandfather it in. Four prong is required for new or renovations if code is involved in what you are doing.


BTW, the neutral and ground in the home wiring is only supposed to be bonded in one place and that is usually the service panel.

[muldoon]

as long as on the other end you have -

black to hot120 and white to hot120.  what you have labeled as ground in the middle should be on the ground bus.   Like ShawnB said, that ground bus is most likely bonded to neutral.  (white in a regular romex110 installs). 

With that configuration you have 2 110 legs which total to 220volts.  Those legs are the farmost right and farmost lefts.  the black and red (white in your case).  The center is neutral or ground which is in turn bonded to neutral in the service panel. 

In some places, they want you to wrap red electric tape on that white to indicate that it is indeed the other leg of a 220 and is hot. 

[ben2go]

  10 minutes after I posted this,I figured it out.  works like a champ.