Thread: 3-wire dryer receptacle outlet
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Old 05-06-2007, 08:26 AM
Bob Mayer Bob Mayer is offline
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Re: 3-wire dryer receptacle outlet
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Originally Posted by Tim Moreira View Post
What difference does it make if you have a 3 or 4 wire dryer if both of the wires go back to the *Service Equipment* panel and are bonded together there anyway.

Now if the go back to a panel that is not *Service* then I would agree.

Am I looking at this correctly or not???
"Now if the go back to a panel that is not *Service* then I would agree."

The only difference that makes is that the resistance in the neutral may be higher (case1.) and there are more points of failure for the neutral (case2.) In a properly (other than being 3-wire instead of 4-wire) operating system, it does not matter if the panel to which the circuit is connected is the service or not.

- BOB
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