It's all buttoned up and dryer is running full time today, so unfortunately no. Receptacle is a 4 prong Levition: Leviton 4 prong 125/250V outlet Please see my original post detailing the janky ghetto wiring setup.
Electricians chime in please - 240V wiring mistake?
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I gotcha now. Well if running and no stray voltage on the cabinet of the dryer I’d say let her rip.
Good to know. My current one has no electronic displays or buttons. Just knobs. It's a basic GE, probably 7-8 years old.
The way it is now, there is a slight change that the dryer case could become energized.
You could take the top off the dryer and see if the white wire is connected to anything.
That would be a cheap and easy first step.
It would be better to have a separate grounding wire.
The washing machine receptacle should have a ground or the nearest light fixture.
It just depends on how much you want to spend and how good you want it to look.
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It would still work. one hot to neutral/ground is 120v
I believe that's my point .
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It’s confusing that the old wiring method doesn’t call the center pin ground it’s the neutral. essentially down stream and at the panel neutrals and grounds are bonded together with the exception of a sub panel.
Nothing wrong with 10-2 wire. As mentioned the dryer is all 220. It does not need a neutral. They used the wrong outlet. Most dryers end up with a cord set with a moulded plug.
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Until convenience receptacles near ac disconnects techs would either run extension cords or have a cheater cord to rob 110/220 for their equipment from the disconnect box connecting to one hot and the ground.
Just because you can do it doesn't mean you should do it.
Introducing voltage/current on the grounding wire is not a good idea.
HVAC techs do that as a very temporary solution.... not a full time thing.
The jumper wire shouldn’t be there, it really should have a separate neutral going bad to the panel, the same gauge as the 2 hot wires. Needs another wire pulled. The jumper may need to be there because the dryer might need 120V to run something-timer, fan, etc. BTW, new dryers seem to come with no cord these days, will need to reuse the old one or buy a new one.
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Of course this isn’t a common practice and shouldn’t be done at all. But hey the ac techs got a job to be done.
The HVAC guys should find an outdoor outlet and use an extension cord. How many HVAC tools are not cordless these days?
Thanks again to everyone who chimed in and helped me understand my outlet wiring situation. I now know what would need to be done to bring the wiring up to code. I'm going to leave this thread, but if you guys want to continue the discussion, have at it.
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Buy an extension cord. What a 3rd world clown.
