Have actually you ever relocated to a house that is new gone to connect in your dryer, and CRAP! the plug does not fit?

Many homes have either a 3-prong or outlet that is 4-prong your dryer. You move houses you have a 50/50 chance that the current plug will work with whatever outlet your house comes with if you purchased a new dryer chances are the dryer didn’t come with a power cord at all, and when.

Just what exactly will you be designed to do? Phone an electrician for a penny that is pretty to attach an innovative new cord for you personally? It really is among the easiest DIYs around. There’s no explanation you will need to waste your money when it’s possible to easily swap out of the dryer plug yourself.

Our new household has a dryer outlet for a 3-prong plug . Our final two homes have experienced 4-prong outlets, so our dryer has an outlet that is 4-prong it.

Actually, probably the most thing that is annoying this whole situation just isn’t even being forced to swap out of the cord; it is when you go to connect in your dryer and also you have to utilize the dryer TODAY and also you discover your plug does not fit. Argh! day at the equipment shop!

In the event that you prepare ahead you can purchase a 3-prong plug or 4-prong plug on Amazon. Otherwise, any hardware store should carry these replacement cords.

I clearly bought the cord that is 3-prong match the 3-prong socket into the wall surface.

And today, to swap them out… My dryer possesses diagram regarding the back from it showing precisely how to add the cable to your dryer. Seriously can’t get much simpler than this.

First, locate where your cable attaches towards the relative back of one’s dryer. You can view that the cord that is 4-prong connected to the dryer has 4 cables connected to the straight straight back regarding the dryer.

Very Carefully eliminate most of the small screws and get rid of the cable from the dryer. Once again, CAREFULLY. You will require these screws once again and it’s also super easy to unintentionally drop them down the relative straight back of the dryer in to the abyss, not to be restored once again.

After the diagram regarding the back regarding the dryer, attach the brand new cable to the dryer. The difference that is only a 3-prong and a 4-prong is the fact that the 4-prong features a white (ground) cable that attaches towards the straight straight back regarding the dryer together with 3-prong will not. Both kinds of cable have actually an L1, L2, and a neutral.

When you screw your brand new cord to your dryer, plug ‘er into the wall surface, step right straight back, and marvel which you completely rocked all of this by yourself. It’s going to be a moment that is empowering therefore simply simply take one minute if you’d like one.

Now return to work. The washing is mounting up. It doesn’t just clean itself (well, it kinda does, however you need certainly to load it in there).

Here’s my extremely messy, really newly unpacked washing space. We’ve done exactly ZERO projects in this room since relocating 30 days ago, but I’m sure you may cut me personally some slack. We did simply move in in the end. If only folding laundry were as easy and quick as swapping out of the dryer cable.

Now get DIY something! And keep coming back and let me know that which you DIYd. I really like hearing stories away from you additionally.

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