Connecting Electric Dryers (cont.)
USA only
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WARNING
•
fire or death.
•
Four-wire connection for electric dryers:
Power cord
• A 4-wire connection is required for all mobile and
manufactured home installations, as well as all new
construction after January 1, 1996.
• A UL-listed strain relief is required.
1. Remove the terminal block access cover on the upper
back of the dryer. Install a UL-listed strain relief into
the power cord through-hole; then thread a UL-listed,
conductor power cord through the strain relief.
•
conductor and closed loop or
forked terminals with upturned ends.
2. Transfer the dryer’s ground wire from behind the
green ground screw to the center screw of the
terminal block. Attach the two hot leads of the power
cord to the outer terminal block screws. Attach the
white neutral wire to the center terminal block screw.
Attach the power cord ground wire to the green
ground screw. .
Reinstall the terminal block access cover.
Hot
(Black)
Power Cord
Ground Wire
Ground
Screw
White Wire
moved from
Ground Screw
Neutral
(White)
Hot
(Red)
UL-Listed
Strain Relief
UL-Listed
4-Wire Power
Cord
Terminal
Block
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