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Old 04-30-2007, 02:00 PM   #1
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Can I use 10ga wire and a 30amp breaker to put in a standard home clothes dryer? Wire run is approx. 40feet.

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Old 04-30-2007, 06:58 PM   #2
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I say sure! You could even use 8 gauge!
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Old 04-30-2007, 07:37 PM   #3
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#6 is the way to go, and....

clothes will dry fasterer at 60 amps than they will at 30.
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Can I use 10ga wire and a 30amp breaker to put in a standard home clothes dryer? Wire run is approx. 40feet.
No, you cannot use #10. Your electrician, however, can.
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Good God...that is funny
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Old 04-30-2007, 07:59 PM   #6
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Good God...that is funny
I'm pretty sure that's how Tim The Tool Man's Binford dryer works.
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Old 04-30-2007, 09:51 PM   #7
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the only thing better is the two pole five wire residential cloths dryer.
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is that the four phase shuffle?
or is that a card game ...
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Good God...that is funny
Thank, bro... I try!
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for years we have quized our electricians about the proper techniques of terminating a 2 pole 5 wire residential cloths dryer. it still amazes me to this day how manny electricians dont know how to hook one up.
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Sounds like the one that starts with the post hole diggers, and is simular the solar powered clothes dryer that I have for sale for $79.95 plus shipping. Some assembly required!
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for years we have quized our electricians about the proper techniques of terminating a 2 pole 5 wire residential cloths dryer. it still amazes me to this day how manny electricians dont know how to hook one up.
I always wondered why the manual said the dryer needed static guard added. Now I know that the 5th wire is to dissipate the static that builds up in the dryer.
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We had an apprentice do all the range and dryer outlets in an aprartment building last fall. On one range outlet he put one hot leg on the neutral and the neutral on the hot. Cooked all the electronics on a new range. That 110 stuff dosen't like 220 I guess.
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