Timeline for Dryer won't start. Uses a 4 prong 240v outlet where hot/ground is 120v but hot/neutral is 50v. What's wrong?
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| Aug 14, 2017 at 15:02 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackDIY/status/897111108238102528 | ||
| Aug 12, 2017 at 20:01 | vote | accept | Buns of Aluminum | ||
| Aug 12, 2017 at 19:33 | comment | added | Buns of Aluminum | Ok, so I just took the receptacle cover off and saw this: There is a regular white/black/bare wire going into the 4 prong receptacle, with white going to H1, black going to H2, and bare going to ground. There is no wire hooked up to the N slot. | |
| Aug 12, 2017 at 18:03 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 12, 2017 at 17:55 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Lucky you. If this had been a 3-wire connection, your loose neutral would have placed 120V on the steel chassis of the dryer and electrocuted anyone who touched it and anything grounded (like the chassis of the washer right next to it). And people say this never happens. Anytime you see an answer on SE that says 3-prong dryer-range hookups are OK because neutrals don't fail -- link this question. | |
| Aug 12, 2017 at 17:52 | comment | added | Jim Stewart | Your neutral is loose either in the receptacle or at the panel. The dryer (at least the new one) requires current through the neutral to operate certain systems. | |
| Aug 12, 2017 at 17:45 | comment | added | Buns of Aluminum | Those are the readings with the dryer unplugged. | |
| Aug 12, 2017 at 17:44 | comment | added | Jim Stewart | With the dryer unplugged what readings do you get from the receptacle? | |
| Aug 12, 2017 at 16:13 | comment | added | Buns of Aluminum | Also, I just went and measured again to be sure, and I'm still getting 240v H-H, 120v H-G, but now I'm getting only 10v H-N. | |
| Aug 12, 2017 at 16:12 | comment | added | Buns of Aluminum | N-G measures at 0.1v... fluctuating (if I wiggle the probes) up to 0.7v. | |
| Aug 12, 2017 at 16:00 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | What voltage do you get N-G? | |
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