#lifehack

"Tristan" (casselts) 07/25/2018 at 15:24 • Filed to: None

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New dryer cord: $21. Receptacle to make the one I already have work: $6.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Tristan 07/25/2018 at 15:36

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Finding the correct pigtail in the basement when you move in: priceless.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Tristan 07/25/2018 at 15:37

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Can’t quite tell from picture of the cord - is it that wacky NEMA 14-60 or something?

You’ll be fine unless you need to use a 60 amp dryer in futu... pfft.. HAHAHAHAHA

Ash78, voting early and often > Tristan 07/25/2018 at 15:38

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Why is everything normal until you get to a dryer, then it’s like being magically teleported to Europe in the 60s?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/25/2018 at 15:46

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Probably just a NEMA 14-30, just looks funny in pic. Shouldn’t be sold as a “range” cord, but oh well. Assume dedicated ground will just get tied to box.

Tekamul > Ash78, voting early and often 07/25/2018 at 15:49

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Recepta cle standards are stupidly fragmented. It’s like nobody trusts breakers. 

Ash78, voting early and often > Tekamul 07/25/2018 at 15:52

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That should be the entirety of the emoji catalog. Every one of them is expressing “WTF dryer?!”

diplodicus > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/25/2018 at 16:02

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L ooks like either 10-50p or 11-50p I can make out 3 wire on the bag.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Tekamul 07/25/2018 at 16:22

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There is a big difference between the US where they have a 120VAC/15A  branch topology vs the 240VAC/32A ring lug. In UK plugs they MUST have a fuse in the plug itself to be in code whereas the US plugs are just plugs. The different blades are keys to indicate what the wiring is capable of delivering, you can go down, but not up. The cord in the picture appears to be a 50A cord, whereas the plug is a 30A plug. If you have a 50A breaker, and 50A capable wiring, this is actually perfectly okay. If you had 30A wiring, and you had put a 50A outlet on it, you would have a major issue.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > diplodicus 07/25/2018 at 16:46

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Probably a 10-50.

Tristan > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 07/25/2018 at 17:48

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If there was, I'd probably throw it away. These people were N A S T Y.