Changing a 3 Prong Dryer Outlet to 4 Prong

entertainment purposes only dont try at home

[kevinritchie]

As an electrician, I hate doing those receptacles. Just for the fact of the #10 wire and trying to shove 10 pounds of crap in a 5 pound box. You did forget to reinstall the 27 layers of paint over the receptacle and plate...lol

[Cdmxforever]

Easy, on point and no unnecessary blah blah blah!

Here is your like gentleman. 👍🏻

[mypointofblue]

Good Entertainment information! Thanks for sharing!

[jstmyers]

Pro Move : Vertical lines on all 4 cover plate Nice!!

[doc]

After reading some of the comments I would advise many here to hire a licensed electrician. If you don’t understand electrical theory don’t try to do this on your own. You could hurt yourself and possibly start a fire.

[Fitjaycjr]

Very nice dave!! Keep them coming! Happy friday

[NickBen]

So my home was built in 1994. We just bought a new dryer and figured it would be a good time to convert our 3-prong outlet to the updated 4-prong. When removing the existing outlet, there is a ground wire in the box, so all good there. The issue I’m having is that there is no ground screw in the box or predrilled hole to mount a ground screw. It is a carlon phenolic box - so do I need to ground to the box? Since it’s plastic, I assume it doesn’t need to be grounded? If I do need to ground, will I have to tap and mount my own screw? Thanks for your help!

[thomasmccallum]

Always remove the ground wire last and the first put the ground wire first on the new outlet

[Honestandtruth]

Every House must follow building Code for Homeowners Safety not Someone else 👍

[erinsaviation]

the old one looks like our plugs in New Zealand, wonder if it'd work with the NZ plug

[rls]

I only have 3 wires coming from the box but I have a nearby grounded outlet, at 1:43 it says "You have to run a ground wire" Can I pull my new 4th wire (ground) from that outlet or do I HAVE to run it from the panel?

[Truman-vn]

Who can advise the model # of a 4-prong dryer cord that is compatible to this NEMA 14-30R receptacle? Better to give a link to the right product. Thanks in advance!

[handymandad]

You shouldn’t have to ground to the box if you buy a grounded dryer outlet where the metal from the ground terminal on the outlet connects to the metal plate of the outlet and metal plate is attached to the box. That is what I’ve heard

[johncasey]

First thing I would have told myself is I definitely would reuse the the cover fits right on there don't have to sand plaster repaint

[bluebenji]

I have 1 white, 1 ground and 1 black but no red wire would you still be able to set it up without the red wire?

[XxBEASTTRIX]

What if you don’t have a metal box to ground your ground wire ? What can you do to help that situation?

[abelgomez_XIV]

Green ground wire at the end of the video was supposed to be alone, and the dryer ground to the neutral (middle) together.

[lanchari]

My neutral and ground are shorted rear my dryer's appliance . Is it normal ?

[sonyyoung]

Did you ground the metal box? Did not see it.

[American.Divergent]

Curious about the breaker box side of this. Since the outlet ground and neutral aren’t bonded anymore any changes on the breaker side?