How To Wire a Dryer Outlet or Receptacle - Materials Needed for Dryer Wiring

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Video explaining how to install a dryer receptacle and the necessary materials.

0:00 - Dryer Receptacle Wiring Intro
0:17 - Breaker To Use For Dryer
0:37 - Wire Gauge To Use For Dryer
1:08 - Electrical Box For Dryer Receptacle
1:34 - What Receptacle To Use For Dryer
2:20 - Stripping The Wire
3:58 - How To Wire 220V Dryer Receptacle
7:45 - Mount The Receptacle
9:12 - SUBSCRIBE!!!

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Short, sweet, and to the point.... without a 20 minute lecture on BS just to hear yourself talk. If only everybody would do this!

jgscott

Thank you very much for your hard work and dedication making these videos. I work at a "Big Box Retailer" and ppl come in expecting is to know everything like an electrician. Guy came in wanting to install a 30 amp receptacle, but had no clue what parts he needed.

edgarm

Good video shows everything from the electrical panel including the type of wire with conductors and gauge all the way to the type of box to use four gang

ken

bravo! someone who knows how to insall a dryer receptacle. dryers & rangers were improperly wire for decades with 3 conductor romex which tied ground & neutral together. so many youtube videos on wiring are scary, this one is o.k.

garybrown

Great tutorial ! May be the best, most clear instruction I have ever come across. Thanx alot !!

billmcclelland

Thanks for video but please don't use a ring when your work have a great week

FranciscoCollio

Dryer plugs and stove plugs look the same. But are different. Dryer plug he used the neutral was shaped like an L. That’s your white wire. The stove plug the neutral doesn’t have the L shape. It’s straight. Just to let everyone know the difference

rickbradley

Hi, hoping you can help... All I'm trying to do is hookup a dryer in an older building (1976 condo) and I've added a ground and converted from 3-prong to 4-prong, standard US 30AMP circuit. I've watched like 30 videos and everyone seems to claim 240V is either RED or ORANGE, and showing a FLAT wire. I have a single Romex BLACK, ROUND 10/3 wire (2 white/black hot, 1 ground, and 1 neutral bare wire) coming into a 1-gang old metal box (is this legal?). I am in the US/North American (NJ state). I simply want to move the receptable down lower on the wall out of sight, i.e. extend the Romex a foot or two inside the existing drywall, using up-to-date code and the correct type of cable, connector, and junction box(es). Please explain:

1) Why is my 10/3 a BLACK cable, and round not flat RED or ORANGE? Is this just common in older construction, or was the wrong type of cable used all the way back to the circuit breaker?

2) What is the difference between Romex 10/3 300V vs. Romex 10/3 600V, which are currently the only ones still being sold at Home Depot. No sign of any red or orange 10/3. Are these ROUND BLACK cables still current and OK to use inside drywall (like what appears to be there now), or is that the older style, for outdoor use, or some application? When did they switch from red or orange to black, and flat to round, or vice versa?

3) Does it matter whether I use 300V or 600V? What is the typical application for each? (I've googled till I'm blue in the face...can't find ANY videos talking about this anywhere!!) Is 600V just overkill? What is that typically used for? Would it hurt anything to use 600V in a 300V application (ie either fine for an electric dryer 240 30AMP circuit), or is it bad to use a higher rated voltage wire for any reason?

4) What is the proper size ELECTRICAL / JUNCTION box for a 30AMP Dryer 240V circuit with a METAL BOX (ground screw in box)? Except for yours, 90% of the 4-prong dryer outlets stocked at Home Depot and almost every video on YouTube seem to show people installing these newer 4-prong dryer outlets into 1-gang boxes. Even the receptable instructions itself claim "Do not install in 1-gang" yet the plate itself is sized for 1 gang (only two screws top and bottom, like on a normal light switch)! What is the code for 240A? 1-gang or 2-gang? Why are the majority of outlets sold with a 1-gang plate if the box is supposed to be 2-gang?

5) What is the code and safety requirements to SPLICE and EXTEND the cable inside existing drywall? I read somewhere code says you can't have a junction box behind drywall. So do I need to actually REMOVE the existing junction box, splice all 4 wires including ground using push-fit or butt connectors to extend the cable inside the drywall, then leave that cable there loose in the wall outside of a junction box, just to relocate a new metal outlet box 2 feet lower with an outlet on it? Is it OK to drywall over the existing spliced section? (This seems a lot more unsafe to me than just leaving the spliced section inside the existing metal junction box, and then extending on down to the next one.)

Thanks if you can help. Will vote up the video...because I can't find these basic answers anywhere! Thanks

KenNYC

Great video. I was going to hire someone, but seeing this video I gain confidence. Thank you. Well done..

losmoore

The groud wire does need to be actually hooked up on the 4 prong receptacle. I found this out the hard way. Can't leave them hanging anymore.

hippygypsy

Would have been nice to see you hook it up at the breaker

kungfungify

Panel wiring was beautiful...a good electrician will even make the wiring you'll never see look nice! A pro!

RitchPaprocki

Thank you for this video! I just moved my dryer down to my basement in an older house I just bought. In the process I found that I have to rewire it with new 10-3 instead of using the old 10-2 wire that was originally installed in the house. I was confused with how I needed to connect my 10-3 to the circuit breaker box. This helped me out so much!

sarahwood

Hello, Ben! First of all I wanna say thanks for your videos!! Now I would like to know how high should that box be. Could you please tell me?

robertochavez