How do you hook up a range outlet with one red wire one black wire and one white wire?

Answer 1

There should be 3 insulated lugs in the dryer, two hots and a neutral. Connect the red and black wires in your new cord to the hot lugs (red & black are interchangeable), and the white neutral to the neutral lug. Neutral is the center wire on your older 3-wire cord, and should be a silver screw. Connect the green ground wire directly to the chassis of the sryer using a convienent screw. Use the four prong cord if you can. It is safer because it has the extra ground wire which older cords did not. If the neutral lug is bonded to the chassis, break that bond. It is for older 3-wire cords and is not needed with your modern 4-wire cord. Also, see the question "Is it possible to put a 4-prong plug on a dryer that uses a 3-prong plug and how would you do this?" It is a very similar question with more answers.

Answer 2

Typically, in a 240-volt range outlet setup, the red and black wires are the hot wires, while the white wire is the neutral wire. The red and black wires should be connected to the two hot terminals on the outlet, and the white wire should be connected to the neutral terminal. It is advisable to consult a licensed electrician to ensure the proper and safe installation of the range outlet.

Answer 3

A range, when purchased new, can be supplied with either a 4 prong plug or a 3 prong plug. It is the purchaser's choice and when you bought a new range, the seller should have asked you which type you need. If he didn't, you should go back and have him provide a new 3 prong cord and plug in exchange for the new 4 prong type.

If the range was not purchased new, you'd have to purchase a 3 wire cord and plug at a home store or electrical equipment supplier and change the cord. There will be instructions in the back of the range when you open it up advising how to change the cord and showing how to hook it up to a 3 wire outlet. <><><>

It is much better - and safer - to upgrade the outlet to a 4 prong version. The requisite wiring may already be in place. For a 240 Volt range you need two "Hot" wires (red and black), a "Neutral" wire (white) and a Ground wire (green or bare copper wire). If that wiring is not already in place, you'll need to rewire the range supply circuit from the breaker box to be safe. It will be a either a small job or a large job but, either way, necessary. <><><> For more information see the answer to the Related Question shown below.

IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOB

SAFELY AND COMPETENTLY

REFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.

If you do this work yourself, always turn off the power

at the breaker box/fuse panel BEFORE you attempt to do any work

AND

always use an electricians test meter having metal-tipped probes

(not a simple proximity voltage indicator)

to insure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.

Answer 4

for USA, Canada and other countries running a 60 Hz supply service.

Providing power for a dryer can't be done just by changing a range outlet to a larger size.

They are different sized outlets and there are very important technical reasons for this difference. These two kinds of outlets supply quite different electrical loads with different breakers on the main panel board and different wiring sizes.

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As always, if you are in doubt about what to do, the best advice anyone should give you is to call a licensed electrician to advise what work is needed.

Before you do any work yourself,

on electrical circuits, equipment or appliances,

always use a test meter to ensure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.

IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOB

SAFELY AND COMPETENTLY

REFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.

Answer 5

to connect a three prong range cord to your oven you would locate the terminals to attach the cord on the back of the range and then you would attach the two wires on the outside to to the two outside posts and the center wire to the center post. if yo had a four prong cord it would be color coded with the red going on one side the black going on the other side and the white going in the middle, the green wire would go to an external ground screw

Answer 6

testing my electric stove which has a 3 prong power cord design at my dryer connection which is a 3 prong power cord with a different design can i use the same power cord from my dryer to test my stove and how do i connect it

Answer 7

Answer for USA, Canada and countries running a 60 Hz supply service.The 4 wire plug has a ground connection and the 3 does not.

3 wire plugs are old and outdated.

Way back in the old days they didn't ground equipment so plugs didn't have a ground. (Remember the old 2 wire 110V outlets on houses built before the 50s?) A few people got killed so they decided to add a safety wire. It took them longer to catch on with heavy appliances, but eventually they did. That is what the fourth pin is for. Since many homes still have the 3 wire plug it is allowed in older homes. New homes must use the new 4 wire plug.

Changing your 4 wire cord to a 3 wire cord is the same as plugging a 3 wire 120V appliance into one of those 3 prong to two prong adapters they sell. Your appliance works now, but is ungrounded.

Don't listen to anyone who says to replace the new up-to-code plug with an older plug. That is the same as replacing your 3 prong 120V outlets with old two prong outlets! Ignore anyone who tells you to do so, they think they know a lot more than they actually do. Buy a new cord. It is cheap and safer.

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Although configuration of the plugs are not universal, NEMA has a huge listing of plugs and receptacles. Once you know which one you need, all you have to do is rewire it. Your old range didn't have have ground (bare or green wire, which only carries current in a fault situation). The new one you have purchased does.

Although you do not have to hook this wire up for the range to operate, there is a severe risk of electrical hazard. The best advice anyone can give you is that you must run a new power cable to the range's location, one that includes a ground wire. This is a lot of work, but it has to be done for the installation to be safe.

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[Note: don't do this! See the first answer to this question!]

This may or may not be allowed by the electric wiring code operating in your town or location - it is best to check with the appropriate electrical safety officer in your locality before you do any of this:

Change the cord on the new range to a three wire cord. Buy a new three wire cord for the receptacle configuration that you have. Remove the four wire cord from rhe range, taking note where and how the wires are attached, especially the white wire and the bare or green wire. Attach the red and black hot wires to their respective terminals. Attach the white neutral wire to its terminal and use a ground jumper (bare copper wire #10 gauge) to attach the frame of the range back to where the white wire is attached.

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As always, if you are in doubt about what to do, the best advice anyone should give you is to call a licensed electrician to advise what work is needed.

Before you do any work yourself,

on electrical circuits, equipment or appliances,

always use a test meter to ensure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.

IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOB

SAFELY AND COMPETENTLY

REFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.

Answer 8

You would have to install:

• a socket outlet with prongs of the correct size - which must include a ground prong;
• fed by wiring of the correct size;
• protected by a circuit breaker of the correct type and size;

all to match the maximum current that will be drawn by the cooking range you plan to use at that location.

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As always, if you are in doubt about what to do, the best advice anyone should give you is to call a licensed electrician to advise what work is needed.

Before you do any work yourself,

on electrical circuits, equipment or appliances,

always use a test meter to ensure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.

IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOB

SAFELY AND COMPETENTLY

REFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.

Answer 9

Red and black are "hot", white is neutral. depending on the outlet being used, there should be some kind of indication telling you which is which. Sometimes it's just the colors of the screw, with brass being "hot", and silver representing neutral.

Answer 10

You can purchase a replacement cord at Home Depot or others.

On the back of the appliance, where the cord enters, there should be an access door. Open the door and make note of which color wire is attached to each terminal. A great help would be to use a marker to denote black, red, white, green.

Once you have identified which wire goes where, you can remove the existing cord.

The new 3 wire cord will be grey and flat, as opposed to black and round. The two outside wires of the 3 wire cord are larger in diameter than the center wire. These are the line wires, and are the same as the black and red wires from the old cord. Connect these to those terminals. It does not matter which is which. The center wire should go to where the green wire was.