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Anonymous Posted on Oct 29, 2009

I was wondering why the econo-heat plug does not have a 3 prong plug and oly has a 2 prong plug?

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Looking at the picture, it has a plastic housing. Without going into a long, drawn out discussion, as long as it is sold for non-commercial use, it is allowed to have a two-prong polarized plug. With the polarized plug, the neutral wire (assuming the house is properly wired) is at the same electrical potential as a ground wire would be, and thus, there is no need for a separate ground.

If you open up a breaker box (literally pull off the front cover), you would find the neutral wires and ground wires are terminated on the same copper bar. ( I don't advise you remove the cover to your breaker box, as this will expose you to voltages of 240 volts. This is something only professionals or fools should do. )

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Here is what I believe you have.

The 3 prong plug on your dryer is configured with 2 lines of power and 1 ground. The 4 prong receptical is 2 lines of power, 1 neutral, and 1 ground.
You will have to turn off the breaker to see how the receptical is wired by pulling it out and looking at it. You can then buy a 4 prong plug to match it and only wire up the 3 prongs you need for your dryer and leave the 4th prong empty.

Good Luck and hope this helps
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