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Posted by Joseph Meehan on June 17, 2007, 8:30 pm
cdnkitesurfer@gmail.com wrote:
> Hey,
> I just recently purchased a used Asko washing machine, and as it has
> an onboard water heater, it requires that I plug it into a 230 volt
> outlet. The only 230 volt outlet in the room is for the dryer. So,
> I'd like to make an adapter cord that goes from the 230 volt dryer
> plug (which has a red and black hot, white neutral and a ground wire)
> to a 3 pronged 230 volt plug end. Now I know that the red and black
> are wired to the left and right prongs, but what I'm not 100% sure of
> is the ground. Do I wire into the white neutral from the dryer plug
> or to the ground wire of the dryer plug?
You may not be able to do what you want. You need a two legs (usually
red and black) and a neutral white and a true ground, not the same as a
neutral. If you don't have that you have more work to do than just changing
out an outlet.
>
> Thanks for any help in advance.
>
> This is my first time using the Google groups, if there is a more
> appropriate group that I should be posting this question to, please
> let me know.
--
Joseph Meehan
Dia 's Muire duit
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