GE and Hotpoint dryer cord
Most of the older dryers use to come with a three prongs cord. The
reason for that was that the older homes where wired with three prongs wall outlets.
Then the
electrical codes change and the houses where required to be wired with four prongs wall outlets.
Today when you buy a dryer it comes with a four prongs
pigtail or cord.
Three prongs cord
A three prongs cord has two wires that connect to the two live sides
on the terminal block and one wire that connect to the neutral side of the terminal block.
Four prongs cord
The newer four prongs cord is not too hard to install. The first thing you will need to do, is to make sure that the dryer is disconnected from the wall outlet.
Connect the red & black wires
from the cord to the L1 & L2 terminals in the terminal block. Remove any metal strap that
may be connected from the neutral terminal and the cabinet. Connect the white wire to the neutral terminal in the terminal block.
The green wire from the cord is now the cabinet ground wire and it need to be connected to the dryer metal cabinet.
The best way to learn how to install the cord is by
seeing how it is done.
