If there is concern about this which poses a true safety risk, I recommend
that somebody immediately contact the CPSC and send an alert.
73 Rich NN3W
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: <rfi@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: [RFI] New Sears Dryer Draws Current on Green Wire
> On 11/10/2011 1:02 PM, Alan NV8A wrote:
>> If I understood the original post correctly, the current was not *by
>> design* flowing in the green wire. It was flowing in the green wire
>> because the white wire and the green wire were not connected at the
>> dryer as the instructions specified they should be.
>
> It turns out that the instructions were not clear, and also that there
> is something connected internally to the N terminal besides the jumper.
> When that jumper and neutral from the outlet are both tied to the
> designated neutral terminal, there is no measurable current on green,
> and there is motor current on neutral.
>
> Bottom line -- the dryer IS wired correctly internally, but the hookup
> instructions are not at all clear for a proper 4-wire
> (phase-phase-neutral-green) 240V feed. AND, more important, the
> instructions call that white jumper "the neutral grounding conductor."
> It WOULD have that connection in an old-fashioned 3-wire
> (phase-phase-green) feed, but that would put the motor current on green.
>
> Thanks for all the help.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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