Electrical Requirements For Electric Dryers - LG CDE3379WD Service Manual

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ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRIC DRYERS

ONNE TING ELE TRI DRYERS
WARNING:
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grounding must conform to the latest edition of the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70 and all
applicable local regulations. Please contact a qualified electrician to check your home's wiring and
fuses to ensure that your home has adequate electrical power to operate the dryer.
lectrical Requirements for lectric Models Only
WARNING:
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appliance, follow basic precautions, including the following:
• This dryer must be connected to a g r ounded
metal, permanent wiring system, or an
equipment- r ounding conductor must be run
with the ci r cuit conductors and connected
to the equipment-g r ounding terminal or lead
on the drye r . Failure to do so can result in fi re,
explosion, or death.
• The dryer has its own terminal block that
must be connected to a separate 240 V AC,
60-Hertz, single-phase ci r cuit, fused at 30
ampe r es (the ci r cuit must be fused on both
sides of the line). ELECTRICAL SE R VICE
FOR THE D R YER SHOULD BE OF THE
MAXIMUM R A TE VO L T AGE LISTED ON THE
NAMEPL A TE. DO NOT CONNECT D R YER TO
110-, 115-, OR 120-VO L T CIRCUI T . Heating
elements a r e available for fi eld installation
in dryers which a r e to be connected to an
electrical service of a di f fe r ent voltage than
that listed on the rating plate. Failure to follow
these instructions can result in fi re, explosion,
or death.
Special lectrical Requirements for Mobile or Manufactured Homes
WARNING:
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appliance, follow basic precautions, including the following:
• Any installation in a manufactured or mobile
home must comply with the Manufactured
Home Construction and Safety Standards
Title 24 CFR, Part 32-80 or Standard CAN/
CSA0Z240 MH and local codes and ordinances.
To help prevent fire, electric shock, serious injury or death, the wiring and
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• If branch ci r cuit to dryer is 15 ft. (4.5 m)
or less in length, use UL (Underwriters
Laboratories) listed No.-10 A WG wi r e
(copper wi r e only), or as r equi r ed by local
codes. If over 15 ft. (4.50 m), use UL-listed
No.-8 A WG wi r e (copper wi r e only), or as
r equi r ed by local codes. Allow suf fi cient
slack in wiring so dryer can be moved f r om
its normal location when necessar y . Failure
to do so can result in fi re, explosion, or death.
• The power co r d (pigtail) connection between
wall r eceptacle and dryer terminal block
IS NOT supplied with drye r . T ype of pigtail
and gauge of wi r e must conform to local
codes and with instructions on the following
pages. Failure to follow these instructions can
result in fi re, explosion, or death.
• A 4-wi r e connection is r equi r ed for all mobile
and manufactu r ed home installations, as
well as all new construction after January
1, 1996. A 4-wi r e connection must be used
whe r e local codes do not permit g r ounding
th r ough the neutral wi r e. Failure to do so can
result in fi re, explosion, or death.
• A 4-wi r e connection is r equi r ed for all mobile
and manufactu r ed home installations, as well
as all new construction after January 1, 1996.
Failure to do so can result in fi re, explosion, or
death.