Tommyz: Proper wire size for a dryer feed...60 foot run.


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Old 09-20-12, 01:03 AM
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Tommyz: Proper wire size for a dryer feed...60 foot run.

I have a similar question regarding a dedicated dryer plug. I had this dryer in this location back a few years ago, when we gutted the house the electrician at the time wired a 220V outlet for the dryer. Over time the dryer quit, we switched to a gas dryer, turned the outlet from a 220V to a double gang 110V outlet.

Now my wife wants the dryer back in this location, it's another 220V electric. The problem is, somewhere over the years, an electrician friend of mine did a bunch of work adding circuits, etc. and eliminated the dryer circuit altogether. I have to start from scratch again.

That said, it's approximately a 60 foot run from panel to outlet, snaking up, over, down, etc. I had a very well-intentioned friend try to tell me he talked to this one and that one, (that's why I'm here now...) and I have to use 8/3 wire for this. I'm not convinced nor excited about having to buy or work with 8/3 at all.

The question is, what size wire is suitable for what I want to do? is 10/3 or 12/3 acceptable? I thought 8 gauge was a bit overkill myself, but what do I know...

Thanks.
 
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Old 09-20-12, 03:10 AM
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10-3 would be the correct size of wire for 30 amps at less then 100 feet. (12-3 is only good for twenty amps.)
we switched to a gas dryer, turned the outlet from a 220V to a double gang 110V outlet.
Have you checked to see if the cable is still 10-3. The conversion could have been done with the existing cable.

P.S. Voltage in your house is 120v and 240v.
 
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Old 09-21-12, 01:44 AM
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That's what I figured all along. Thanks. I'll look closer to see if the wire is still 10/3 and go from there. Should be you'd think...no reason to change it.

Not sue what you're saying about the 120v and 240v...? But I have a new 200 amp service with a lot of room in it, and have several 220v circuits I added for a welder, compressor, and a dryer feed elsewhere in the house to answer your question.
 
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Old 09-21-12, 05:25 AM
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The circuit voltage is not 220, but 240.
 
 

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