Dryer receptacles Grounding Question

[K8MHZ]

Around here we call that cloth covered Romex. We do not know if Rome Cable company made it, it is still called Romex. Maybe that is romex with a small r, like now a Xerox machine with small x ("go xerox this"). :lol:

Frank DuVal

Ragwire. :lol:

 

[mbrooke]

I believe you could do either. Run a proper size ground #10 or # 12 minimum (the color should be green not black) to the equipment grounding electrode or run a new 10/3 romex back to the panel. I am assuming at minimum your electrical panel is properly grounded. i.e. A ground rod or a cold water pipe bond.


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Make sure that ground rod is indeed connected to the main panel. Ground rods and cold water lines have nothing to do with tripping breakers.

 

[readydave8]

Also - for the gentlemen asking why I'm moving my receptacle in the first place. If you see the last picture on this post, you can see where the old 3 prong plug was located. In my opinion, awful place to have it. I have moved it further along the wall away from potential water spray.



Thanks.

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Speaking as an experienced electrician who often knows what he is doing:

If anything I would have turned the hose bib so it pointed down.

I see no good reason to move receptacle.

 

[kwired]

Speaking as an experienced electrician who often knows what he is doing:

If anything I would have turned the hose bib so it pointed down.

I see no good reason to move receptacle.

Methinks they are pointed down the picture is just turned 90 degrees.

If not the flexible cord and flexible hoses shown are pretty rigid.

 

[readydave8]

Methinks they are pointed down the picture is just turned 90 degrees.

If not the flexible cord and flexible hoses shown are pretty rigid.

Oh I see it now, thanks.

 

[Garygood]

Is this page for electricians
I thought it was
When I started I would be told to find it in the book NEC
Since this guy is just starting
Please show me this install is complying with the NEC
Near water or not



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[kwired]

Is this page for electricians
I thought it was
When I started I would be told to find it in the book NEC
Since this guy is just starting
Please show me this install is complying with the NEC
Near water or not



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"normal" conditions in situation like OP has is a dry location. If it were normal to wash down the walls or something like that, it would be a wet location.

That don't mean it isn't smart design practice to account for accidental spills/ hoses breaking to some extent.

Art 100 definitions:

Location, Dry.


A location not normally subject to dampness or wetness. A location classified as dry may be temporarily subject to dampness or wetness, as in the case of a building under construction.

 

[user 100]

No, I am not sure what type of cable it is. I want to say "Romex" but it wasn't the typical yellow sheathing I'm used to seeing.

Also - for the gentlemen asking why I'm moving my receptacle in the first place. If you see the last picture on this post, you can see where the old 3 prong plug was located. In my opinion, awful place to have it. I have moved it further along the wall away from potential water spray.


Thanks.
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I see no good reason to move receptacle.

Neither do I.

And Other than the lack of an egc (imo not that big of a deal considering the situation) there is nothing wrong w/ the cable either.
That is simply old braid jacket (mid '50s thru late '60s) nm w/ older TW insulation (permitted all the way until the 1984 NEC) rated for 60 degrees. That type of NM may be ugly b/c of the jacket, but the TW itself is almost always perfectly pristine.

Is this page for electricians
I thought it was
When I started I would be told to find it in the book NEC
Since this guy is just starting
Please show me this install is complying with the NEC
Near water or not



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We go by the ART 100 def of normally dry, damp, wet etc that was posted by kwired

We can't go by "may happen"- if a hose or the bib in the pic leaked were to be considered a wet loc, then we might as well never put pipes and recs in the same stud bay in a house- pipe or fitting could leak, get water in boxes.......