Sparking Receptacle

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Sometimes I bend, but I happened to have some extra offset fittings, so I used one. Taking time into account, it would have been more expensive to bend than to just slap on the offset fitting. I don't like to bother with the conduit bender if I'm only going to be making one bend. As for the cost of materials, we're only talking about a difference of a few bucks.

I still prefer to use the 1900 box rather than the surface dryer receptacle. I just think it looks better in that situation.
 
Sorry for intruding here, but reading thru this forum, wondering why you didn't go back and investigate your work. Checking for burns, nicked wires etc., something that validates their findings. If its nothing, at least you would know by checking it over. How many times to we put clothes in the dryer to dry overnight while we go to bed? As an electrician, I feel its a duty to guarantee our work. Worse case senareo if home has a fire due to the work performed by you that couldv'e been prevented. If you're licensed (I don't know, and I'm not critizing whether you are or not) you may be held responsible. If not, the homeowner will probably be liable for not hiring a licensed electrician. I always guarantee my work that I perform so as long it is not tampered with. If I were in this situation, I would have the homeowner turn the breaker off marked dryer and to unplug the dryer completely until I can get there, even if its a couple of days before I get there. Situation probably less than hour and instead of guessing what it is, know the problem rectify it. This is only my opinion and I'm not telling anyone how to there job. sorry for butting in.
 
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I just have to chime in on that post.Not trying to put you down or anything like that.But the dyer has an ocpd that in the event of a burnt or nicked conductor would trip out if it contacted a ground.I personally don`t like P & S devices but that is because I found them to rather cheap and break all to easily.The part of the original post that got me was that there were sparks coming from the openings in the receptacle,as stated they would not be visible if the cord cap was fully inserted.Sorry but I take what a home owners says with a grain of salt.Having spent countless hours troubleshooting problems they swore to on a stack of bibles non existent.

Getting off the dryer thing for a sec.We had numerous service calls from a home owner screaming that the smoke detectors were chirping all the time.They were changed out several times and all connections were checked and voltage checked.I went back after another call from a very irate homeowner threatining law suits and such.I walked in and as i did I did hear a beep coming from the area of a smoke leading into the master bedroom.Wow maybe this guys is right ????? NOT!!!!!!!! On a table layed a cordless phone with a low battery beeping over and over.I`m not saying don`t follow up on a call but get the facts and determine if there could be an actual danger and if there could be an actual fault.The ocpd didn`t trip and there have been no further calls from the homeowner,I would have done the same thing.Call me if it happens again and dont touch a thing.
 
Myself...I would have investigated ASAP, pull the outlet out, open the dryer and after doing a visual and checking all connection for proper installation I would perform a fall of potential test from the outlet conductor termination connect to the dryer terminal shake the plug while testing.

If there is a problem one of the three above would locate the discrepancy.
 
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I heard on the radio this morning that a local family had a house fire last night that started at the dryer. They were OK and damage was limited because the family dog woke them up, not the smoke detectors!!
 
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