Old Dryer Outlet - can I convert?
- Thread starter SamSpade
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I've never heard of one mainly 110 volt outlets usually are 15 or 20 amp your dryer outlet is usually 30 amp . Plus if it's a crows foot dryer outlet
( three slots) there is usually not a neutral conductor (white) in the outlet just an equipment grounding conductor ( green or bare ) and two phase conductors (red and Black) . A four slot 30 amp 230 volt dryer outlet has both a neutral and an equipment grounding conductor and two phase conductors .
( three slots) there is usually not a neutral conductor (white) in the outlet just an equipment grounding conductor ( green or bare ) and two phase conductors (red and Black) . A four slot 30 amp 230 volt dryer outlet has both a neutral and an equipment grounding conductor and two phase conductors .
CAMCO 15-Amp 3-Wire Grounding Single to Single Yellow Basic Standard Adapter
Item #278689 Model #55233 at Lowes
Use with caution in a laundry room - it does not have GFCI
Item #278689 Model #55233 at Lowes
- For use when RV has 30 amp power and needs to plug into a 15 amp power source
- Power indicator light
- Contoured shape for easy removal from outlet
Use with caution in a laundry room - it does not have GFCI
itsbob
I bowl overhand
You can convert easily to a 120v outlet.. a 240v outlet is two power legs, each of which is 120v. Go to the circuit box remove the 240v breaker, replace with a 120v breaker and only connect one power leg. on the other end connect that power leg to your new 120v outlet, and done.
It's no different than RV plugs.. 50 AMP RVs are 240V, 30 amp RVs are 120v.. the adaptor to run a 30 through a 50 amp is just passing one leg of the 240v to the adaptor.
Easy peasy
itsbob
I bowl overhand
You could even leave the 240v breaker in, but I think its safer to do the above. The other power leg could be a "runner" to power other outlets or lights.
I'm shocked Gilligan hasn't chimed in yet.
He's still trying figure out what the loud boom was and why it wasn't him.
SamSpade
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Well there's an outside chance I will want to turn the room BACK into a laundry toom - which is why I have no wish to change the socket or line itself.
I just want to know if there's a safe way to adapt it at the wall outlet so I can plug every day office items in, and so that it is safe. My office is in the original laundry room and as such has very few outlets. TWO, actually. My entire office routes into those two outlets and I am thinking of adding stuff before I close it up in a few years when I at last retire.
Until then, if I can just use the outlet I have without investing any serious time - just perhaps an adaptor that plugs in. That way in a few years I just put the dryer and washer BACK.
I just want to know if there's a safe way to adapt it at the wall outlet so I can plug every day office items in, and so that it is safe. My office is in the original laundry room and as such has very few outlets. TWO, actually. My entire office routes into those two outlets and I am thinking of adding stuff before I close it up in a few years when I at last retire.
Until then, if I can just use the outlet I have without investing any serious time - just perhaps an adaptor that plugs in. That way in a few years I just put the dryer and washer BACK.
jrt_ms1995
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itsbob
I bowl overhand
AND if it's an old dryer plug, it won't have a neutral wire.. It will be Power, Power and Ground.. You can replace the breaker with a 120v, use one of the power legs on the 120v breaker, your ground as ground, and the extra power leg as your neutral (mark accordingly).