I live in a trailer home and my dryer runs but doesn't heat up I was told it was do to my trailer grounding I have 1 ground hooked to my breaker box and none directly to the trailer it's self should I have one on the frame of the trailer?

At yr breaker box if there is room add either a new 120v or 220 breaker and wire frm there. You need to check how much voltega and amp. Yr travel trailer needs. Plus how far away breaker box is frm trailer and get the correct size wire if needed. Make sure you have neut. And ground correct. Please doulble check. What iv offerd. For yr solution

The way I did mine was to run a 3 wire cable from the breaker box the middle wire to neutral the other 2 to 2
separate 30 amp breakers used #10 wire . The other end
of the cable to a 220 3 prong outlet .Then get a 3 prong dryer power cord connected the middle wire the the middle dryer neutral the other 2 to the other 2 wire connectors
those 2 wires can go either way . I'm not saying this is the best way but it worked for me & still using it. you can hook it up with a 4th wire for ground instead of using the neutral for ground be sure you have it grounded right .It might be best to type (How to wire a dryer ) in search on the internet it will show a vidio of how the wire a 3 or 4 wire power cord. Hope this will help If you use the 4 wire you may have to use a 4wire cable going to the box . I have no problem with the 3 wire they have used it for years.

Check the plug wiring again on the truck. You have a wire crossed , when you hit the lights and it only blows with the trailer, then there is a crossed wire on the truck. What seems to be happening is your sending power to the ground for the trailer. You can check the trailers ground with an ohm meter, then make sure your truck ground matches that pin. You may know this , but green rght turn, yellow is left turn, brown is parking lights, black is brake lights, and white is ground.

The meter at the pole should have a main breaker. At that point the neutral (white wire) will be bonded to the ground and connected to one or more ground rods. from the meter to your mobile home will be an equipment ground that should not be bonded to the neutral in the panel inside your home. The equipment ground from you panel going to the frame is bonding the frame of your home to the equipment ground.

Your large loads will be your Range, Clothes Dryer, Heat, Hot water. A good indicator will be your meter spinning rapidly (the horizontal disc) during heavy use. Turn off all circuits in the home and check that the meter is not spinning. If it is then there is another load other than your home on the service.

Don't forget this is a 240v appliance so it must be fed from a 240v circuit breaker. Once you have a 240v circuit breaker you need to run 12/3 wire with ground from circuit breaker to a box near your fixture. The 12/3 wire with ground will have; 1 black, 1 white, 1 red and a bare ground wire. With the circuit breaker OFF, hook the wires up respectively to the same colors and ground the bare wires togather with a green ground screw in the box. Turn circuit breaker on.

very simple!! in all homes there is a breaker box it used to be called a fuse box like in cars of today...there are 2 banks of breakers going from top to bottom both sides. each side represents 110 volts ac. to run a line for a 220 dryer you use # 10 romex wire. the lower the number the thicker the wire. # 10 will work just fine. you need to take the box cover off and you will see a menagerie of wires these mean nothing to you. in the #10 romex you will find 3 wires. 1white 1black and 1 with no coating or bare wire this 1 will be earth ground.. if you look inside the box you wll see where it goes.. the black and white 1 goes 1 on each side. black to the left white to the right.make sure you turn off the main breaker before you put tour fingers inside the box or you will become electrocuted. and still be carefull. there could be residual voltage. use rubber gloves...do your connections and put the box front back on.. now that thatis done you are going to need a pigtail female socket and a pigtail mail plug.. both with 3 pin. go to your local hardware store or home depot and tell them that you need both male and female connectors..take them home hook them up and you are good to go.... now was that complicated? have a good 1 my freind..

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Thanks for using FixYa. If your dryer isn't working or isn't getting heated up, you'll need to check the following to be sure what exactly the issue is--

Blows fuses or trips circuit breaker —ELECTRIC Models:
• The amperage readings are at 240 volts. One line will be 24 amps and the other line will be 21 amps. The neutral line will be at 3 amps. If the above amperages are not present, then the house wiring, fuse box or circuit breaker should be suspect.
• Shorted heating element to housing.
• Incorrect wiring or a wire shorting to ground.
• Drive motor winding shorting to ground.

Blows fuses or trips circuit breaker —GAS Models:
• If igniter is not glowing, check for 120 V at igniter.
• Igniter harness may be loose and shorted to base.
• Incorrect wiring or a wire shorted to ground.
• Drive motor winding shorting to ground.


If it runs for a few minutes and then stops, then check for the following:--
• Empty dryer.
• Check motor spins freely.
• Lint buildup around drive motor.
• Low voltage present.
• Blower impeller blocked in blower housing.
• Drive motor - start switch contacts stuck closed.


Please do rate the solution and revert for further assistance.


Thanks

Rylee

If you are referring to the breaker / fuse box to the dryer recepticle, you would use 10-3 NM w/ ground. (that is 4 conductor wire: 2 "hot", one neutral, and one ground.) If you are referring to the dryer to the recepticle, use a pre-made dryer cord, either a 3 wire or 4 wire, depending on which recepticle your home has.

There should be a ground bonding ******** the Neutral (White) wire at the terminal block for 3-prong configuration. The following link explains:

http://www.fixya.com/support/r793520-3_prong_4_prong_power_cord_conversion

Read through the information, thoroughly. Instructions on how to convert from 4 to 3 prong are mentioned in the "Additional Notes" section. If you have questions, or require addtional assistance please let me know. I hope this helps you.

You need a 30amp double pole breaker and be certain that the fuse box is a grounded box, so that your white neutral wire is separated from the green ground wire.
On the dryer your wiring should be as follows:
Red.....left or right terminal
Black...Left or right terminal, (or remaining end terminal)
White...Center terminal
Green: Attached to dryer frame or chassis terminal

In the fuse box:
Black to 1 breaker terminal
Red to other breaker terminal
White to neutral terminals in the box
Green to the ground terminals in the box

If you have no green or ground terminals in the box, then the green wire at the dryer should be connected to an active ground source, i.e., a copper water line or preferrably a copper ground rod.
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Thank you,
Dave E. (Illeagle)
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