I have a GE washer that is having problems. The first sign was the machine was not spinning and then motor would be very hot. Once the motor cools, it will run if I manually turn the pully some. At times the larger pulley is very hard to turn. Sounded like a slight dragging sound coming from the brake area. So I pulled the tub/transmission. When I pulled the metal frame work from the bottom of the tub, the black gasket/brake pad that the disk rubs on is cracked. Can this cause the brake to drag? Is there another adjustment on the brake? Can I replace just this "brake pad"? Any help would be great.
I have a while ago changed my dryer cord from a 220 to a 110. I have green wire from cord and green jumper wire for ground both together on green screw to frame of dryer. But should green wire from cord be to frame by itself and jumper wire be to middle neutral in center? Or does this even matter? Dryer works fine, but want to be safe and know for sure.
Also, If I am short a lug for one end of wire, is it an ok temporary fix to strip, twist and wrap wire in place and tighten screw?
The green jumper wire that goes inside the dryer is actually attached to what? And if this wire and the green coming from the cord is not to be together and attached to the frame, what problem can this cause? It has been like this for more than a year. Didn’t realize it was wrong until today as I was looking up info. for my daughter to help her w/her dryer( changing from 110 to 220)(opposite of mine).
I assume you are wiring a dryer for 230 operation.The dryer green wire is attached to the power ground middle pin of the connector. You want power ground from the cord isolated from the frame of the dryer.
The cord green wire is isolated from the power line ground and goes to earth ground. If lightning strikes the power wires, you want that isolated from the frame of the dryer for obvious reasons.
If lightning strikes the wires, before they fuse open from the large current to ground, they will elevate power ground to thousands of volts. You want the frame of the dryer to be shielded from this.
If you go to your home breaker box, you will see the white wire going to power ground inside the box which is wired to the frame of the box. A separate copper wire goes from this to a clamp on a cold water pipe. This wire is relatively thin, like 12 guage and will probably be the wire that fuses open in a lighting strike.
You will see a green insulated wire which should be going outside to an iron pipe that is pounded in the ground. This is the earth ground that goes to the dryer frame.