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Sun, Jun 13, 10 at 17:45
| This may sound dumb, but its me, I bought a house and it has a dryer hooked to electricity, but when I pulled it away from the wall down at the bottom is a metal hose connecting it. Do I have an electric or a gas dryer??? |
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| All dryers require electricity. Units that use a gas burner for generating heat still need electricity to run the timer/control mechanism and drum/blower motor. A gas dryer has a standard 110/120 volt power cord along with the gas connection. An electric dryer has a heavier 220 volt power cord, and of course no gas connection. |
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- Posted by cleanteamofny (My Page) on Mon, Jun 14, 10 at 10:48
| You have a gas dryer. Look again and you should see the 4" dryer exhaust and a 5/8" flex pipe connected to black pipe to the wall, it's a sure sign being gas or converted to propane if you have a tank outside your residence. |
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| What size is the metal hose of which you speak? about 4" or so? That's the vent. More the size of a garden hose it's probably a gas line. And it's pretty easy to tell the difference between a 110v and 220v AC cord. |
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