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cobra89 ,

Also OP, what year was your house built? Assuming you’re in the US if it was built in the 70s or 80s that could be aluminum wire, which you absolutely should not connect to anything that is copper due to fire hazard. The aluminum and copper together cause corrosion which makes the wires not make good electrical contact and thus it heats up and causes a fire.

Please just replace the wire and don’t try to use it.

Edit: just saw your edit. Yeah, it was aluminum, glad you’re replacing it.

Uprise42 OP ,

I just finished running the new wire. I really lucked out. My step dad has a 50’ fishing tape and a 10’ endoscope that I was able to borrow. I got a new 10/2 wire pushed through fine. I called whirlpool for the specifications and they said the dryer needs 30 amps and will work with 10/2 or 10/3 wire. I was gonna go for the 10/3 but both lowes and Home Depot were sold out so I went with the 10/2. Got a 25’ roll and it used most of it. Maybe a foot of slack

cobra89 ,

Awesome!! Glad to hear it. As long as the dryer doesn’t need the 4th wire for 120v separate from the 240v you should be fine. Hopefully whirlpool didn’t tell you the wrong thing. Kinda stinks for future upgradability though in case you wanted to get a dryer down the line that requires the 3rd conductor.

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