we live in London On. Our electric dryer is hooked to 125 amp system. Is this why the dryer is slower? Should?

Question

the dryer has been working for 15 years before we took over. Now an elctrician says we need 220 amps to run our dryer

Answer 1

Not sure why this question was posted under Car Audio.

However, most (I'd say 95+%) of electric dryers are 220 VOLT (not amps). This information should be listed directly on the appliance. Usually it's engraved, or placed on some type of plaque on the dryer. If you can't find this information, the next best thing is to contact the manufacturer.

I would place the odds on the electrician being correct and probably does explain why you feel it takes so long to dry your clothe.

Answer 2

The electric an is talking about you large gray box it is a 125 amp box you probably need the 220 amp box because you don't have another breaker to run the other wire for 220 volts if you put in the 225 amp service box it will have room for more breakers. by the way the difference between 120 volt and 220 volt is 120 has 1green ground 1 black hot and 1 white neutral only 1 hot. 220 has 2 hot wires to get this you run the 2 black wires out of each breaker that makes 220 volts your dryer should have a hook up for 4 wires on the back one of the wires could have come of or burnt were it hooks up on the drum of the dryer follow the wires and see if they all are connected AFTER YOU UNPLUG IT

Answer 3

If the dryer is meant to be hooked up to 125 volts (not amps) you can't hook it up to 220 volts as it will smoke. If it states 220 volt service, then yes, it needs to wired for 220 volts.

As far as amps, if it's wired for 125, 220 won't make a difference as changing what an appliance gets is a matter of changing the main breaker service amps. All this does is allow more current to trip the breaker if a short occurs, it doesn't actually provide more amps.