![]() If you look at the information about this line of meters there is a chart listing 120V 2-wire and 240V 3-wire meters - your meter says "120V 2W". But in this case your meter really is a 120V meter. In fact, there have been some questions about how to deal with a single hot out due to various reasons, and temporarily connecting both hots on the panel to a single service hot can be a solution (provided it is done in a safe way). The meter picture is the key to determining that this is indeed 120V service rather than 240V service connected wrong. But it gets a whole lot messier than that. But instead you sort of have 100A x 120V = 12,000W. Based on a first look at your panel, you would expect to have 100A x 240V = 24,000W. But it severely limits the amount of power you can use. That is rather unusual, though not unheard of. I wasn't sure if that meant 120 for each wire or the 2 wires equal 120VĪs you have found out through the "hot to hot = 0" testing, you appear to have 120V service, not 240V service. Does that mean I am only getting 120 volts to the box? I also noticed this on my meter that it says 120V 2W. When I did the the two screws next to factory installed it gave me nothing but when I did one screw at a time with the top neutral line coming in I got 120 Volts on each one. I Measured the voltage on the screws near the factory installed as Nate asked. ![]() I am still only getting 120 from hot to neutral but not 240 from hot to hot. I have changed it to a 4 wire 4 socket outlet and plug. I am not sure why it is working on the 120 but not the 240. When I plug the dryer back into the 120 volt outlet it works again but will not heat up as much as it should. I also tried it with another wire and another outlet to see if that was the issue of why the 240 wasn't working. The plug going to my dryer also shows each side of the plug has `120 going to the dryer. I checked and each side of the 3 slot outlet has 120 volts. Now that I have my 240 volt plug no heat goes to the dryer. I rewired and installed a 240 volt plug right next to my 120 volt. It worked and it would dry the clothes but take a lot longer to dry. Before I rewired a slot in my circuit breaker box for 240 volt slot I had to run my dryer on a 120 slot. ![]() I checked all the fuses with my multi meter and everything seems to be working. I am trying to fix my dryer but I have run into a problem I can't find the answer to. ![]()
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