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When Miele first began bringing over their washers and dryers to USA they sold a special adapter.
See: https://www.electrical-contractor.n...topics/111683/all/Counterfeit_UL_Marking.html
You can see, well you see that the washer and dryer have four prong plugs, but the adapter has three with a grounding wire. You can imagine how many electricians had something to say....
By the 1900 series Miele came out with a proper four prong plug on both washers and dryers, and adapter as well. See: https://offerup.com/item/detail/264831213/
Killer is that when Miele first began importing washers and dryers to USA they kept what was known; three prong plug which is same in Germany (some minor differences).
What is more interesting is that certain W700, W1070 and W1065 washing machines from Miele could be wired to run perfectly well on 120v power. Miele sold an "adapter" kit which was nothing more than a cord with three prong plug. Miele tech simply installed "neutral to ground" and capped off one of the heating elements which reduced power draw.
That is the other thing about Miele washing machines of old. None of their "120v/220v" washers truly needed the latter for maybe more than heating. Having seen inside of my machine and some components clearly state "120v".
When Miele first began bringing over their washers and dryers to USA they sold a special adapter.
See: https://www.electrical-contractor.n...topics/111683/all/Counterfeit_UL_Marking.html
You can see, well you see that the washer and dryer have four prong plugs, but the adapter has three with a grounding wire. You can imagine how many electricians had something to say....
By the 1900 series Miele came out with a proper four prong plug on both washers and dryers, and adapter as well. See: https://offerup.com/item/detail/264831213/
Killer is that when Miele first began importing washers and dryers to USA they kept what was known; three prong plug which is same in Germany (some minor differences).
What is more interesting is that certain W700, W1070 and W1065 washing machines from Miele could be wired to run perfectly well on 120v power. Miele sold an "adapter" kit which was nothing more than a cord with three prong plug. Miele tech simply installed "neutral to ground" and capped off one of the heating elements which reduced power draw.
That is the other thing about Miele washing machines of old. None of their "120v/220v" washers truly needed the latter for maybe more than heating. Having seen inside of my machine and some components clearly state "120v".
