German appliances don't have three pinned plugs.
The standards are the "Schoko" plug, which is a two pin plug with contacts on the side as a ground connection and the "Euro plug which is a two pin plug without a ground connection. There are adapters available at most good electrical stores.
It may be a 220 Dryer, and you will need a new outlet installed. There should be no extra wires when connecting the Power cord to the plug
Change either the plug or the cord. The fourth prong is another ground. It would be easier to change the cord.
Have the outlet changed to match the configuration of the dryer plug.
The four blade dryer plug brings a separate ground wire from the machine to the electrical grounding system. The three blade dryer plug depended on the neutral wire of the plug to make this connection.
I would not recommend trying to use an extension cord for a dryer. the better option is to either buy a longer cord that is properly sized to deal with the extra distance or have an electrician come out and either move the outlet or custom make you a longer cord for your dryer.
call an electrician!!!
It may be a 220 Dryer, and you will need a new outlet installed. There should be no extra wires when connecting the Power cord to the plug
Change either the plug or the cord. The fourth prong is another ground. It would be easier to change the cord.
Have the outlet changed to match the configuration of the dryer plug.
The four blade dryer plug brings a separate ground wire from the machine to the electrical grounding system. The three blade dryer plug depended on the neutral wire of the plug to make this connection.
Only if you wanted to fry your hair.for God sake(and yours)buy a new cord to hook up your dryer
On a 240 volt outlet, such as a dryer outlet: G is Ground, W is Neutral, X and Y are the two Hot legs.
To adapt a three prong range cord?æto a four prong outlet you need to remove the screws from the back plate to open the electric access panel. Then, pull out the copper grounding strip attached to the middle terminal. Next, remove the green ground screw from under the terminal block and attach it to the four prong outlet.?æ
As far as I know, you can't. It would be safer to have a new outlet installed closer to the dryer.
All three prong dryer cords should fit all three prong outlets. Dryer and stove plugs are different but as long as someone didn't use one in place of a dryer cord, there isn't a problem.
Disregard the neutral
I would not recommend trying to use an extension cord for a dryer. the better option is to either buy a longer cord that is properly sized to deal with the extra distance or have an electrician come out and either move the outlet or custom make you a longer cord for your dryer.