DP has just broke my dryer

[Pinkdreams]

I asked DP to move the dryer whilst I clean under it as I spilt something, he couldn’t move it far enough so got annoyed and pulled it, which has now completely snapped the plug. I’m so angry. My dad says we can just change it ourselves, would you call an electrician?

Yeah, my dad changes sockets regularly.. as stated below this is the reason I asked in the first place as I know he does things that he shouldn’t and I don’t want my home to become unsafe

Never once was I taught this

@Pinkdreams it's a case of live and learn.some responses have been less than kind but hey now you know.
Knowledge is power.👍

and to add I’m 28 so I don’t think that it’s been taught in a while

Changing a socket is fine, I've done it - just be sure to turn off the mains first.

You don't need to turn off the mains to replace a broken plug, it's really easy, so you can just Google how and follow the instructions.

It's fine for your dad to change them, anyone can, just need to turn the electrics off :) I thought you were saying you could do that but saw the plug as the dangerous bit & that threw me.

YouTube for the plug (though really it's just a diagram you need), dead easy. Though you've not said exactly how it's broken?

Oh good to know, thank you.

the part under the top pin has completely split if that makes sense

I'm 35 and I would have to ask someone aswell! I didn't get taught this at school, I don't think I know anyone under 50 that did!

The plastic plate? If so, you only need to take the plate off another unused plug & replace it, assuming it's not a sealed, rubber unit?

you're not an idiot and shouldn't feel like one. People rarely learn it anymore and outside the UK, I don't think most countries (any?) do it either.

My children definitely haven't learned in school and their foreign mother hasn't taught them (nor has their British father who has not had any call to do it in the two decades I've known him).

To be fair, I'm in my early 50s and when I was young, no electrical device came with a plug, so you had no choice but to be able to wire up a plug. I think they changed the law years ago (probably in the 90s) and made it so they had to be fitted by the manufacturer, so I do think it's one of those lost skills. But it takes about 10 mins to do.

Having said that, it's so easy to Google these things now so I'm surprised that anyone wouldn't be able to figure it out.

I was never taught it at school. I think I looked it up in a DIY book.

Not everything has to be taught at school.

DS2 is 28. He was taught to wire a plug at school, and at home I might add, because it’s a life skill.

We did it too when I (54) was at school, I’m sure it was in some of our science exams.

I reckon my Mum still will somewhere “just in case” 🤣

I’m 36. I was taught in primary school and also in brownies for one of the badges. In Scotland if that makes a difference.

WTF. How has the human race survived so long?

Lol we both were taught / remember the same way .

@Pinkdreams, if nobody has ever shown you then it's understandable that you don't know , it's not fair that people are giving you a hard time on here.
But as pp say it is easy to change a plug , just make sure the little brass screws are tight and there are no stray bits of wire poking out.

Remember taking a plug off something else to add to something new. I could wire a plug in 5 minutes or so. Just remember ‘George Brown was a LIVE wire, Gods Green EARTH’

i’m 46 and I got taught at school but I already knew it.

That must have been a lot of force your DP used to have snapped the cord. A grown man could swing on all the appliance cords I’ve ever seen and not broken them.

I would want to check the wiring on the dryer side too - just that he hasn’t pulled anything loose inside the dryer.

@Pinkdreamsback in the day (1980s ) appliances often came without the plug! You had to wire it yourself!

That is a very strange accident to have. I am quite confused as to which part is broken.

I thought that most supplied plugs on appliances these days are moulded shut so you can't rewire them.

Can you post a photo?

@Pinkdreams the easy thing to remember when rewiring a plug is bLue to the Left and bRown* *to the Right and anything else up the middle!

What you have to remember is that brown is the live wire. Because that will be the colour of your trousers if you touch it.

really?? It is not on the school curriculum in Australia, unless maybe in subjects specifically for people who want to do a trade.

I'm 44 and we did learn about it in one lesson at secondary school in the 90s, but having never done it before it since because everything is already wired up when you buy it, I'd have to refer to YouTube too.

Don't feel bad Op. It wouldnt surprise me to hear you never covered it at school. Good on you for checking. At least you'll save the money of calling out a repair person or worse, ordering a new drier when you don't need one.