DP has just broke my dryer

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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?

I’m 42 and was never taught in school.

in my entire life I’ve never needed to change a plug, so can’t imagine a 20 something would ever have done either.

its one of those things that’s a diminishing task, like lighting a coal fire or starting a car with a choke.

Ha! @AlwaysTheRenegade I am 48 and I was taught at school, just asked my son who is 28 and he wasn't!

Totally agree OP I wasn't taught this either. No idea why people need to be rude.

Maybe so but it’s a bit hypocritical to call people on here innit

Did he damage the plug?…..that’s the bit on the end of the cable coming out of the dryer………OR the socket? ………that’s the bit fastened to the wall where said plug is inserted.
There’s a massive difference between the two and whereby anyone should be able to change a plug, changing a socket should only be attempted by a qualified electrician.

I have never changed a plug and would have to consult instructions, DH though changes plugs, sockets and light fittings, stuff like that, probably like OP's DF, we are in our 60s, I think I was taught but it probably went in one ear and out of the other.

I'm 61 and I never learnt. It was never taught in my country because, strangely, nobody was daft enough to try to sell electrical appliances without plugs. The idea that English people were prepared to go along with this is one of the great mysteries of my life, along with the English system of house sales. In NZ you sign a contract, likely to be unconditional, and you settle on the settlement date - there is no last minute renegotiation or failure to complete. Chains are pretty much unknown.

Apart from the plug, I'd be a bit worried about your DP's temper about what was quite a reasonable request. Why isn't he worrying about fixing it asap?

Did you mean to type " our" dryer?

I have never learnt this at school at 60 either.
I would you tube now if necessary.

Your twat boyfriend sounds like he has temper issues.

I hope you are thinking about that.
Do you walk on eggshells?
Do you not ask him to do his share because of his temper?

If so dump his ass.

OMG I was taught to wire a plug in school. I’m not sure you’d even find an electrician willing to come out for such a ridiculously small job.

Honestly do our schools teach no practical skills these days.

I’ve got a box full of them of various amps. 😂

Before welded plugs, I often had to change/rewire plugs, and even with welded plugs, fuses can blow. 😉

A friend and I were discussing this the other day. His wife wanted to call an electrician to replace a plug and he was astonished that she didn't know how (she's really practical and does most of the DIY). He and I both learnt at school, home and Brownies/cubs (differentends of the country), she's five years younger than us and didn't!

I would be very surprised if this is even true as it would be very hard to damage a plug on a dryer. They come with sufficient cord length to pull out the machine completely. Even if caught in something, to pull it out with sufficient strength to damage the moulded plug would likely damage the socket or something else.
More likely this is troll post to start the inevitable “did you learn to wire a plug in school” debate. Like so many it’s been done to death on MN.

Yes, it’s still taught as one of the required practicals in science!

Why so nasty?

It would be the most boring troll ever. The fact that OP has been abused for asking a normal question doesn't make her the troll! Trolls are the ones calling her 'dim' etc. grown ass women, apparently old enough to remember how to change a plug but not how to behave in a conversation, or that if you've got nothing nice to say, shut up.

I’m 33 and I got taught this. It was in physics maybe somewhere between year 7 and 9. It was definitely part of the curriculum

Ignore the snippy responses. I was taught at school but that was a long time ago and I’d have to look it up. My son is 17 and wasn’t.

Well I once broke my own dryer when I bashed my head on the open door and then repeatedly hit the door closing mechanism in a fit of blind rage. That's was quite embarrassing when the bloke who came to fix it asked what happened to it😂

I wouldn't trust that idiot to change the plug, OP. However I would tell him it's his problem to resolve.

Im 51 and was never taught this at school

34 we learnt in school
We learnt BRown for Bottom Right
BLue for Bottom Left

Don’t worry OP I’ve never wired a plug nor would I know how to and nor was I taught it at school. I would also be scared to do it in case I got it wrong and electrocuted myself.

I think rather than implying that you are an idiot people’s surprise and comments were about the changes in society that have led to this happening. I recently replaced a plug on a standard lamp I was revamping and realised just how many, many years it was since I had done this.
Is the plastic of the plug broken or have the wires pulled out? If the latter then it is simple enough to rejoin, the plug may have a diagram inside to guide you. If you watch a video make sure it is a uk one. If the plug is smashed usually easy to buy, a replacement but make sure it is 13amp.

I'm 29 and was never taught how to wire a plug at school, or brownies. I've never seen or heard of anyone having to rewire a plug

Tbh my dad is a physics teacher and has never once mentioned it to me at any point. And he mentioned a lot of the physics curriculum throughout my life

It's not a modern lifeskill. And even if I had been taught it in school I wouldn't be confident I could remember something I'd learnt at 8 in brownies!