Model Number: 110.8740190
Brand: Sears Kenmore
Age: More than 10 years
Original timer was part number 9830465C. The part was no longer available so I got part number 3976574 which looked nearly identical as far as mounting tabs and connections. However, terminal post sizes for the OR orange wire and the WB white wire are reversed from the original part. On the old part the post for the OR wire was smaller than WB, but on the new part the post for WB is smaller than the one marked OR. The existing dryer wires have smaller terminal on the orange wire and larger terminal on the white black wire.
I think the orange wire goes to the heater and the white black goes to the neutral, so likely it’s important to get these on the correct terminal.
To clarify: the orange wire has small connector, but post on the new timer marked orange has large post. The only way to make the existing wires fit is to connect WB to OR and OR to WB.
Should I just switch out the connectors on the wires, and connect them as marked (OR to OR and WB to WB). Or should I instead connect them to the correctly sized post?
What’s the reason for the terminal sizes being different?