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I also had this problem. I was lucky enough to have an electric dryer plug near the garage, and got a "splitvolt" brand switching box, which is awesome.
I do have an electric dryer plug on the other side of one of the walls as well. Hmmm. I need to look into this
If you take a look at the socket, the ones with three prongs are not recommended but it is possible they were installed with a 4th wire in the cable but the socket is 3 prong. I replaced my 3 prong socket with 4 prong one (the 4th wire is ground, crazy stupid to not use it.) Cheap and 26 amps at 220-240 volts.
Obviously you don't need one, but for those who may benefit: I've been using a weird 3 prong to 4 prong plug adapter for several years now without trouble. It has a ground wire that you plug into the ground slot of a nearby outlet, so it's quite safe.
Yes, you can do that, but remember that if there is a critical problem that forces the complete current into the ground wire, rare. the ground wire from a smaller socket is also likely to be smaller gauge wire. You will likely end up with the same problem of not having a ground wire as the donor ground could just burn up. You can reduce the possibility of the donor socket ground wire from burning by not allowing anything else to use the socket/wireloop(if there is more than one socket using the same breaker switch).
This is not proper electrical code, but there is no reason to stop using these cords as the possibility of catastrophic failure from causing much harm. As usual, I would err on the side of safety and suggest getting a professional to work on it and using the proper socket for the plug.
Thanks for the info. That would be a crazy, albeit still possible, situation. I'm going to keep using my plug, mostly because I'm renting. Don't tell my landlord.