An appliance and a power cord assembly for providing electrical power to the appliance are provided. A plug receptacle is positioned on the appliance cabinet which includes two hot prongs, a neutral prong, and a ground prong. A power cord extends between an appliance plug and a wall plug, the wall plug being coupled to either a three prong or four prong outlet. The appliance plug includes four terminals complementary to the plug receptacle, with the neutral terminal and the ground terminal being electrically coupled within the appliance plug if the power cord has three wires.