Learn me how to connect my new electric stove/range

[syP]

Doing a remodel of my kitchen, its from the 60s, I think it may have been updated in the 70s or 80s... not sure. I need to purchase either the 3 or 4 prong connector harness to, what I was hoping, was a socket in the wall.

It appears that my current oven is hardwired into the wall.

What are my options here?

Attached are a few pictures showing what i see. Clearly 220v.

I dont mind hardwiring it... but im also not opposed to installing a 3 or 4 prong 220v socket.

Copper, Red, White, Black

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[daturbosix]

return it and get a gas one.

 

[daturbosix]

if you insist on keeping the electric hippy oven, get these and be done.

 

[daturbosix]

there are many different design and layout plugs. i usually pick one either by price or what space it needs to fit into

 

[syP]

Could I snip the ends closest to the oven and attach connectors (terminal eyelets/ends) to it that will be bolted down to the new stove and just not monkey around with the wall wiring

 

[daturbosix]

dude that wall wiring should have a wall plate cover of some sort. put an outlet in that hole in the wall.

 

[Need4spd]

You can not have open wires like that, if you're going to hardwire it than you need to get A special box that will go over opening in the wall (pretty common Home Depot will have them), also you'll need a connector for that flex and a blank cover. Now if you want to change it into a plug design you need to purchase male connector for oven side and female for wall, all wall plugs over 30AMp will require a different mud ring (2 gang). In your case I would hardwire a lot easier, hope that helps

 

[daturbosix]

Or make something like that for hard wired appliances

 

[Flyn]

You're asking guys on a car site for advice on wiring 220?

220 scares me. I'd spring for an electrician and be done with it. That's what I did when I had my hot tub installed. I had a licensed buddy come over and wire it for me. Easier to sleep at night not worrying about having wired it wrong.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

return it and get a gas one.

Electric stove tops suck dick. Gas ftw

 

[Need4spd]

You're asking guys on a car site for advice on wiring 220?

220 scares me. I'd spring for an electrician and be done with it. That's what I did when I had my hot tub installed. I had a licensed buddy come over and wire it for me. Easier to sleep at night not worrying about having wired it wrong.

A lot of car guys are electricians, like me

 

[daturbosix]

nothin to be scared of with 220v stuff. just turn it off when your working on it. DUH

 

[syP]

A lot of car guys are electricians, like me

My girlfriend said the same thing. I told her we have electricians on the site.

 

[Flyn]

LOL! I stand corrected. Just make sure it's the electricians you listen to and not the guys who stayed at a Holiday Inn Express. :smile:

 

[Dasfinc]

Did you already cut the old one loose?

I learned the hard way when I removed my old dishwasher that there is usually a disconnect behind an access panel on the appliance somewhere.

And then x2 on what Jeff said, install a legit wall plate, I unfortunately have nothing else super useful to contribute beyond that.

 

[Zack]

Electricity is not to be feared if you know how it can kill you

 

[syP]

Did you already cut the old one loose?

I learned the hard way when I removed my old dishwasher that there is usually a disconnect behind an access panel on the appliance somewhere.

And then x2 on what Jeff said, install a legit wall plate, I unfortunately have nothing else super useful to contribute beyond that.

Yup.

Already gone.

 

[firemandan1700]

Electric stove tops suck dick. Gas ftw

Bingo!
With a gas stove you'll always be able to cook food when the power goes out.

Gas> electric

 

[Donnie]

get these and be done.

This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. More than 50' from the breaker = no direct splice. I'd do it right anyway and remove the janky Greenfield setup and open gem box to get yourself up to code.

Do you have three wires coming in? If so, you're gonna need to do a pigtail. Otherwise it's straight forward.

Holler if you need a hand.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

sparky's get it done with just one hand....

 

[syP]

This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. This. More than 50' from the breaker = no direct splice. I'd do it right anyway and remove the janky Greenfield setup and open gem box to get yourself up to code.

Do you have three wires coming in? If so, you're gonna need to do a pigtail. Otherwise it's straight forward.

Holler if you need a hand.

Yup. Donezo

Mud drying as we speak. Already tried it out, works great.

 

[Mr_Roboto]

You're asking guys on a car site for advice on wiring 220?

220 scares me. I'd spring for an electrician and be done with it. That's what I did when I had my hot tub installed. I had a licensed buddy come over and wire it for me. Easier to sleep at night not worrying about having wired it wrong.

It's like many things in life, a bit of research and due dillegence make a lot of difference. Cars are inherintly hazardous in a lot of the similar ways. My degree is actually in electrical design, although I have done virtually zilch with it in my actual career. It sure has been helpful dealing with the addons I'm making at work right now.

The black wire (one of the hots, along with the red) looks to be 10 AWG. What breaker is connected to this? If anything above a 30 that is a FIRE HAZZARD. You should have 6AWG copper running to a full out stove, which typically is on a 50-60A circuit. You're a full 2 sizes too small in all probability.

Now then assuming that you had the proper conductor sizes coming in, I would terminate this at the wall. Although I am not sure if a hard wired appliance is kosher from a code standpoint, I would want some form of termination. A 50A 4 pronged outlet (2 hot, 1 neutral 1 ground) would be legal.

With what you're doing there, I suspect that you'd find your ground to be under sized.

WIth where you're at, if you have easy access gas would definitely be a consideration. You're probably going to have to gut this anyways to really do it right, so I would consider it as an option.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

everything i know about electricity i learn'd from pissing on an outlet

 

[Hot_Wheels]

Why are there 4 wires? L1 l2 copper ground but what us the forth? I'm running 220 to the garage for a welder but only have 3 wires..

 

[serb82]

Why are there 4 wires? L1 l2 copper ground but what us the forth? I'm running 220 to the garage for a welder but only have 3 wires..

White is neutral, they have an internal transformers or what ever for the clock and all the fancy push buttons, timers, etc that the stove works on.

220 v for the heating elements, and 110 v for electronic stuff