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Wiring a Stove top
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I have 2 wires a black and a white plus copper groungd wires. I need to hook up my stovetop which has 3 wires a black a white and a red wire plus a oopper ground.
How do I hook these up correctly?
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The first question is the wire you have, where did it come from.
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The black and white w/ground wires come from my main box.
White hooked on one side of double pole an blace on other side
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ok good deal. Then both your black and white are the hots. You should be able to tie the whites and grounds together. But some stoves do require a separate neutral. So in that case you would need to run a new wire.
On your new stove the black and the red are the hots.