Please keep in mind, this is for a 4-wire cord and the outlet for a stove/oven.
This is very easy to do but yes it can seem very intimidating. You just came home with the new stove your wife has been looking forward to. You go and pull the old stove out and to your surprise, you find the stove was hard-wired. The first thing you need to do.
1) Don’t move the stove anymore. Old wires can break while the power is still on.
2) Now turn the power off at the breaker panel if you haven’t done so yet. Test and make sure you did turn the right breaker off.
3) Now that the power is off, remove the wire from the stove/oven.
4) OK, so now you want to start mounting your new 50 amp outlet to the wall. Make sure you will be mounting it low enough so that the stove/oven can be pushed up to the wall.
You will want to cut back the wire so you don’t have a ton of wire hanging out. Now you will be using a surface mount or a recessed box with an outlet. See the pictures below.
A quick little guide. The red line (120 volts) and the black is also a line (120 volts) White is Neutral and green is ground. G Ground. L1 line. L2 line. White N
OK, now that you got the outlet on its way you’ll need to install the power cord on that new stove. This picture by itself should tell you everything.
Remember the green wire, GROUND is the most important wire. Why because it protects your life.
Most newer stoves with ovens require a 50 amp service. So you will really need to make sure if your stove/oven requires 50 amp or not. And make you have a 50 amp wire and a 50 amp breaker. Now I’m not saying it won’t work if you don’t but once you’re cooking that Thanksgiving turkey and all the good stuff on the stovetop with all your quest coming cover in an hour or so that’s when the problems begin.
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Comments ( 29 )
Dominick., I am replacing an electric Jenn-Aire cook top with a natural gas cook top,
I haven’t pulled the cover plate off the 220 volt receptacle yet to see if it is a 3 wire or a 4 wire circuit, Since the Jenn – Aire also had an exhaust fan, would there be a neutral (white) wire that would use half of the 220 volt system to power the 110 volt fan, while the entire 220 volt would power the heating coils,
The new gas cook top needs a 110 volt supply to power the igniters , can I use only the red, or the black wire , plus the white neutral wire for the 110 volts needed, and cap off the other “hot ” lead and replace the receptacle with a standard 15 amp plug receptacle, without changing anything in the panel box
It’s not code but it would work. However chances are you won’t be able to fit the larger wire into to the 15 amp breaker.
You used the term “breaker”…. I wasn’t planning to change the breakers in the panel box but would it be better to replace the double 15 A (30A) circuit breaker in the panel box with a single 15A breaker and leave the second 110 line out of the circuit, or can I leave it as is; and just use half the 220V right at the receptacle box with one of the 110V lines capped off?
… good point, that the size 10 wire will not fit into the 15 A receptacle, could I “pig tail” the size down to a 12, or 14 gage wire at the receptacle connection? I know it might get too crowded with all the lines coming into the wall box.
ps love hearing the NY accent in your videos… my home town is S.I.
(great service you offer to us DIY’ers
I would change the breaker out to a single 15amp. Again it will work, it’s just not code. And yes you could pigtail it. Now how would you know I’m from NY. Yes I am, but still. I’m more upstate than you. I’m in Orange County. I was in Newwark NJ working today as well. No matter where I go I always get that, LOL.. Oh well I can run but can not hide..
Yeah I’ve been doing this website for over seven years now. I love it.
I am installing a 4 wire oven(220). The wall box has 2 large black(maybe 6-8 gauge) wires and a bare ground. How do I wire from 4 to 3? Thanks
First thing you need to know where are they going and if they are 220/240 volts and if so are they on two separate hot legs.
I have a 25 foot run, what size wire isrecomended on what size breaker?Will #6 wire work with a 40 amp breaker? I have ambitions of keeping this house for the next 20 years and would like to ensure that it is not going to be a issue in the future. I live in Alberta.
Thank you,
Michael.
For the distance you are going #8 will be fine. Wit that you can go as long as max of 96 feet by US Code. #6 if longer then that.
i have a jenn-air and i was told that i could use a 3 wire for a 4 wire cooktop only no oven came on but doesnt get hot only wire that is not hook up is the red one would that make difference
And the red one is very important. That’s the other 120 leg. What is your model number ?
I just had my newly purchased house remodeled. Included in that remodel was the kitchen and a new circuit box.
No that the contractor is gone, I tried my stove for the first time. Smoke billowed below the panel and above the stove when I went to set the oven at 400 degrees!
I can only assume that my stove is fried. I would, however, like to resolve the issue.
After viewing a few videos, it is apparent that the outlet was incorrectly installed. The problem is that there is only one white and one black wire – no red. The previous homeowner apparently had no problem because during the showing, they were cooking a roast in the oven.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
I have a photo of the breaker panel and of the outlet, but there is no place for me to upload.
Oh yes, that isn’t right. You can send the pictures right to me. dom@askmediy.com
Hey Dom, I saw what Ted was talking about so this is slightly off subject but I recently came across 2 things that threw me off. I came across a standard drier that was 120v only?! And another drier that was natural gas and 120v?! Up until this every drier I’ve ever worked on were 220v 60a. Now I have ran across driers that were converted down to 120v…a couple of them were done nightmarishly so those I returned to proper 220v as they were damn dangerous. 1 I saw was in fact properly converted. So what are your thoughts on those 2 oddballs? Oh they were fairly old units.
Morning, I’ve never seen an electric dryer that was 120v Gas and 120v sure. But not all electric, wow. Must take forever to heat up. Any electric dryer I’ve ever installed or seen was 240v 30amp.
Dom —
What is 240v/15A that advertisement says is a particular for dual-fuel range? is that 220? Or just 110? I am SO confused!
Thank you.
No matter what any electric going to a dual range will be 220. Dual range means 1/2 electric 1/2 gas.
How to hook up a 208v commercial stove with 3 black wires and a new green
Sounds like you have a 3 phase stove. Are you sure it’s 208 volts
Hi D my stove has 5 wires blue,brown,black and grey.hOW DO I connect it to a 3 wire supply?
Sorry for the delay, your comment went to spam. These colors seem very strange. Seems like a 3 phase stove, and that shouldn’t be. Do you have a make and model number?
I have a Sears. Dryer that is up forsale but someone told me the plug is for a stove or oven??? I know it was not modified in any way. It has 3 prongs but they are all slanted. I wish i could post a picture
Hi, you can post a picture buy in https://www.askmediy.com/add_question-2/ Either way a dryer plug is 30 amp. But it doesn’t matter what you have as long as you have a 30 amp circuit.