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 )
What size wire is used for the stove? 6 or 8 and can you use only a 6/2 or 8/2 with ground and not a neutral instead of 6/3 or 8/3 with ground and neutral?
My stove has a red/black/ground/blue and a white wire, how should I go about with that to a 3 prong outlet,
First thing you always want to keep in mind that electricity does not know colors. Ok, so the blue wire, who knows what that is. You can either look at the connections in the panel and see where they go or test each wire to see what they are.
For a three-prong, you’ll need two hots and the neutral.
I have a black wire, black and red wire and an aluminum wire. Do the 2 black go on the outside and the aluminum in the middle
Hmm, what kind of wire is this? Normally yes, in the middle
Out of my wall is black white and bare copper i went bare copper to stove black white to stove white and black to stove red worked fine for 6 months now you get knocked over when you touch it please help. …bob
Please read and watch my videos on how to install 220 volts.
I was cleaning my drop in electric stove top, raised the top to clean under burners when I’ve noticed the green wire hooked to screw with other end of wire just laying my question is should the green wire be hooked some where
A green wire is a ground. So yes it should be connected to something. Seems like it may be the ground connection between the hinged top and the frame of the stove.
I just bought a new oven and comes with a red, black, white and green wires already connected to the oven. I need to connect the male plug but when looking at the old plug the white wire is not connected at all. Should I go the same leaving the white wire not connected at all?
I’m also replacing the over the counter stove and I think I will encounter the same problem.
The house was built in 1987.
Thanks,,
Erwin
Something is not clear here. Send me some pictures please.
I will be buying a new electric stove and I need to find out the configuration of the 220 outlet which now holds the plug for my electric stove top. Can I just pull the plug?? or do I need to turn off the circuit breaker? (I’d have to turn all of the breakers off since I don’t know which one powers the stovetop)…thank you!!
For your stove it will a double pole 40 or 50 amp breaker. And yes turn off the breaker before anything.
I bought a four plate stove and it doesn’t have a cord can you help me out on how to connect it
This page should help you out.
I want to use a electric welder and it use 240 amp how can I wire it so I can used it
Same way here https://www.askmediy.com/install-220-volt-outlet-4-wire-dryer-outlet/ And I think you mean 240 volts, not amp
We are trying to put in a new-to-us range. Our old one is a 3 prong, the new a 4 prong. I have a picture to show you. I have a black and red covered wires, then I have 16 copper wires. Without any sheathing. I’m very confused. Please help so we can start cooking dinner!
Sharon. All you need to do is install your 3 prog wire in the new stove. That should be the easiest and fastest way. Look in this article for a picture showing the connections.
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