I am running new wire for an electric oven 120/240. The oven is old and the old receptical has a red a black and a white, but no ground. I want to do it up to code, should i get a new cord with 4 prongs and a new receptical to match, or should i use the old cord and try to find a receptical with 3 prongs and not run a ground wire?
2006-11-16 07:23:13 · 5 answers · asked by ~cmd~ 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You must have a ground for safety. Its OK to bond the neutral and ground in the board because they should be the same potential anyway. That doesn't mean you can run less wires - consider what happens if you connect the appliance ground and neutral together and then your wire connected to them becomes detached. The metal would become live through the circuit of the appliance.
2006-11-16 13:28:23 · answer #1 · answered by Poor one 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are running new wire you should have four prong receptacle and cord and four wires as well. Regardless of the age of the range the power line and connections must be up to current National Electrical Code. If you were installing the range with a four prong cord you could change it to go into an existing three prong receptacle. If there were something wrong with an existing three prong receptacle you could replace it with another three prong receptacle. Since you are running new wire from the breaker box you need four wires and the connections (receptacle and cord) that go with it.
2006-11-16 15:28:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it all depends on how much work you want to do
replacing cord and outlet wont do it alone have to run new 6/3 w/ ground safe enough to run 3 prong especially with copper prices tripled or like you say run seperate ground make sure its proper size i'd probably run a 2-4 or 6 solid copper
2006-11-16 07:30:49 · answer #3 · answered by jdebord1976 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're precisely proper. JUNCTION field adult males. the really time you set grounded (white)and grounding(eco-friendly) wires at the same time is in a disconnect or panel. And really once except you run it to a seperate construction. And at that factor a floor rod could be there too. This causes temporary voltages which isn't danger-free. The impartial or grounded twine has develop right into a loop.
2016-11-24 22:55:58 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would pull new 3 wire with a ground and change the plug and cord
2006-11-16 07:31:15 · answer #5 · answered by aussie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋