I am replacing a cooktop. The new cooktop has red, black, and Black and white crimped together. My supply is black white and bare. How do i connect?
2007-02-17 01:35:09 · 6 answers · asked by billjfish 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
The cooktop has red, black, and Green & white crimped together. I don't have a red supply lead. And I don't see any where to ground the cooktop. Any thoughts?
2007-02-17 01:53:10 · update #1
The power to the cook top is 220V.
2007-02-17 04:07:32 · update #2
This is a simple answer but you're not going to like the results, your old cooktop is a 3 wire 240v application your new cook top needs a 4 wire installation the Red is one hot leg, Black is the 2nd hot leg, the Green crimped with the white needs to be separated, when you hook it back up with a 4 wire power source, Red(hot leg) Black (hot leg) white to the new Neutral out of your 4 wire supply and the green to the green or bare out of the new 4 wire supply, New appliances need the neutral for the 120v components in the cooktop, such as a light, the temp controls etc... Hope this helps.
2007-02-18 02:10:42 · answer #1 · answered by Ray D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consult the wiring instructions that came with the cooktop. The supply wires are Black - hot, White - neutral, Bare - ground. The instructions for the new cooktop should tell you which is which.
2007-02-17 09:40:11 · answer #2 · answered by Angry-T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oops! The reason the wires are crimped together that way is due to how the cook-top uses power. It will only use 120v when set to low cooking temp and 240v when set to higher cooking temps. You need a 120/240v electrical supply to operate the new top but you only have 120v. I have not heard of a residential cooktop that was only 120v that wasn't gas! There is something missing here.
2007-02-17 11:17:22 · answer #3 · answered by NubbY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the power supply 120 or 240 volts? Sounds like the new cooktop is set up for 240 with the thermostat switching one leg. Call a qualified person,please.
2007-02-17 10:13:48 · answer #4 · answered by brian d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The red is one power leg, the black is the other power leg. The white & green attached together will connect to your houses bare (ground) wire. If you had 4 wires coming from the house supply, you would seperate the white the white & bare wires & connect accordingly. The White is neutral & the bare is case ground. Some area codes do not allow grounding with the neutral wire.
2007-02-17 12:46:22 · answer #5 · answered by applpro 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me like your old cook-top was 220v confirm that if it is then connect black to black white to red and your bare will connect to the ground. follow where the white crimps to the metal you should see a screw where connected bond bare ground to that
DON'T FORGET TO SHUT OFF POWER!!!
2007-02-17 11:12:15 · answer #6 · answered by schrauf1981 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋