How do I convert my gas stove to an electric one? Is it hard to do? Is it something I can do or would I need to hire someone? Please help!
2007-07-19 03:17:07 · 12 answers · asked by jdmcd79 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
I see I was not clear enough for some of you. I have a gas stove now and I want to get rid of it and use an electric one. I know some rewiring may need to be done......
2007-07-19 03:44:21 · update #1
Not only is it not possible, but gas is cheaper, cleaner, and much faster and easier to control. If you must have electric, you'll need to buy a new stove.
2007-07-19 03:25:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 11⤋
Convert Electric Stove To Gas
2016-11-16 05:35:52 · answer #2 · answered by matushevskiy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would just like to say that all you people who love natural gas apparently have never lived up north in the cold country. Gas is very, very, very dangerous especially with small children who like to play with the knobs when you're not looking. It's extremely expensive contrary to what people think. An average heating bill with natural gas on my mothers 1500 square foot home averaged 500 dollars a month in the winter. I converted to electric heat and the bill was reduced to half of that. I hate gas stoves. I hate the smell and I hate the sudden flash of flame when you turn on the burners around children. Natural gas sucks. I lived with it for 40 years. I've never been happier and had more money in my pocket after I converted everything to electric. Also, if you have a gas leak and come home with a cigarette in your mouth. Open the door and you're dead. No thanks to gas. It also creates a carbon footprint and we need to use clean power. Electric is the way to go.
2016-02-04 07:56:53 · answer #3 · answered by punkslapper 1 · 6⤊ 0⤋
It will require a 240v circuit being brought into the kitchen. Depending on the location of the service panel (breaker box) and the construction style of your house, this could range from very DIY'able project to a $1,000+ service call from an electrician (that's if you needed to upgrade the service panel - a basic electrician install would be a couple hundred dollars).
At it's most basic, you run cable from the stove to the service panel, connect the receptacle, install the breaker, turn on the breaker, you're done.
But there's no tolerance for errors in electrical work. A botched job could result in fire or death. Get a book on residential wiring -- this will help you to decide if it's within your abilities. If the service panel isn't immediately adjacent to the kitchen, I'd recommend calling an electrician, if for no other reason than that they have tools and techniques to run the cable without tearing open every wall between the kitchen and the service panel.
2007-07-19 07:33:12 · answer #4 · answered by JeffeVerde 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Yea, you would have to install a 220 breaker, run 10/3 wire to wherever it is, then cap the gas line and install the electric one, and when its all said and done you say to urself, this stove sucks and I miss my gas stove. I have a electric stove and I wish to install gas every day because it takes too long for heat to get there, and it helps push my panel board past its rating.
2007-07-20 06:15:14 · answer #5 · answered by kassim k 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Thanks for the clarification.
You'll need to add a dedicated breaker in your breaker box and run heavy wiring and conduit from the box to the wall behind your stove and add a receptacle.
If you've never done this type of work before, you really should hire an electrician.
DIY Doc is right. You'll spend almost as much on wiring as you will on the new stove.
2007-07-19 05:15:15 · answer #6 · answered by dubyaaitch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first you'll need to hire a licensed and bonded plumber to disconnect the gas stove and remove it and remove the gas line also.
Second hire a licensed electrician to run a proper size wire and install the electric stove for you
2007-07-19 08:13:00 · answer #7 · answered by john v 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Even if somewhat irreverent, all answers so far are valid.
First of all Natural gas heats more efficiently, and over the long term is a better bargain. You can convert back and forth between natural and Propane, but why? unless you live not local to the utility service.
To change from; only takes shopping for a new stove; hiring an electrician to add a 220 breaker; cable; receptacle; possibly equaling,,, in cost,,, the cost of the stove.
With all due respect any licensed electrician would/should also advise "NO"
Steven Wolf
2007-07-19 03:35:02 · answer #8 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 1⤊ 7⤋
You'd have to buy a new stove. The mechanics and hook ups are completely different for electric and gas stoves.
2007-07-19 03:20:30 · answer #9 · answered by lovely 3 · 6⤊ 2⤋
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2016-05-01 23:58:06 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two easy steps: kick out the gas stove and buy an electric one
2007-07-19 03:19:04 · answer #11 · answered by blapath 6 · 6⤊ 3⤋