I'm getting gas run into my kitchen to install a gas range/oven. The existing range is electric, and thus the only outlet behind it is a 220v. Can I just get a converter or adaptor, or do I need an electrician to come out?
2007-08-19 16:38:46 · 11 answers · asked by Phil S 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
dean's method it stupid and illegal. if the outlet has a neutral wire then the conversion is fairly easy. you can use the existing wire but you will have to change the breaker to a 1p 20A. cap off the unused hot wire in the panel and in the outlet box. use a filler plate to blank off the unused breaker space in the panel. If you don't have a neutral wire then you will have to relabel one of the hot wires as a neutral. identify the wire in the box and wrap it with white tape. then in the panel, identify the wire and move it to the neutral bar. you may want to use pig tails of 12 ga wire to connect to the new recepticle as it will be very difficult to attach 6 ga wire correctly. if you don't know what I mean by any of the instructions here then you are in over your head and you need to call out a professional.
2007-08-19 17:04:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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What's the easiest way to convert a 220v outlet to 110v? I'm replacing Electric range with gas range.?
I'm getting gas run into my kitchen to install a gas range/oven. The existing range is electric, and thus the only outlet behind it is a 220v. Can I just get a converter or adaptor, or do I need an electrician to come out?
2015-08-10 21:42:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may already have 120 volts. Some ranges require a dual voltage system. 220 volts for the burners etc...and 120 volts for the control circuit. You might just have to cap one off. Many clothes dryers have that configuration too.
Change the 2 pole breaker to 2 single pole breakers. Take one of the wires and hook it to the single pole breaker and the other will go to the neutral bar. Cap off the extra one if there is one. Now change your outlet and make sure that the wire that went to the neutral bar is connected to te silver terminal on the new receptacle. The wire that is connected to the breaker will go the the gold (hot) terminal. Take the old ground wire and ground it to the new receptacle.
I don't know if that is code, but it should work as long as the wires to the old range were sized big enough to handle the current to the new gas range. I am sure they are since the control circuit for a gas range draws very little current. You may need to reduce the wire size with a pigtail. Wire color doesn't matter because the electrons do not know the color of the insulation. Just identify them accordingly.
2007-08-20 03:41:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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the 220 outlet if ran with a nuetral and ground can easily be wired to a 110 outlet- if there is no nuetral than you would need to use the one hot leg and convert it to a nuetral and mark it white both in the plug and in the electric panel , if you dont know electrical the best way is find a handy man expierienced in it it should cost somewere in the 100 dollar range for a simple repair of that natureand would be legal for no fire hazzards
2016-03-28 22:06:39 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freakboy nailed it. Not so for the others.
But just to clarify, if there is four wires (black, red, white and bare ground) you can cap off the red in the outlet and breaker box. Then use the black to the new 120 volt breaker, the white to the neutral bar and the ground to the ground bar. The outlet is hooked up by connecting the black to the copper colored screw, the white to the silver and ground to green.
If you only have 3 wires, you will need to mark the red as the neutral as Freakboy suggested, in both the outlet box and breaker box.
2007-08-19 17:43:15 · answer #5 · answered by Whoda thunkit? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You cannot safely get an adaptor. I think trying to explain the procedure online is dangerous, biggest danger is assuming it was done right the first time. All the possible safety issues cannot be explained online. Please do not let an electrician sell you an arc-flash breaker for this, they are only required in sleeping rooms (NEC 210-12), tests for other uses have not produced results conclusive enough to require code changes requiring installation in other areas. Normal operation of your ignitor may be misread as an arc flash, and may shut down your range, and may create a bigger hazzard if someone servicing the range doesn't realize that the wrong breaker was used.
2007-08-19 18:03:54 · answer #6 · answered by dtstellwagen 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Convert 220v To 110v
2016-10-21 21:39:40 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get an electrician more then likely this will require some modification in both the electric panel and at the plug so if you have little or no experience then hire out the job you should be able to get it done for about 100 bucks for labor and parts and thats a lot cheaper then a trip to the er for minor electrical burns
2007-08-19 16:49:01 · answer #8 · answered by AGI_SUPREME 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You need a regular 110 v outlet in there. If you are having an electrician come in have him also remove the existing 220 v outlet.
2007-08-19 16:50:25 · answer #9 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You have to change the wiring and the receptacle. Also be
sure to buy and have install an Arc-Fault receptacle. This
will provide safety in case of a gas leakage.
2007-08-19 16:49:07 · answer #10 · answered by ODRA 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋