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Howdy Miss Shelby,

 

It is true you very well could have a problem in the oringal home wiring.  This needs to looked at when the old stove is removed from it's location.  One of the best and quickest  ways to check something this this is to look at the wires with in the box thats on the wall where the electric stove is pulged into.  Be certin that the circuit breaker for the old stove is shut off and then remove the cover plate frome the receptable box.

 

Pull the pulg out by removing the 2-4 screws that hold it to place. Now pull the receptical out of the box and into good light where you can inspect the wires.

 

You should be looking at good clean smmoth insulation on the #8 0r #6 copper wires. Thease many be collered as such:

1 Black;    1 Red;  1 White;  1 Bare or green colored wire.    If all of these wires are in a good smmoth insulation then you are fir  to reinstall these wires and the 240v receptipal and put the cover plat back on the box covering up the receptical.

 

Should you see ANY blackened color on nany or the colored then the stove/Oven has pulled to much current at sometime and dammaged the wiring system.  How bad is it dammeged,  only a good electrican or an OHM meter will be able to tell you this.

 

When you have reinstalled the complete wireing , cover plate, and are ready to plug the new stove into the used 240v recepital do this test FIRST:  you will need a mulitmeter to do this.  These can be purchased at any home hardware store.  They will cost about $10.00-$50.00.  So use your best judment on how much you want to spend and what all of the different funsions each different meter cab preform at it's cost prist.  Sometimes it's much better to pay a little more for something with so many different funsions that you can use in the future, as you sayed you have done many repaires.

 

Anyway the test is to set the volt meter on a scale that is at or above the rated voltage you will be checking.  In this place at 240v, or maybe 480v depending on the meter.  Hook-uo the leads into tne meter and set voltage, then insert the metal end of the test leadt into the wall outlet for the stove.  You shoule ger a reading of 240v, ahd then a  +/- voltage of 240v at about 12-18%.

 

At this volatage you should be goog to go.  Also be sure to keep the old stove and check out the oven coil and all wiring on it.  It can be completely repaired into good usable shape for a small investment compared to another new one, should you get in need of one, or just sell it outright to someone needind a use stove/oven.

 

 

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From: Shelby <sjkail@twlakes.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 11:16 PM
Subject: [DIY] Kitchen Range Question

 

Hey, new member here. I should have joined this list years a go, shame on me. I have a few rental properties which I've done major improvements on for the past 25 years, but sometimes I run into problems when it comes to trusting electricans and plumbers. I can handle a little bit of plumbing but when it comes to electrical problems... well that stuff scares me to death. I do have a question here.....I had a tentant call me and they said when they turned on the stove oven the element sparked and then smoked and the kitchen lights dimmed. I went over there today to check things out . When they first called, of course , I thought it needed a new oven element......but then they told me more today.... like the lights dimmed in the kitchen and then when they tried out the stove top burners they made a hissing noise. being me...I turned on a burner and put my ear to it..and yes I detected a noise also. No, I didn't burn my ear off, lol, so that's not my problem. I went ahead and ordered a new kitchen range after talking to a salesman at Lowes and it's to be delivered on Friday. What I wonder ....is..... this just a problem with the stove's wireing going bad (the stove is about 15 years old, I bought it new back then) or could this be a problem with my wireing inside the house to the stove? The guy at Lowes of course wanted to sell me a new stove and now I don't know if he's scaming me...and I did go ahead and pay for one..... and also ordered a new pigtail for $22 , other wise I would have had to pay someone to hook up the one that is already there. What I worry about is if they hook up the new stove and then I find out it's the wireing inside the house that caused the oven to fry ...the new stove will also be fried!!! Any thoughts on this? sj

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