Thursday, 28 October 2021

Wiring new electric cooktop

The electric cooktop at my mother-in-law's house shorted out and the new one I ordered arrived today. The stove and oven are on the same circuit, which has two 50 amp breakers clipped together. The breakers were tripped by the short, and would not re-set, so they were replaced by an electrician who said it is a 220 V circuit. Installation instructions for the cooktop say two things that sound contradictory:

1) "You must use a two-wire three conductor 208/240 VAC, 60 Hertrz electrical...

Wiring new electric cooktop


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