On Oct 14, 7:18*pm, Cheryl > wrote:
> I am getting my new range tomorrow and was cleaning out the storage
> drawer and removing all the stuff I keep on top of the
> backboard/splashboard shelf - which my new range will not have because
> it's curved - and pulled it out a bit to see if I could easily move it.
> * Well it looks like I need an electrician. *The current power looks
> hardwired. *There is a thick wire coming out of the wall (no receptacle)
> and the new one comes with some new code power cord that's been in
> effect since 2000. *The free installation that comes from the vendor is
> just to put it in place and plug it in. *Shit. *Oh well.

How old is the hardwire wire that comes out of the wall. Why can't
it be used to hardwire the new stove?
Seems to me you could unhook the old stove from the hard wire and then
use it for the new one.
Problem solved.