"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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>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.

Yes, I had to do the same thing. The first electrician hardwired my old one,
then when the new stove came, I had to have another electrician put in a
receptacle for it. At least you know it and don't get a surprise when the
new stove is installed.

Cheri