On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:28:07 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>"Cheryl" > wrote in message
...
>>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.

Now you're telling fibs. If your stove came with the plug-in cable
attached it's not a new stove.