On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:22:16 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 15/10/2011 12:03 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>> On Oct 14, 7:18 pm, > 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.
>
>
>Stoves used to come with a wiring block which you attached the 220 wires
>in the cable that came out of the floor or wall.

They still do.

>Now stoves come with cables and 220 plugs.

No they do not. You need to buy the cable separately and connect it
to the stove yourself, it connects the same as the hard wire.

You do not need an electrician to swap out a stove... any electrician
you call that takes your money is ripping you off. Any appliance
store where you bought the new stove will gladly remove the old stove
and reconnect the new stove as part of doing business, you'll just
have to buy the cable if it's a plug in... most small privately owned
appliance stores figure the cable into the price. I don't know why
people are making a whole federal case out of this. When the Lowe's
drivers delivered my stove they even had their own tool kit, I didn't
have to ask, they just did the disconnect and reconnect like it was
part of their breathing, it was a given. They took all the
packing/shipping materials out of the new stove, put it in place and
leveled it, and took all the trash with them. They even turned it on,
tested all the functions, took the owners manual from the storage
drawer, handed it to me and reminded me to register it with GE, even
set the clock. I'd have no reservations buying appliances from
Lowe's.