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spamtrap1888 > wrote:

> On Oct 16, 4:19*pm, Lou Decruss > wrote:
> > On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:09:50 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888

> > >On Oct 16, 10:47*am, Cheryl > wrote:

> > >> The old wire coming out of the wall is split into three; two 120v and
> > >> one ground. *The oven requires 4 wires. *So something had to go between,

> > >Plus the proper installation will make it easier to sell the *house
> > >when the time comes. The guy we bought our house from had jury rigged
> > >another 220 line to run a dryer: He couldn't find another 220 breaker
> > >to fit the panel, so he took off the protective sheet metal plate, ran
> > >some romex through the attic, letting a circuit breaker dangle inside
> > >the breaker box and running the other end down the laundry room wall
> > >to a surface mount receptacle.
> >
> > >I make him rip everything out and make a tee into the gas line serving
> > >the water heater.

ObFood: I know that you can't squeeze blood out of a turnip.

Sounds like it's not so hard to squeeze 220VAC out of a gas line.

:-)

> > Were you drinking when you wrote this dix? *What does the gas line or
> > the water heater have to do with anything?
>
> 1. A half-assed 220 VAC installation made the house unsafe and
> undesirable to buy.
>
> 2. For appliances that consume a lot of power, a safe alternative to
> half-assing a 220VAC installation is tapping into the gas line. Of
> course you have to think about what you need and how you will power
> it.

I actually think I understand what was meant, but a few steps were left
out.

> > >Wood butchery is easier than electrical work. Make sure you don't
> > >strain the wire connections in the process.
> >
> > Electrical work is easier but requires some time to learn. *Because
> > most of the trades have such a large group of areas involved not many
> > are masters at all aspects but ALL should be able to wire a stove
> > properly. *And if the bone head had the stove there he should have
> > placed it in the proper place so it would set to the wall.

> Good point, the homeowner should not have had to move the receptacle.

I was going to misunderstand that one also, but then it came to me.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA