On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:40:56 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> wrote:

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

>> > wrote:
>> >On Oct 16, 10:47*am, Cheryl > wrote:
>> >> On 10/15/2011 12:03 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>>
>> >> > 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.
>>
>> >> 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,
>> >> and a receptacle is the best choice. *I wouldn't have known how to make
>> >> those two wires and the ground wire into the receptacle even if I had
>> >> pictures from the web, which I did. *I just don't mess with that stuff.
>>
>> >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.
>>
>> 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.

Are you talking about converting the electric dryer to gas?

Lou