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Residential Electrical including Appliances and HVAC with 28 years experience.

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Started training as an electrician in 1979, worked for major companies and the government.

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Graduated from Electrician's School, Carrier Training, and various specialty schools.

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Electrical Wiring in the Home - Range Outlet

Expert: Greg Hughes - 11/9/2009

Question
Hi Greg,
I have a question regarding moving the outlet for my range. I am doing some rearranging of my kitchen and want to change the location of my range. The new location will just be 2-3' away (closer to panel). I'm wondering how big of a change this would be. I have open ceilings below, so access shouldn't be a concern. I have adequate knowledge of 120v systems and have done numerous work with that...but have never touched 220v. Is this something you think an average joe could handle? I don't believe it should require any touching of the panel. I think I just need to flip the breaker, unhook the current outlet and run it to the new location and reinstall the old recepticl. As I missing anything as far as the big picture of a change like this?

Answer
You should test the outlet for power after you turn off the breaker and before you disconnect it, and you should carefully mark which wires go where on the outlet.

Pay attention to not cut any of the strands if you are going to shorten the wire and be careful to not nick the insulation.

Make sure you have some sort of strain relief on the cable going into the outlet box.

220 volts has more "pressure" than 110 volts so it tends to arc and jump further than 110 volts. Any stray strand as you put them under the screws on the outlet can cause big problems.

Hope this helps.

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