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Default Extension cord for gas stove.

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:39:50 -0500, "Pop"
wrote:

...
: I guess you can technically say any extension cord as a bad
idea. What
: would I do? I'd use a very short heavy duty cord. Another
option is to
: replace the existing wire right from the stove. What may be
simple also,
: depending on the location and what you have to take apart for
access.
=== Agreed. For 8 inches short, there's no good reason to be
spending a lot of money. A Heavy duty extension cord, such as
are sold for air conditioners, should make a great solution. I
don't think they're available any shorter than 3 feet, but that


I have a 1 foot heavy duty extension cord. Got it at a yard sale. I
don't know how thick the wire itself is, because I've never looked
inside. But the rubber cord is thick.

I'm sure the guy made it from a cord with a plug, and a separate
one-outlet end, good quality.

This one is perfectly clean, but I think he was getting old, or had
moved.

should allow for the cord to be routed reasonably, too.


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