Electrics are for people who eat out. No amount of real cooking can be done
on one.

--
Steve Barker



"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
...
Agree, and would also like to ask why the heck anyone would ever consider
replacing a gas stove with an electric? I thought electrics were only
bought by people who lived out in the sticks and couldn't get a gas hook
up?

nate

RBM wrote:
More likely it's #10, and possibly a high temperature insulation, but in
any event, if it has a U.L. label on it, I'd assume it has been tested
and is safe. The internal wiring of equipment is done under different
standards than those used in building wiring



"mcfly32" wrote in message
ups.com...

I'm about to install an electric oven in our house to replace an
existing gas oven. The oven's installation instructions state that 8AWG
wire should be used to power with 40A breaker protection. Ok, makes
sense.

Here's the question: The oven has factory installed leads running out
of the oven via flexible conduit. There are two hots (a black and a
red), a neutral and a ground. The two hots are #12 wire, and the
neutral is #16! Is this safe to use, or should I re-wire to use #8 into
the oven? The leads are probably about 5-6ft runs.

Thanks!

-Eric






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