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From: (Chris Lewis)

According to HA HA Budys Here :
From: (Chris Lewis)
Date: 10/23/2003 5:15 PM Eastern Standard Time
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According to HA HA Budys Here :
New code applies to new construction, or new circuits installed TODAY,
not
new
appliances. Hook up your new stove exactly the way the old one was
connected

Not always. While _most_ old practise is grandfathered, there are
exceptions.
Like smoke detector rules. It _certainly_ is here in the case of stoves
and
dryers.

Really Chris?

Really.

Where exactly is "here?"
Say a homeowner with a 30 year old range, directly wired, replaces it with
a
new one. What code or city/county ordinance supercedes your National or
Canadian electrical code which has absolutely no provision to replace that
kind
of installation with an updated, current code-compliant method?

Under the "new work must comply with code" rules and what the inspectors
_insist_ upon.
--
Chris Lewis

Replacing an existing appliance is not new work Chris. Not here, not in Canada,
not anywhere.

I suppose in an old home, wired with knob & tube, or 2-wire NM cable, you're
not permitted to replace the 2-prong outlets with new 2-prong outlets either,
huh?