Lesley wrote:
Hi,

I'm getting ready to buy a range (finally!) for my "new" house.
The previous owner used a gas stove, but I want electric. However,
there's no 220V outlet where I need there to be one. I'm just
wondering if this is a major thing, to have one installed.
I'll have to call an electrician, and I want to know, is this normally
something that takes an hour or four hours? Do they have to make holes
in walls and pull wires all over the place, or is it simpler than that?

I do have one 220V outlet in the house where the dryer is, and since
the laundry room is on the other side of the kitchen, it's not that far
from where I need the new 220V outlet. If that makes a difference. . .
Thanks for your help!

Best,

Lesley


I'm not suggesting this as an ideal solution, but....

If Lesley's budget is tight, and maybe the main panel can't accomodate
another 230 volt circuit or is a real pain to make a new run to, and if
her life style could accomodate this, like perhaps she lives alone and
only needs to run the dryer every couple of weeks or so;

Would it pass code to simply install a transfer switch in the laundry
room and share the present feed between the dryer receptical and a new
stove receptical on the other side of the wall, if the present dryer
breaker and cable can handle the stove load?

My devious mind even envisons making a hole in that wall, prettying it
up with cable grommets and a short piece of PVC pipe and running the
stove pigtail through it so that she could just plug whichever appliance
needed to be used into the existing dryer outlet. Never heard of anyone
doing that, but again, I'm just wondering if it would pass code, it
doesn't seem much different in concept from pulling out the kitchen
toaster's plug so you can plug in the Mixmaster when it needs to be used.

Jeff

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