Re: Installing A Stove

David L. Martel wrote:
> Scott,
> 
>    Are you sure that the new stove is 220v? You don't say in your post
>    I'd read the installation manual carefully since the sales guy lead
you 
> to believe that there is no neutral wire. I can imagine that the neutral
and 
> ground are connected by a buss link but I can't imagine a stove without
a 
> neutral in the US.
>    In the old days stoves used a neutral and 2 hot wires. with the
ground 
> attached to the neutral.
> 
> Dave M. 
> 
> 

I have seen plenty of stove and other 240V wiring without a neutral. 2 
hots and ground with the ground wire connected and used as a neutral.
One house I lived in built in the mid '50's had just that. The ground 
wire being a few haphazard strands of bare wire in the cable and 
connected to the ground bus in the panel.

New 240V wiring is required to be 4 wire. I think most stoves can be 
configured to use 3 wire if needed to accommodate the older wiring.
Kevin