On 21 Dec, 2004, at 13:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This bounced back when I tried to direct-reply directly to William H. Magill, so I'll get it to you this way...
Hmmm... that's interesting. Do you still have the bounce? I'd be quite interested in seeing why it bounced.
I ought to go downstairs and turn of the power to that side of the house,
and try the darn thing myself. I am sure the cut out is the right size -
it's a matter of getting over my fear of the wiring. Maybe it's a matter
of disconnecting the old, and reconnecting the existing wiring to the new.
Yup. As I said, it's "probably" pretty trivial. However, you probably can't tell until you remove the old unit. (The usual problem with all "old house" renovations.)
By golly, I think I'll check it out. If all else fails, I'll get an electrician in to do it.
The stove, like a dryer, is a 220 Volt, 2 or 3 phase appliance.
Nominally, assuming you have circuit breakers, you should have a single 220 breaker
(Big across 2 or 3 breakers) for the stove, completely independent of the power in the rest of the house.
If you have fuses, there are several different ways that the stove might be wired. Most common was to "attach" a separate box for the stove or dryer adjacent to the main fuse box.
If you successfully shut off power to a portion of the house, AND the stove goes off as well, I would DEFINITELY have an electrician look at things -- it should NOT be wired that way. It implies all kinds of nasty things.
T.T.F.N. William H. Magill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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