I have an old hard-wired stove I was given that works. I would like to put it into a rental I have. The rental has a 3-prong outlet. I was wondering if there is any way to connect a power cord to the stove to make it usable.
Thanks!
Yes you should be able to buy and install a 3 wire line cord for it.
Important things to note are:
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Make sure to install a strain relief where the cord enters the unit. This ensures that the cord cannot be pulled off the connectors and that the sharp metal will not cut/short the power cord.
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If the unit was hooked up to a 4 wire a grounding strap has to be wired in from Neutral to the unit’s frame. Check and make sure that grounding strap is installed
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If it is an inline terminal strip in the unit Neutral (White) is normally the center connection. L1 (Black) and L2 (Red) are usually the outside 2.
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If not confident that you know what you are doing, get a pro in to hook it up.
This may also help.
http://www.applianceaid.com/erange.html