I am replacing the appliances in the kitchen. Currently, the cooktop and wall oven are both hardwired - i.e. conduit and wired connected directly to the appliances. I'm pretty sure that the new appliances will have plugs and will need new receptacles installed. Is installing a 220v receptacle basically the same as installing a 110v one? Is there anything "special" or tricky about it?

 

Most 220 units are hardwired. Wait until you get the new ones and see what you have before you do any wiring.

 

Good call. I just looked online at the manual (appliances get delivered tomorrow) and they show it hardwired at a junction box.

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Sorry I missed this moe. You get it figured out?

 

Pretty much. The only thing I need now are some screws to attach the grounds from the appliances (oven and stove) to the junction boxes. The conduit (flex) is the ground and I temporarily rigged them, but won't leave them like they are now.

And it only took me about 2 hours of frustration to realize I shouldn't be putting a GFCI outlet for the disposal and making sure I had the load and line correct on another GFCI. Not to mention realizing that disposals don't come with a plug

Edit: The reason I originally thought I needed the 220 outlet was because my upstair neighbors (same floorplan as me) remodeled their kitchen and had one installed. Now I realize it was probably because they bought a freestanding range vs. my oven and cooktop.

 

Yeah, don't forgot to properly ground those appliances.


Sucks about the disposal.

At my old job, we would put the dishwasher and disposal switches in a two-gang box on the counter. What'd you do?

 

Well, they are grounded currently, just not the right way.

I've made so many trips to verious Home Depot and Lowes stores over the past month that another one didn't make a difference

The dishwasher is connected to the existing wires/conduit that comes out of the wall. Can't see the j-box it's coming from though.

The disposal is plugged into an outlet under the sink, connected to the switch (rocker/spring loaded) near the sink.