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A cooktop is wired in accordance with standard electrical practices - by a qualified electrician. Attempting to do this on your own can result is the unit not working, the unit being damaged, an electrical fire in the location, or injury or death to the "would-be" electrician. These hazards cannot be stated strongly enough. The basic philosophy of the technical minds here and of WikiAnswers in general is that if you have to have something like this explained to you, it is not something you should be attempting. Wiring a cooktop isn't as challenging as something like neurosurgery, but people have died during both procedures. Please contact a qualified electrician for assistance. At least get an estimate, and ask for some detail of the costs to get a better idea of what is involved. Let's be clear: you are not being called stupid or anything else. You do have knowledge and skills, but not the knowledge and skill set (nor the experience) needed for this job. Instead, you are being asked to get professional assistance for a project that can have lethal consequences for the shortcomings of the individual undertaking it if that person is not "qualified" to do it.
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Can you connect a bare wire from the cooktop to a green wire in a box?
Green and bare are both grounds and can be connected. To double check you could use an Ohm meter and make sure the green wire is connected to the cook-top chassis.
How do you connect a 240 v cooktop with 4 wires to a service panel with 3 wires?
The new cooktop has a 4 wire connection. Red & Black are hot. White is neutral, and green is ground. You existing panel is wired with 3 wires. Black & Red are hot and green is ground. There is no neutral wire. Connect the black to black, red to red, and then connect the white and ground together at the plug.
Can you wire a 120V stove fan to the 240V supply?
Yes it can. But leave this work to a qualified electrician. The consequences of doing this improperly range from failure of the cooktop to work, to damage to the cooktop, to an electrical fire, to injury or death due to electrocution. The hazards cannot be stated strongly enough.
Can you connect the ground and neutral coming out of a cooktop to the ground of a nm8 2 wire?
Yes, you may connect the ground and neutral together as long as this is a replacement in an exsisting dwelling,for new construction you must have a four wire circuit with separate neutral and grounding conductor.It was never the intention of the code to make home owners replace exsisting three wire circuits with four wire when replacing equipment. .
What does it cost to install an electric cooktop?
With filing fee's and dedicated line and installation $3,000. Depending on model
What do I attach the house white neutral wire to if my Maytag electric cooktop has no neutral wire?
Just cap the white wire off and fold it up in the back of the box, out of the way.
Is 10 3 wire heavy enough to operate a cooktop?
no should be #6 which equals 50 amps
How can you tell if you have a 240v cooktop No sticker on the old cooktop and new one requires 240. Fuse panel says 120v240v AC?
Does it have a big heavy wire, like your electric dryer, or a little light wire like your refrigerator. All electric cooktops that I know of are 240V. I have never seen one that is 120V.
Can you connect a bare wire from the cooktop to a green wire in a box?
Green and bare are both grounds and can be connected. To double check you could use an Ohm meter and make sure the green wire is connected to the cook-top chassis.
Have 240v 30amp breaker need to connect a 240volt 40 amp cooktop can you do this I have a 103 600volt wire the cooktop power supply requires 240volt 4 wire 60 hz?
Yes you can. As long as you don't use 40 amps. The 30 amp breaker may kick off if you use all things at once. So you are well protected but not up to code. The 4th wire required for the new stove is probably a ground fault wire. So run a new cable or cook slower.
What is the temperature range for this cooktop?
The temperature on this cooktop goes from 120 to 420 degrees.
How difficult is it to install the GE JP202DWW two-burner Cooktop in place of an existing four-burner cooktop?
It is a little difficult to install the GE JP202DWW two-burner Cooktop in place of an existing four-burner cooktop.
How do you connect a 240 v cooktop with 4 wires to a service panel with 3 wires?
The new cooktop has a 4 wire connection. Red & Black are hot. White is neutral, and green is ground. You existing panel is wired with 3 wires. Black & Red are hot and green is ground. There is no neutral wire. Connect the black to black, red to red, and then connect the white and ground together at the plug.
What are the advantages of an electric downdraft cooktop?
The advantages of an electric downdraft cooktop is that it is very much more convenient. This type of cooktop would be easier to use than the regular kinds out there.
Which is the better cooktop Schott ceran or EuroKera?
Eurokera makes a better cooktop.
Can you wire a 120V stove fan to the 240V supply?
Yes it can. But leave this work to a qualified electrician. The consequences of doing this improperly range from failure of the cooktop to work, to damage to the cooktop, to an electrical fire, to injury or death due to electrocution. The hazards cannot be stated strongly enough.
How much more electricity does an electric cooktop use than a gas cooktop?
An electric cooktop uses a great deal more electrical energy than a gas cooktop. The electric portion of the gas cooktop runs the electronics (clock, timer, ignitor, oven light, etc.), and these are small electrical loads. An electric cooktop uses more electrical energy cooking a batch of, say, pasta sauce, than a gas cooktop would normally use in a month or two. There just isn't a good comparison as there is such a broad difference in the electrical usage of the two units.
