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Posted by RBM on July 7, 2006, 7:07 pm
It's not likely that you have one 40 amp breaker. More likely a quad breaker
with a double pole 30 amp in the center and single 40 amp breakers above and
below the 30's which should have a handle tying them together. Both
appliances should be 240 volt. If the cable to the oven is 4 wire, there is
no reason you can't run it into an accessible junction box and extend it
>I currently have an electric oven and cook top. I am going to replace
> the cook top with gas and Keep the Oven. Currently the breaker pannel
> is set up to provide a total of 100 amps to both. It is rigged so that
> there is one 40amp breaker and two 30 amp breakers tied together. I am
> not sure if it is 120 or 240. What would make the most sense 120 or
> 240? It seems to me the oven should be 240. The cook top might go
> either way. Is there an easy way to figure this out?
>
> Question 2: I will need to move the oven. I am going to need to run
> additional wire to get to the new location. Assuming it is 240 and
> about 40 - 60 amps is it legal to run the old wire into a Junction box
> and then splice the new wire into the old wire and continue the run out
> of the junction box? Or, would it be better to terminate the old wire
> at a small breaker panel and then continue the new run out of the
> panel?
>
> Thanks!
>
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