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Posted by Toller on November 2, 2006, 3:16 pm
>
> Hello -
>
> I am renovating an older house and have decided to relocate the stove
> to the other side of the kitchen. The current wire that was in place
> was really short and close to the electrical box and all corroded from
> age. The wire was a think 6 gauge wire I think, with a red and black
> wire and then copper twisted around the red and black wire all within a
> mesh material.
>
> I went to the store the other day to buy a replacement wire and bought
> a 6 gauge 2 wire piece thinking that the twisted copper was the ground,
> but after closer analysis, I don't think it was a ground wire at all.
> Is this possible? I think the wire had a common (twisted wire) and two
> hot wires. Should I have bought the 6 gauge 3 wire instead?
>
> Do oven lines have a ground? Or do they now and didn't back then? Not a
> professional as you can probabley tell.
>
Old oven lines did not have a ground, they had a "uninsulated neutral" which
served as both the neutral and the ground. Existing wiring is
grandfathered, but new wiring must have an insulated neutral and a ground.
You cannot legally install your 6/2.
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