Need help putting in a gas stove replacing an electirc one with converting from 220v to 110v.?

Question

replacing elect drop in range that is hard wired for 220 (or 240) and need to put in a 110 plug from that 220. have heard can be done by splitting wires or something but also heard need to change breaker box. can anyone walk me through it?

Answer 1

you could just tape off 1 hot leg and use neutral and the other hot leg. Measure with your voltmeter to be sure. Install a 120 volt receptacle. You could install 2 120 volt receptacles Using one hot leg on each receptacle and the nuetral bar on each.having a duel wall plug with 4 outlets behind the stove will be cool. Think of all the gadgets you could hook up in the kitchen without worry about overloading the circuit.

Answer 2

Simplest would be to buy a reducer.  It plugs into the 220 outlet but has 110 outlet.  That avoids your having to remove the old 220 outlet and installing a new one, and I wouldn't worry about the breaker.  The breakers are rated by amps they can handle.  If you have a breaker that is rated larger than the intended usage you won't have a problem.  It is the other way around that will cause problems.  A lower rated breaker with appliances using larger amps will trip every time you turn on the appliance.

If you have to, though, am sure the electricians out there will tell you about what wires to not use but you are still going to have to install a 110 outlet.  The reducer obviates all that.

Answer 3

The guy above me is Awsome!  Just a couple of additions.  On your 110 recepticle one side has a silver screws and one side has brass screws.  What helps me remember which one goes where is the B's.  Black wire...Brass s***w.  Use the top set.   Green is for the ground or bare wire.  Don't forget to ground the outlet box if it is metal.

Answer 4

One of the 240 V leads will give you 120 V to ground so you use one of the leads and the ground wire that went to the stove.  You do need to change the breaker to match the amperage capacity of the receptacle you install.  There are a couple of problems to make you sweat if you try to do it and are inexperienced.  The wires to the stove will probably not, for instance, go under the terminals on the receptacle.

Answer 5

What you have:

In the existing 240V. box, you will find three heavy

gauge insulated wires:  Black, Red, (Lines), and

White, (Neutral). There will aso be a bare wire, (Ground).

In your electric panel, there will be a 2 Pole Breaker,

(Rated 40 or 50 A.), installed to protect the two 'Line'

wires.

What you need:

Since you want to install a 20A. outlet, you will need

a receptacle, a cover plate, and two 20A. single pole breakers.

(Buy two breakers to fill both slots in the panel.

You will also need some large wirenuts, (Purple?),

and a few short lengths of #12 insulated copper wire.

Proceedure:

Turn the existing 'range' breaker off.

( 1. Use a test lamp or meter to check for 'power off`

before proceeding. - You'll be doing this a lot.)

Disconnect the two heavy wires from the poles of the breaker.

Put wirenuts on the exposed ends.

Turn off large loads like a central A.C. unit.

Turn the main switch or breaker off. (1. Again, and

have a flashlight).

Remove the old two pole breaker, and install your

two new single pole breakers. Turn them 'off'.

(You can turn the main switch or breaker back on.)

Then the A.C.).

Check the s***w terminals of your new breakers for

operation, then turn them off. (1. Again)

Connect on of the line wires to one of your new

breakers. Remember which color.

( The large wire might not fit in the smaller breaker

terminal. If it's a stranded wire, you can clip off a few

strands to reduce its size. [This is not good practice,

but won't hurt here because the wire is so oversized

for the new load. - only clip the fewest strands required

to get a fit. Twist the remaining strands and insert them

into the terminal. Do a neat job and don't leave any

loose bits sticking out to cause a short later.])

At the outlet box, (1. Again), remove the old outlet,

put a wirenut on end of the 'line' wire you're not

using, and tuck it into the box.

Use a wirenut to connect the 'line' wire you will use

to a short length of insulated #12 wire, and connect

this to the 'line' side of your receptacle.

Connect the white wire, and ground wire, to the

receptacle in a like manner, install the receptacle

and plate, and you're done.

Do try to make a neat job of folding the wires back

into the box so everything fits comfortably.

Answer 6

Do exactly as "Irv S" said. Do not use tape or the old breaker or anything else that sounds really nice and easy. Taping pretty much anything is against code and very dangerous. The reason you cannot use the old breaker rated at 40 or 50 amps is because the appliance should only pull 20 at the most. If something goes wrong the appliance could be on fire before the breaker trips. With electricity, always go the safest route possible.