Dedicated Circuits for Kitchen Appliances

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I am led to believe that the NEC requires dedicated circuits to serve major kitchen appliances (i.e. oven/range combination).

I have a second kitchen in my home that gets seldom use and I wish to use the 240v line serving the stove to power another appliance requiring 204v service (i.e. clothes dryer), would I be compliant if I had a switch installed that would allow me to switch the voltage between the stove and another appliance such that when one were in use the other would be disconnected from the power supply and vice versa?
 
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There is no reason for a switch.

However the stove is a 40 or 50 amp circuit and the dryer requires a 30 amp circuit. This will be a problem.

You can not feed the 30 amp dryer with a 40 or 50 amp circuit.

Best bet is to run another circuit from the panel.
 
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Originally posted by KDYMANIAC: I am led to believe that the NEC requires dedicated circuits to serve major kitchen appliances (i.e. oven/range combination).
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You were misled. Or perhaps you misunderstood what you were told. There is no such rule. However, there are rules about having the rating of the circuit (defined as the rating of the breaker) not exceed the ampacity of the conductors or the rating of any switches or receptacles along the path. There are also rules that limit the amount of load that you can draw from a single branch circuit.

I have to agree with Bob (Iwire); the best solution is to run a separate circuit. I don't think any other plan would save you much (if any) money, and this solution keeps it simple (i.e., no confusion over what circuit feeds what load at what time).
 
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There is another option that could save running a new circuit, but may not be cheaper overall: Run the existing range feed to a 4-space panel, and place a 40a 2-pole for the range and a 30a 2-pole for the dryer.

The original breaker in the panel would protect the feeder, and the dryer's feed can be 10 gauge as usual. One possible issue might be that the new feeds could be called "new" and require insulated neutrals.

Just food for thought.
 
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