Kitchen remodel

[steve_p]

Hi,

Looking at a kitchen remodel. Old kitchen had a double wall oven supplied with 8/2 seer which does run back to the service.
Cooktop was gas.

Owner purchased 2 7.4 KW wall ovens and a 9.6 KW induction cooktop.

Bringing in a new circuit for the cooktop is possible but a pain.

I calc the new appliances at 14 KW. My thought is to run #6 THHN to the kitchen, put a 6x6x4 box that will land in a cabinet base then tap out to 4 sq boxes at the appliance locations.

The cooktop is going to an island.

I would the use the 8/2 ser as a home run for the microwave she is installing. None before.

The taps are what I am not clear on.
Any issues with what I am thinking of doing?

 

[Dennis Alwon]

The taps, IMO need to be #6 unless the appliance cable can reach the 6x6 box

 

[steve_p]

Thanks Dennis

 

[kwired]

Taps don't start until the conductor size is reduced.

The 8 AWG SER cable technically needs a white or gray conductor inside of it to use it for a circuit that has a grounded conductor - something I would be alright with overlooking to some extent - but beware that is what the rules are.

There are rules that let us mark a white conductor when not using it as a grounded conductor, I can't think of any that work the other way though.