Oven outlet in garage

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Dennis Alwon said:
I would never ask a customer to get rid of an appliance they just bought if there is no reason to do so. There is nothing non compliant so just hook it up.
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Thanks, Dennis. I hate turning down business.


On to another question. Her panel board is slam full. Its loaded up with tandems, gfci/afci's and double pole breakers. There is no room to add anything with out adding a sub panel. I just re-read article 210 and cannot find anything that prohibits putting two 40 amp outlets on a 40 amp breaker. I was thinking of coming off the existing breaker to a Polaris connector, then powering both ovens off the existing breaker.
 
Saturn_Europa said:
Thanks, Dennis. I hate turning down business.


On to another question. Her panel board is slam full. Its loaded up with tandems, gfci/afci's and double pole breakers. There is no room to add anything with out adding a sub panel. I just re-read article 210 and cannot find anything that prohibits putting two 40 amp outlets on a 40 amp breaker. I was thinking of coming off the existing breaker to a Polaris connector, then powering both ovens off the existing breaker.
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If there are 2 ea. 20 amp. full sized regular breakers in the panel in the correct locations you may be able to use a 20/40 quad breaker.
 
Saturn_Europa said:
Her panel board is slam full. Its loaded up with tandems, gfci/afci's and double pole breakers. There is no room to add anything with out adding a sub panel.
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Full, with tandems. That's a flag waving that may, or may not, indicate that the subpanel is already needed, even before you add the new range. But it is a flag waving that says you definitely have to see if the existing tandems are even allowed at all. The existing panel label(s) will have the information you need, and, hopefully, the label(s) are still there.

Also, the second range is still a major load, and, since you say the existing service already has no available poles, I wonder what the existing load calculation is. Is there capacity in the service entrance for the second range?

These are more important questions than how to avoid a subpanel.
 
Don't forget that you're required to have ventilation per the mechanical code. Oh and is the oven rated for damp location? if you put it under the deck.
 
I've never seen a requirement for ventilation of an oven. Cooktops are vented. I guess I need to read the IRC to find out.

I do not consider the over the cooktop microwave/vent to be a vent for the microwave oven, just the vent had to be there for the cooktop and someone put a microwave in it.;)

Also for years a non-vented hood was OK. Just put the smells through a charcoal filter and back into the room.:D
 
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