Range/Stove Receptacle

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Just out of curiosity, what height do you mount your 220 volt, 50 amp range receptacle? I mounted one approximately 6" AFF and homeowner stated that the cord cap hits the back of the range. I went back and re-routed the 8/3. I ran it through the floor and installed a surface mount type outlet. I prefer to install it in the wall in new construction and looking for advice on how high to the bottom of the box you would mount it at. Thank you.
 
They pretty much need to be down low and often sideways at the bottom of the wall. I also put them off center but I usually get the specs or wait for the stove to arrive if their is a crawl space below.
 
I have never had a problem mounting them on the floor a bit off center, the drawer of the range is made to pull out so you can access the outlet.

Was the original location tight to the cabinets on one side or the other?
 
If ignorance is bliss .... I've been one of the happiest guys in the world!

I don't think I've ever installed a range receptacle in what I now know is the 'right' location. It's "right" because the range makers make a recess in the backs of the ranges to allow for the receptacle.

Then again, I've never used the clunky oversized 'range receptacle units' they sell. Nope, I've set the receptacles comletely in the wall, using deep 4-11's and mud rings. I have tried mounting the receptacles up high - the theory being so you could easily unplug the range - but the cords were never long enough to reach them. I found the same issue with clothes dryers.

So, yes, it looks like they deliberately design the things so you have to do the 'belly on the floor, arm inside to the shoulder, grope around blindly" method of inserting the plug.
 
renosteinke said:
If ignorance is bliss .... I've been one of the happiest guys in the world!

I don't think I've ever installed a range receptacle in what I now know is the 'right' location. It's "right" because the range makers make a recess in the backs of the ranges to allow for the receptacle.

Then again, I've never used the clunky oversized 'range receptacle units' they sell. Nope, I've set the receptacles comletely in the wall, using deep 4-11's and mud rings. I have tried mounting the receptacles up high - the theory being so you could easily unplug the range - but the cords were never long enough to reach them. I found the same issue with clothes dryers.

So, yes, it looks like they deliberately design the things so you have to do the 'belly on the floor, arm inside to the shoulder, grope around blindly" method of inserting the plug.
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Although it is not part of the listing requirements for ranges (I checked with UL about this some time ago), typical ranges have a removable drawer which allows you to grovel on the floor and reach the plug -- if the receptacle has been mounted less than about 6 inches off the floor. This recognized in the NEC:

422.33 Disconnection of Cord-and-Plug-Connected Appliances.
(A) Separable Connector or an Attachment Plug and Receptacle. For cord-and-plug-connected appliances, an accessible separable connector or an accessible plug and
receptacle shall be permitted to serve as the disconnecting means. Where the separable connector or plug and receptacle are not accessible, cord-and-plug-connected appliances shall be provided with disconnecting means in accordance with 422.31.
(B) Connection at the Rear Base of a Range. For cord-and-plug-connected household electric ranges, an attachment plug and receptacle connection at the rear base of a range, if it is accessible from the front by removal of a
drawer, shall be considered as meeting the intent of 422.33(A).
 
I always mount the boxes in the wall and follow the instruction that come with the range. The receptacle has to be in a certain location for the range to slide in all the way.
 
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