- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Occupation
- Retired Electrical Contractor
Rob, are you sure the cord doesn't have high temp conductors?
Wall Oven Whip
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- Location
- Windsor, CO NEC: 2017
- Occupation
- Service Manager
Approved is a low bar. How hot is it in there?
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Occupation
- Retired Electrical Contractor
- Location
- Windsor, CO NEC: 2017
- Occupation
- Service Manager
It looks formidable but means nothing. It makes enforcement arbitrary.
goldstar
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- Location
- New Jersey
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
It looks to me like the cord is 10/4 SO cord. I've been trying to look up the amperage and temperature rating. Some of the specs say the amperage rating is 25 amps. Some say the temperature rating is -40 to 194 degrees F. Not sure I'm looking in the right place :
https://www.amazon.com/TEMCo-SOOW-S...=UTF8&qid=1528638589&sr=8-34&keywords=so+cord
Aside from the appearance that it looks like someone removed the metal flex whip and installed this cord and plug, would this cord withstand the temperature that might be present behind this oven ?
- Location
- New Jersey
- Occupation
- Journeyman Electrician
These ovens are being supplied by a big appliance chain so I'm guessing that they're removing the whip and installing a cord and plug. As someone pointed out earlier in this thread it appears that Bosch has not approved these ovens for cord and plug connection and they can only be used with the factory whip.
I will look again tomorrow but I think that this is the cord.
https://www.pcrichard.com/Smart-Choice/Smart-Choice-6-30-Amp-4-Wire-Dryer-Cord/5304492442.pcrp
goldstar
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- Location
- New Jersey
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
So, your thinking is that the appliance store is installing these cord sets and converting the units to "plug and play" so that their employees/drivers can install the unit themselves ? Interesting concept. Unless it's factory authorized, I wonder whoever thought of this tactic realized that they may have voided the listing on the unit. They must have had numerous situations where people claimed that the unit(s) didn't work or were defective after an electrician installed it. This is a way for them to verify that the unit worked before the driver left.
Now comes the question of where to locate the receptacle (obviously nothing the appliance company cares about as long as they can plug the unit in).
Now comes the question of where to locate the receptacle (obviously nothing the appliance company cares about as long as they can plug the unit in).
- Location
- New Jersey
- Occupation
- Journeyman Electrician
The electrical plans show the 30 amp receptacle behind the unit. Right or wrong at some point the designer decided to set the kitchens up for cord and plug ovens. The electrical contractor is handling the units from the loading dock to installation in the apartment but they are not buying them.
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