Replacing GAS oven with ELECTRIC oven

[guyver01]

Does anyone know what's involved? Is it as simple as capping off the gas line?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Why would you want to do that? I prefer gas myself.

Yes, as far as I know. Unless you don't have the power requirements in the location of your oven (might take a special plug and more power hungry).

 

[olds]

Perfer gas myself.
Your gas oven most likely uses 110v. An electric uses 220v.
You will need to cap off the gas and run 220v to the new oven.

 

[cyberserf]

It's not as simple as that. If you don't already have an 220v line then you will need an electrician
to run one all the way to where you will have the electic unit.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: cyberserf
It's not as simple as that. If you don't already have an 220v line then you will need an electrician
to run one all the way to where you will have the electic unit.

Now, why didn't I say that?

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: cyberserf
It's not as simple as that. If you don't already have an 220v line then you will need an electrician
to run one all the way to where you will have the electic unit.

Now, why didn't I say that?

but but but but

you did. i'm sure i read it, well except the part about the electrician.

but again, WHY?? i prefer gas myself.

 

[LAUST]

and yes you just cap off the gas line

 

[T2T III]

Whoa .. lots of people like gas for cooking

 

[Pliablemoose]

I love gas for cooking, but my wife is deathly afraid we'll all die from it, so I'm picking up a new electric wall oven today, Lowe's called & said it's in.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I love gas for cooking, but my wife is deathly afraid we'll all die from it, so I'm picking up a new electric wall oven today, Lowe's called & said it's in.

i never felt that way about gas stoves, but when we first moved in our house about 4 yrs ago, it only had gas connectors for the dryer in the laundry room (on the second floor).

and for some reason, having it on the second floor gave me some reservations. i ended up putting it in anyway (gas dryer) and 4 yrs no problems.

btw, a gas dryer is MUCH better than an electric one. it seems to dry the clothes faster.

 

[ScottyB]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech
Whoa .. lots of people like gas for cooking

Electric is horrible. You can't tell how hot the 'flame' is and the oven cooks things funny.

 

[sharkeeper]

You need a 50A 240V circuit for an electric stove. If you only have 100A service and have central A/C, you need to get your service upgraded. An electrician will charge about $1500 to do this. You will then need a dedicated 6/3/WG NM cable run off a 50A double pole breaker and a 50A 3W receptacle installed where the stove is. Make SURE the gas feed is completely capped off!

Cheers!

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: shuttleteam
You need a 50A 240V circuit for an electric stove. If you only have 100A service and have central A/C, you need to get your service upgraded. An electrician will charge about $1500 to do this. You will then need a dedicated 6/3/WG NM cable run off a 50A double pole breaker and a 50A 3W receptacle installed where the stove is.

f&ck laymans terms... do you speak english?

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: guyver01

Originally posted by: shuttleteam
You need a 50A 240V circuit for an electric stove. If you only have 100A service and have central A/C, you need to get your service upgraded. An electrician will charge about $1500 to do this. You will then need a dedicated 6/3/WG NM cable run off a 50A double pole breaker and a 50A 3W receptacle installed where the stove is.

f&ck laymans terms... do you speak english?

LOL That is english

 

[JulesMaximus]

I love gas for cooking also. Isn't gas much cheaper than electric anyway? More efficient?

I've never noticed a funny taste on anything I've cooked in a gas oven. I've been cooking with them for years.

 

[Lounatik]

You need a 50A 240V circuit for an electric stove. If you only have 100A service and have central A/C, you need to get your service upgraded. An electrician will charge about $1500 to do this. You will then need a dedicated 6/3/WG NM cable run off a 50A double pole breaker and a 50A 3W receptacle installed where the stove is. Make SURE the gas feed is completely capped off!

You need a 50A 240V circuit for an electric stove. I

A single connection running from the circuit breaker to the stove outlet, exclusively.

If you only have 100A service and have central A/C, you need to get your service upgraded. An electrician will charge about $1500 to do this.

You need, probably, 200A coming into the house to handle the load when the AC and oven are on together. Both items are amp hogs when running and if you only have 100A coming into the house,blammo! Blown main breaker.

You will then need a dedicated 6/3/WG NM cable run off a 50A double pole breaker and a 50A 3W receptacle installed where the stove is.

6/3/WG NM cable is the gauge of wire used to handle the type of load that the oven draws and a 50A double pole breaker is one single breaker that goes in your circuit panel, but takes up two positions in the box and has two connected switches. 50A 3W (50 amp, 3 wire) socket for the oven probably looks like one of these.



Peace


Lounatik

 

[thedarkwolf]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I love gas for cooking, but my wife is deathly afraid we'll all die from it, so I'm picking up a new electric wall oven today, Lowe's called & said it's in.

Do you have an electric water heater too? If not your still going to die so you should have stayed with the gas stove .

God I hate my electric stove.

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: shuttleteam
You need a 50A 240V circuit for an electric stove. If you only have 100A service and have central A/C, you need to get your service upgraded. An electrician will charge about $1500 to do this. You will then need a dedicated 6/3/WG NM cable run off a 50A double pole breaker and a 50A 3W receptacle installed where the stove is. Make SURE the gas feed is completely capped off!

Cheers!

No, No, No....

It doesn't work like that.

Simply put, just because the breakers are rated for 50 Amps DOES NOT mean that's what the appliance typically consumes.

It is quite common to have a home with central air, electric stove, water heater, dryer, etc. with 100 Amp service.

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: shuttleteam
You need a 50A 240V circuit for an electric stove. If you only have 100A service and have central A/C, you need to get your service upgraded. An electrician will charge about $1500 to do this. You will then need a dedicated 6/3/WG NM cable run off a 50A double pole breaker and a 50A 3W receptacle installed where the stove is. Make SURE the gas feed is completely capped off!

Cheers!

No, No, No....

It doesn't work like that.

Simply put, just because the breakers are rated for 50 Amps DOES NOT mean that's what the appliance typically consumes.

It is quite common to have a home with central air, electric stove, water heater, dryer, etc. with 100 Amp service.[/q






"You need, probably, 200A coming into the house to handle the load when the AC and oven are on together. Both items are amp hogs when running and if you only have 100A coming into the house,blammo! Blown main breaker."



"Blammo!" ?



NO, more like "click".

 

I love gas for cooking, but my wife is deathly afraid we'll all die from it, so I'm picking up a new electric wall oven today, Lowe's called & said it's in.

But she probably get's in a car everyday and doesn't think twice about it.

 

[sharkeeper]

No, No, No....

It doesn't work like that.

Simply put, just because the breakers are rated for 50 Amps DOES NOT mean that's what the appliance typically consumes.

It is quite common to have a home with central air, electric stove, water heater, dryer, etc.

If one has an electric dryer, stove, CAC, the MINIMUM service is 150A.

A four burner electric stove with broiler oven REQUIRES a 50A circuit.

If the original poster has 100A 3W service, they can get away with installing an electric range providing they have two slots open in their panel. Most people won't have all four burners on HIGH and have the oven on at the same time.

Branch circuit loads can easily add up to over 30 amps in the sum of both legs. If the dwelling has CAC with a typical two tonne unit, the compressor, cond and evap fans will pull close to 30A (summed) total. One must also consider the service entrance feed capacity as well.

What it boils down to is this. If (the original poster) is asking these kind of questions, they need to have a licensed electrician look over their installation and get a quote.

Cheers!

 

[Harvey]

One more vote for gas cooking. Electric cooking takes forever to warm, and it stays warm far too long after you turn it off. It's a hassle, a total waste of energy, and dangerous. It's even better with piezo spark igniters that eliminate the need to keep a pilot light burning.

 

[Twista]

ours is not gas.

They are right. Most houses that have gas most of the time the whole house is gas. Most houses that have electric stoves have electric water heater and dryer.

 

[Fudssa]

Electric oven = wrong.
Gas oven = correct.
So easy.

 

[Squisher]

$1500 for what?

I would do it my self in no more than 3 hours and I'm no electrician and materials couldn't cost more than $150.