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Meadowoak

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2. An electric range requires it's own 220 volt circuit 40 or 50 amps

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Sun Nov 6, 2022, 12:20 AM

Nov 2022

50 amps if the oven has a self cleaning oven. 40 amps for manual clean oven. It should be completely separate from other circuits in the home. Call an electrician before you have a fire.

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Help Doesn't an electric range require a separate breaker switch? [View all] Grasswire2 Nov 2022 OP

oh wait.....does a 220 switch look different? Grasswire2 Nov 2022 #1

Yes it does. nt Phoenix61 Nov 2022 #3

220 breaker Timewas Nov 2022 #4

An electric range requires it's own 220 volt circuit 40 or 50 amps Meadowoak Nov 2022 #2

THIS. 100 TIMES THIS!!! relayerbob Nov 2022 #6

Yep. rubbersole Nov 2022 #8

Absolutely! relayerbob Nov 2022 #5

stupid me -- I assumed it was a switch like that for refrigerator or plugs. Grasswire2 Nov 2022 #7

Not all breakers are labeled. usonian Nov 2022 #9