mreason711
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Putting in new counter tops and also put in new electric cooktop in a early 70's house. The old cooktop had red, black, & white wires. I understand the white wires are for 110. I think the old cooktop was a 120/240 top.
The new cooktop has red, black, and green wires. It is 240/208 V, 60 hertz.
The wire coming in from the wall is a 220 with red, black, and bare. The bare does not appear to be copper. It is a thick stranded type wire, kind of twisted, appears to be aluminum???
The advice I got was to go with red/red, black/black, and green/bare. I used the previous wire nuts, which are blue. I have read that there are special wire nuts for aluminum to copper. Not even real sure if that is the wiring type I have. I assume since that is what was on the stove previously, more than likely it is safe.
Everything seems to be working okay. But am still a little worried that it wasn't wired properly. Does everything sound okay to you guys? Any additional advice?
The new cooktop has red, black, and green wires. It is 240/208 V, 60 hertz.
The wire coming in from the wall is a 220 with red, black, and bare. The bare does not appear to be copper. It is a thick stranded type wire, kind of twisted, appears to be aluminum???
The advice I got was to go with red/red, black/black, and green/bare. I used the previous wire nuts, which are blue. I have read that there are special wire nuts for aluminum to copper. Not even real sure if that is the wiring type I have. I assume since that is what was on the stove previously, more than likely it is safe.
Everything seems to be working okay. But am still a little worried that it wasn't wired properly. Does everything sound okay to you guys? Any additional advice?