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Electrical requirements:
Electric Range - 220 - 240 volt, 60
hertz, properly grounded circuit with 40 amp breaker or fuse protection with #8
gauge wire. With a 50 amp breaker, # 6 gauge wire is required.
Gas range - 110 -120 volt, 60 hertz,
properly grounded branch circuit protected by a 15/20 amp circuit breaker or fuse.
Must be properly grounded and polarized. #14 gauge house wire minimum for 15 amp
protection, #12 gauge is a must for 20 amp protection.
Voltage check at Outlet procedure click here
Range history, When the first Stove range invented?
The first historical record of a
stove being built, refers to a stove built in 1490, in Alsace, France.
This stove was made entirely of brick and tile, including the flue.
Brief History of Cast Iron Stoves in America
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of good pictures accompanied by a small amount of text. Around 1728,
cast iron stoves really began to be made in quantity. These first
stoves of German design, are called Five-plate or Jamb stoves.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) invented the iron furnace stove or 'Franklin Stove'.
Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist designed the first sootless kerosene stove.
Jordan Mott invented the first practical coal stove in 1833. Mott's stove was called the baseburner. The stove had ventilation to burn the coal efficiently.
British inventor, James Sharp patented a gas stove in 1826, the first successful gas stove to appear on the market.
The Carpenter Electric Heating Manufacturing Co. invented an electric stove in 1891. On June 30, 1896, William Hadaway was issued the first patent for the electric stove. In 1910, William Hadaway went on to design the first toaster made by Westinghouse, a horizontal combination toaster-cooker.
Common repairs: