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    rewire receptacle for vintage range/oven

    Thanks for your advice. I confirmed the wiring with the Leviton site. Installed the new receptacle, plugged in the stove and everything works like new except for the oven light switch. Wiring all looks clean and substantial. It's a 1950 Norge E99 electric range in storage since 1965. So far, so...
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    rewire receptacle for vintage range/oven

    Thanks for the reply info. It appears that the 2 hots can attach to either of the 2 sloping blade hot screws and the stranded wire to the centered vertical blade screw. I asume I should I cut the 50A breaker only, as there is no apparent overall switch to shut off all power to the panel...
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    rewire receptacle for vintage range/oven

    Want to test and use a beautiful 1950s range/oven in my kitchen and need to install correct receptacle My 1978 era house has built in wall oven and cooktop. Panel has 50A breaker for range and 40A breaker for wall oven. The cooktop (replaced probably 10 years ago) with flex-conduit...
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