Hey Guys,
Couple of newb questions about wiring up an oven. I just got my hobby gun and a bunch of powder and I’m itching to get started…. Here’s my question: I got a free GE Hotpoint electric oven off of the local Craigslist site and I have removed all of the range elements and the broiler element since I will not need them and it will lower the amount of power I will need. Next I removed the bake element and measured its resistance (23 ohms) so I could try to figure out how many amps the oven will draw when only using the bottom/bake element. (The element is labeled as 240/2565 and 208/1940 watts.) When I do the math with ohms law (from this website:
http://www.angelfire.com/pa/baconbacon/page2.html) it tells me that 23 ohms @ 240 volts the element will draw about 10.5 amps… Is this correct? I’m kind of new at this and trying to follow earlier posts about what type of wire and breakers I will need.
Next question, would it be okay to run this oven on a 20 amp breaker that is on 60 feet of 12/2 wire that is already installed in the garage for my compressor? I’m thinking that I will need to upgrade the wire to a 10gauge too feel safe.
If it is possible to run the oven on the 20 amp breaker I will also have to buy the same 20 amp plug for the oven like the one on my compressor and will have to unplug the compressor when I want to use the oven but since I have a 30 gallon tank and only small bits to coat I think it will last long enough to get by….
Any thoughts or comments on what I’m trying to do? I just wanted to check here on the forum before I start doing anything…
Thanks,
KC in MD