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Apr. 3rd, 2008 10:06 pmStove install went pretty well. I am not Bill, but the stove fits back into the hole except for the last half inch because I couldn't figure out how to get that last little bit of cabinet surface (back against the wall) cut off. The circular saw doesn't go back that far because the guard gets in the way. The reciprocating saw reciprocates too much and wants to bounce off of the formica. I decided that it was OK if the stove had a half-inch gap at the back of it between it and the kitchen wall. Executive decision, and all.
We got the most-base model stove available (for the spanish-speaking Not Mexicans) because it is my suspicion that they are going to burn it out like they did the ancient one that I just replaced. No point spending good money on a stove that is going to be abused because it is being used by people who have not ever used an electric stove before. (No, I cannot give them instructions. They don't speak any English. Also, they're contract labor and a new set of four guys gets swapped in every couple of months. Once I got one set trained, they'd be gone and I'd have new ones, again not speaking English. Easier to buy them a dirt-cheap stove, wait for it to die, and charge the contract labor company (our tenant) for the wear and tear on the stove.)
The wiring was easy peasy. I recycled the wire and flexi-conduit stuff from the old stove because I R SMRT like that. I've done stove wiring before (the kind with the heavy thick wire and wrench-tighten bugs) so I knew how that worked and I got to indulge my tape fetish, to boot. (There is a lot of taping to cover up the bugs. If you don't tape enough, there are frightening pops and sparks when the thing grounds out because the sharp wire bits ate through the tape. Use lots of tape. It's cheap.)
( In other news... )
We got the most-base model stove available (for the spanish-speaking Not Mexicans) because it is my suspicion that they are going to burn it out like they did the ancient one that I just replaced. No point spending good money on a stove that is going to be abused because it is being used by people who have not ever used an electric stove before. (No, I cannot give them instructions. They don't speak any English. Also, they're contract labor and a new set of four guys gets swapped in every couple of months. Once I got one set trained, they'd be gone and I'd have new ones, again not speaking English. Easier to buy them a dirt-cheap stove, wait for it to die, and charge the contract labor company (our tenant) for the wear and tear on the stove.)
The wiring was easy peasy. I recycled the wire and flexi-conduit stuff from the old stove because I R SMRT like that. I've done stove wiring before (the kind with the heavy thick wire and wrench-tighten bugs) so I knew how that worked and I got to indulge my tape fetish, to boot. (There is a lot of taping to cover up the bugs. If you don't tape enough, there are frightening pops and sparks when the thing grounds out because the sharp wire bits ate through the tape. Use lots of tape. It's cheap.)
( In other news... )
