Results 1 to 25 of 84
Thread: dishwasher electrical question
-
08-04-2022, 01:45 PM #1Natebob
- Join Date
- Feb 2009
- Location
- Salida, CO
- Posts
- 200
dishwasher electrical question
I'm installing a new dishwasher, need to switch the stock power cord for one that comes out flush from the wall so as not to push the washer too far out. The stock cord is 13A, 125V, unknown watts. The new cord is 13A, 125V, 1625 watts, says it's an "appliance replacement cord for use with air conditioners and appliances". Will this new cord work?
Sawatch is French for scratchy.
-
08-04-2022, 02:02 PM #2
-
08-04-2022, 03:00 PM #3
should be able to hardwire it up directly and eliminate the plug
-
08-04-2022, 04:01 PM #4Registered User
- Join Date
- Mar 2008
- Location
- northern BC
- Posts
- 31,043
Mine have all been hardwired in but I thot they might now come with a plug,
so what is considered the proper way, use a plug I take it ?Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
-
08-04-2022, 05:10 PM #5
If hard wired, inspector will want to see a lockout on the breaker. Appliance cord plugged into an outlet counts as a proper disconnect and requires no lockout.
Sent from my iPhone using TGR ForumsMore cowbell!!!
-
08-05-2022, 03:10 AM #6
Yes you can do it. Most light household appliances all operate off the same voltage, amps, etc unless you are making the jump to 240 single phase. You can install an inline breaker if you feel you need one. What could possibly go wrong. Good luck!!
-
08-05-2022, 06:48 AM #7Natebob
- Join Date
- Feb 2009
- Location
- Salida, CO
- Posts
- 200
Got it wired up and working great. Thanks everyone!
Sawatch is French for scratchy.
-
08-05-2022, 12:54 PM #8Registered User
- Join Date
- Mar 2008
- Location
- northern BC
- Posts
- 31,043
since you asked ^^ I had a hardwired range hood which had been up there for a lot of years working fine
To get more counter space I bought a Samsung range hood/ microwave with a 3 prong plug so I put a box on that old hardwire coming thru the wall, plug the micro in and proceeded to blow breakers so WTF ?
Is it my wring job or the breaker is weak or is the new appliance fucked or what, I plugged it into another circuit on an extension and it worked so something to do with the circuit, i'm thinking of calling sparky when my kid the electro-mechanial type pointed out kitchen counter plugs are wired different/ different breakers because kitchen appliances draw more power to heat food SO I ran a power strip to a counterplug and everything is fine
but stuff that you find in an older home that was originally hardwired like a DW or range hood is now sposed to be plug-inLast edited by XXX-er; 08-05-2022 at 01:45 PM.
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
-
08-05-2022, 02:12 PM #9
Maybe it needs a bigger breaker installed to handle the load. I had a similar problem in an older house a few years ago.
-
08-05-2022, 02:39 PM #10Registered User
- Join Date
- Mar 2008
- Location
- northern BC
- Posts
- 31,043
yeah counter plugs have bigger breakers also note they are wired so each of the plugs on a 2 plug socket are on different breaker
SO if you try to directly replace a counter socket with a repalcement you bought at the HW store it will trip the breaker until you break that copper bridge on the side of the new socket.
House is new enough to be up to code more or less so I just plugged Micro into the counter plugs and problem solvedLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
-
08-05-2022, 02:46 PM #11
-
08-05-2022, 02:56 PM #12Registered User
- Join Date
- Mar 2008
- Location
- northern BC
- Posts
- 31,043
its 950 watts but who reads instructions to instal a microwave ?
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
-
08-05-2022, 04:45 PM #13www.apriliaforum.com
"If the road You followed brought you to this,of what use was the road"?
"I have no idea what I am talking about but would be happy to share my biased opinions as fact on the matter. "
Ottime
-
08-05-2022, 05:19 PM #14
-
08-05-2022, 06:42 PM #15Registered User
- Join Date
- Mar 2008
- Location
- northern BC
- Posts
- 31,043
i think plugging into a counter plug is good enough
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
-
08-05-2022, 07:21 PM #16
Maybe. Maybe not. Finding out maybe not could be a tough lesson
-
08-05-2022, 09:42 PM #17
Your range hood probably draws less than 1A and shares a circuit with other devices. You Samsung combo range hood/microwave draws 8-10A and should have it's own circuit.
Kitchens use split outlets on the counter because people tend to cluster their countertop stuff (toaster, coffee maker, espresso machine) but each breaker still has two single outlets somewhere on the countertop. Newer homes use 20A breakers and a different outlet that supports a 20A plug. Older homes use the common 15A breakers and plugs.If you have a problem & think that someone else is going to solve it for you then you have two problems.
-
08-06-2022, 09:34 AM #18
One of the circuits could be as an example 20 Amp, the other only 15 Amp breaker and wiring?? Or the total load on that circuit is too much. Have a kitchen with 2 microwaves in it. Next to each other and on the same circuit. It works just fine if you run both microwaves at the same time. But if you have both microwaves, and then plug in a electric skillet into the same circuit and want to run the 2 microwaves and the skillet (making brunch or something for the family) then the circuit blows. Run the skillet on another outlet on a different circuit and no issues at all....
-
08-06-2022, 10:22 AM #19Registered User
- Join Date
- Mar 2008
- Location
- northern BC
- Posts
- 31,043
yeah this ^^ the old hard wire coming out of the wall for the old range hood was just a regular breaker and it was just running a little fan motor
it looks big and all SS but its really just a countertop micro hanging over the stove I can even see the little dimples which are feet, I'm not sure if the countertop breakers are 15 or 20 but the micro is fine plugged into one of them, I don't see dedicated micro wave plugs in kitchens
my problem was I was trying to run a kitchen appliance on a regular circuitLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
-
08-06-2022, 11:58 AM #20
As RShea points out, your existing circuit can be dedicated by not running anything else that's wired into that circuit.
-
08-06-2022, 12:01 PM #21
-
08-06-2022, 01:34 PM #22
Microwaves were not even a thing back in the 50's and 60's for most kitchens. So older homes were wired for things like toasters, blenders, mixers, that were a thing back before the 70's in most homes. New homes should have both more outlets and more circuits for all the added items that people tend to have today. Same as electronics items in a family room or living area...
-
08-06-2022, 01:54 PM #23Registered User
- Join Date
- Mar 2008
- Location
- northern BC
- Posts
- 31,043
There is normaly nothing else plugged into that circuit and it almost never trips altho it did last week so I just texted the tennant to reset the breaker, very handey these cell phones
its a pretty good exampl of a late 70's house, panel was upgraded to a 200amp service to handle the basement suite and the wiring is all pretty good
again, except if one trys to run a micro wave on the exhast fan cuircuitLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
-
08-06-2022, 02:52 PM #24
A dedicated exhaust fan circuit might be a little light to rum a micro.
-
08-06-2022, 03:11 PM #25Registered User
- Join Date
- Mar 2008
- Location
- northern BC
- Posts
- 31,043
Bookmarks