"FDR" > wrote in message
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> "Vox Humana" > wrote in message
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> >
> > "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> > .. .
> >
> >> Yup, there's only 220V back there and it will be easy enough to run a
> >> 120V line for the new range. Wife says I have to finish all the other
> >> projects that were put in abeyance when my back went out before I can
do
> >> anything new. Dratted woman!
> >>
> >
> > You shouldn't have to run a new line. The 220V outlet is just to 110V
> > lines
> > with a neutral and (most likely) a ground. You should be able to have
an
> > electrician covert it to 110 with the existing wiring.
> >
>
> Not necessarily. If it's older wiring it may just be two hot lines and a
> ground. 220V doesn't require a neutral. Newer wiring may have a 4 prong
> outlet with an additional neutral.

Thus the "most likely" in brackets.