How to Hook Up a Stove Breaker

Remove the cover to your circuit breaker panel by unscrewing the four screws on the front face. Set the cover aside.

Turn off the main breaker within the panel. This will turn the power off to all the individual breakers inside the panel and help prevent electric shock. Refrain from touching the large wires which enter the breaker panel and attach to the main breaker. These will remain live up to the main breaker.

Strip the outer layer of insulation off the entire previously run electrical cable within the breaker box that comes from the stove. You will expose four individual wires (two hot, one neutral and one ground). Strip the insulation on each of these back approximately 1/4 to 3/8 inch.

Attach the hot (red and black) wires to the new double-pole breaker. Slide one wire in under each screw and tighten down the screw.

Snap the breaker into place. Position the hold down clip over the plastic bar in the panel and push into place. Push on the other end of the breaker to snap the breaker onto the bus bar.

Attach the white (neutral) wire to the neutral bar, where you will see the white wires of the other breakers connected. Slide the bare end of the wire under an empty terminal screw and tighten down firmly with a screwdriver to lock the wire in place. In the same manner, attach the green or bare (ground) wire to the ground bar, where other green or bare ground wires will be connected.

Ensure the other end of the circuit is properly connected to the range outlet in the kitchen. Strip and connect the red and black wires to the brass terminals. Connect the white wire to the silver terminal and connect the green or bare wire to the green terminal. Screw the housing to the wall and screw on the cover. Plug the range into this outlet.

Turn on your main breaker. Fasten the circuit breaker panel cover onto the circuit breaker panel and verify that your electric range is powered up.