I live in ranch style home, basement and main floor.
14 years ago when I was young dumb new home owner strapped for cash I installed my own 220 outlet for the oven. I used overkill wire size (cant recall size but its more than I needed) and a 40 amp breaker.
The wire comes out the fuse box, goes along the ibeam support of the main house under the main floor into an unfinished room, then up the box the heater flume box** into the attic. Once in the attic I draped it across the beams across the attic then inside the wall to the outlet. The attic has the loose insulation cotton stuff, the wire just sits on top of the insulation and the wooden beams. It is visible. I didnt want to cut 20+ holes in all the beams to route the wire through it.
**Im not sure what this is called, its the area that the main stove pipe for the header/water heater go up to vent the gases out to the roof.
We've used the carp out of the stove over the years so I think the install is sound but Ive been worried about the long term heat degradation to the wire. Im also worried about the overall length of the wire, its way longer than it needs to be due to the way I snaked it around the house.
Is it wise to have the wire inside the heater's flume box, it spans about 10 feet high going through the main floor closet wall up to the attic. The wire is probably 8 inches from the stovepipe and I didnt try to block the heat with anything. Also is there a max length of the wire?
14 years ago when I was young dumb new home owner strapped for cash I installed my own 220 outlet for the oven. I used overkill wire size (cant recall size but its more than I needed) and a 40 amp breaker.
The wire comes out the fuse box, goes along the ibeam support of the main house under the main floor into an unfinished room, then up the box the heater flume box** into the attic. Once in the attic I draped it across the beams across the attic then inside the wall to the outlet. The attic has the loose insulation cotton stuff, the wire just sits on top of the insulation and the wooden beams. It is visible. I didnt want to cut 20+ holes in all the beams to route the wire through it.
**Im not sure what this is called, its the area that the main stove pipe for the header/water heater go up to vent the gases out to the roof.
We've used the carp out of the stove over the years so I think the install is sound but Ive been worried about the long term heat degradation to the wire. Im also worried about the overall length of the wire, its way longer than it needs to be due to the way I snaked it around the house.
Is it wise to have the wire inside the heater's flume box, it spans about 10 feet high going through the main floor closet wall up to the attic. The wire is probably 8 inches from the stovepipe and I didnt try to block the heat with anything. Also is there a max length of the wire?