stove unit electrical safety

So it would be four - three pong plugs with male ends.

I also would like to ask if appliance die when they are not wired correctly. For instance, the upper oven of the old range unit died first, then the fridge started making very loud noises for a while, and died. Then the dishwasher is not doing well either. And of course, the new range is not working, but for the fan and light. I never connected all these incidences thinking the appliances were just old, but the dishwasher is not that old. The rent is at market value, which is not cheap.

@LSL guy. You are correct. The owner built this apartment building himself, and assumptions as far as how things should be done could be wrong. Furthermore, to save money, he rarely hires qualified help. It’s just really frustrating as a woman to deal with him. I am trying to educate myself the best I can to figure out what to do next. Thank you.

So there would be four plugs like those orange plugs you posted, coming from the range, to plug into four outlets in the wall? :confused:

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@ZenBeam: Yes, there are four of the plugs I described all bundled in with an extension cord. I forgot if there were one or more cords. But the four plugs looked like they were a solid mass. I am assuming that there would be other extension cords connecting into these, coming from different sources.

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Hi Engineer comp geek, I already sent an email but did not receive an answer yet.

My account is working again, thank you.
I look forward to receiving answers to some of the questions I posted above.

Concerning the four plugs, they do not come from the range. They are attached to one or several extension cords, I did not have enough time to see their end.
So they are four plugs meaning four - three pong plugs together with extension cord. And into this plugs the oven and other appliances.

I’m having a little trouble understanding what you are saying with all of these plugs. If you could post a picture somewhere and link to it (you can’t post pics here directly) that would really help.

I looked up your model range. It does not have a built in fan, so I assume that when you are talking about the fan and light working that they are in some sort of additional range hood that was installed.

If that’s the case, then you should have one 220 volt electrical cord coming out of the back of the range and going to a dedicated 220 volt socket in the wall. The range hood will likely plug into a standard 110 volt socket, and there may be other 110 volt things plugged into that socket as well.

Regardless, this isn’t your problem to fix. The landlord should hire someone who actually knows what they are doing to connect the range properly and get it working.

It sounds like you really only have a problem with the range and its 220 volt circuit, but I’m having a bit of difficulty following your description so I’m not sure about that.

Hi engineer_comp_geek,
The model range does not have a built in fan, but they installed a fan and light above it.
The 220 volt electrical cord coming out of the range is going into one of the four 3 pong plug, which are together as a bundle on an extension cord which plugs into the wall socket. They are other appliances plugging in to that bundle.

One of the installation guys said that the fridge was connected into the same socket as the oven, because all these four plugs. Then the other installation guy said that only the fan/light area, was on the same socket as the fridge, but that would mean that the old upper oven was on the same socket as the lower oven and as the fridge, and who knows what else.

I took pictures of the old unit and I will take photos of the new one as well, but I am concerned as far as how many appliances are connecting into the bundle of the four plugs which are on an extension cord which goes into one socket. To take photos of the socket and plugs, I have to find a way to pull out the range, but it’s heavy.

I am planning to call the landlord again, but my guess is he will say that all is fine, plug everything, put a new fuse and leave, and then blame me when the fuse will blow out or the appliance will die due to the excess charge of all these appliances connected to the same socket, because his team of people were already saying that since I did not switch the breakers correctly (on and off) the new range was not working. There are not too many ways to switch the breakers on or off, so I figured something else was going on.

Let me upload the photos I have on a email.

Thank you.

It sounds to me that there is something seriously wrong here. I looked at the range model you gave and it requires a 220V outlet (which is standard) according to the the manufacturer’s website. The receptacle on the wall should look like this or this. There should be a cable with plug from the range plugged directly into the receptacle. No extension cords should be involved.

The breaker for the range will likely look like two breakers with their toggles clipped together, something like this. All this should have nothing to do with the fridge.

The range should be able to be safely plugged in with or without the breaker on. Breaker off is best because that avoids the possibility of arcing, but 220V plugs are designed to be plugged hot - thats why they are so deep. It should not hurt the range, and either way that is the responsibility of the landlord and whoever he has installing it. Where you contracted to install the range? I doubt it.

If there is improper electrical, like extension cords, I would not worry about damage to the appliance I would worry about FIRE.

Hi FluffyBob
Thank you for your reply.
When the installation guy had pulled the range out, I saw him hold an extension cord with these four plugs, all going into one extension cord. I did not see the receptacle on the wall, just the extension cord he was holding where he was plugging the stove with all these other plugs for other appliances.
When he asked me to locate the breaker for the range, there was one breaker for the upper part of the range which was also controlling the fridge. And the old range had an upper electrical oven as well which had died a while back. So at some point there were two 220V ovens for that one range.
I am worried about fire. May be that’s how the landlord is trying to get rid of these apartments, I don’t know. I just don’t want to be the one turning on an appliance and finding out that it has too much charge going into it.
engineer_comp_geek, I just sent to you an email with the photos of the appliances new and old. I will have to pull out the range to see the plugs again.

Until I can see some pictures I’m baffled.

I agree with Fluffy Bob.

I have not been figure out what you have by your description. Some times people will use the wrong terms and that causes the confusion. But it if you have what your are describing that is very wrong. There should be no extension cords being used. There should a cord attached to the appliances with a plug on the end of the cord. One cord, one plug, one appliance. On the wall should be a fixed outlet and an appliance plugged directly into the outlet.
The 120 VAC outlets should not be wired into the 220 VAC outlet. The 220 VAC outlet should be a single outlet not a multiple outlets.

Two personal questions.
1, have you considered moving? sounds like where you are living may be unsafe.
2. Do you have renters insurance? If not I would get the insurance.

@Snnipe 70E
Thank you for your advice. I am looking to move.
I will also recontact the landlord soon and take photos of the set up when they come to look at it.

Can you slide the range out and gives us a picture in the mean time? You can usually slide them out a couple feet (the back will be just past the counter) with out disturbing anything.

Hi FluffyBob, I tried to pull the range, but it seems like I would have to lift it a little to pull it out, it does not slide out easily. Hopefully I will have pix soon. Thank you.