§ 7-20. Electric ranges and clothes dryers.

(a)

Ranges. For electric ranges with ovens and cooking tops combined in one (1) unit, a minimum of No. 6 wire will be required, with the proper size fuses or breaker type disconnect. Where oven and cooking tops are installed in separate installations, they shall be considered as two (2) separate appliances and wired and fused separately according to load requirements. All range and dryer installations must have equipment grounding, the use of the neutral wire of these appliances will be permitted for grounding. No. 10 wire will be the minimum allowed in such installations. S.E. cable shall be protected from mechanical injury when outside in residential range or dryer installations to gain entry below floor or into attic space in existing construction.

(b)

Clothes dryers. The same requirements will be in effect for dryers as for ranges, as outlined above, with a minimum of No. 8 AWG wire in all new construction. No. 10 wire will be accepted for dryers installed in existing structures, where the capacity of dryers is known to be thirty (30) amperes or less.

(c)

Use of circuit limited. No other appliances may be used on range or dryers circuits.

(Ord. No. 7708, § 62, 3-3-77)