So the heat sensor in the main burner of the gas #CookTop has gone out. It will no longer stay lit, and the temperature control panel for deep-fry temp control is throwing an error. It will need to be replaced. Most of the cookware in the house will work with #inductuon, so it's time for the choice: replace the gas #hob, and probably the oven as well (the kit is very old) or shift to an electric #cooker.

So tell me: What would John Mastodon do?

#Induction #InductionCooker #InductionStove

I know it's kludgey but installing an accessible circuit breaker with an #inductionStove would get around the cost of rewiring a building. Who is running more than two burners on peak output simultaneously?

It is done.
It was hard.
But it's worth it already.

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#NaturalGasBlows

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We are good to go
Catch y'all on the flipside

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10. A shower was necessary, and then more quality time with the electrical panel. I focused on parenting and learning how the #AirFryer works.
Eventually the electrical work was done, beers were had, more basketball was watched. Then we rested up for the heavy lifting of today.

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9. Eventually the end of the very expensive wire poked through the outside of the house, and I pulled out the predetermined 7'. Then I went to the basement and waited for my truly amazing partner to re-emerge from the crawlspace, which took 30 minutes because of the absurd route he had to take around ducts, pipes, conduits, and a freaking tree stump (yes).

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More coffee

7. More #McGuyver stuff, while the very expensive 240v wire and the 240v outlet were connected, and the wire stuffed in the old #Gas line hole in the floor.

8. A tyvek suit and n95 mask were donned, walkie talkies switched on, goodbye kisses kissed. McGuyver piled tools onto a plastic sled and ventured into the terrifying #crawlspace and I watched #DavidsonBasketball (we lost by 1)

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* one 240v outlet
* one doohickey to cap the old 110v outlet that the nasty stinky #Gas #range had plugged in to
* one thingy for the breaker box
* some white 6-gauge neutral wire
* another thingy for the breaker box for the neutral wire to connect to
* probably a new tool of some sort, based on past experience

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#NaturalGasBlows

A lot of head scratching ensued while we (my handy partner) tried to make sense of the multiple electrical control panels, installed over 80 years by ppl with widely varying levels of skill, and planned his first (and thus far only) trip to the hardware store to purchase...

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...(We had wanted to save the old #GasLine (🤷‍♀️) but opted to cut it with tin snips (not "ten snips," as I first thought, confused as to how we could be so prescriptive about it) instead).
6. After we pulled the snipped gas line out, we happily realized the hole in the floor (for the gas line) was big enough to fit our very expensive 240v wire, and paused a bit to make another pot of #coffee and celebrate

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4. Yesterday my live-in #McGuyver and I pulled out the stinky old #GasRange and carried it out into the garage. It was heavy, but carrying straps made it possible.
5. We cleaned up modest amount of mouse poop and dust bunnies from the wood floor under where the stove had been, then began contemplating how to remove the gas line where it poked up out of the floor....
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#NaturalGasBlows

A recap of our progress so far while I stall for time:

1 July: we find a "broken" #induction Viking #range on #Craigslist for dirt cheap, fix it, park it in the garage
2 Lots of life happened including buying some ridiculously expensive 240v wires
3 Thursday 2 dudes from the gas company come to play with the #puppy and cap the #gas line to the kitchen
(more to come)

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#NaturalGasBlows

GOOD MORNING!! It's new #Induction #Range Day!!
First order of business: double check last night's #electrical work in the light of day. Then we haul the new #stove in and hope we measured everything correctly!

I have about 30 minutes to become a world class weight lifter.

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Update: my amazing and fearless husband did some crazy McGuyver $hi+ under the house and in the electrical box and we are all ready to attempt to bring the new #induction #range tomorrow morning.

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#NaturalGasBlows

To be clear the walkies are so that I can summon help if/when my partner gets stuck in the crawlspace 😳

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Find you someone who someone who looks at things like this without freaking out

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The side quest is temporarily abandoned while we explore some #electrical mysteries and plan the day's first trip to Lowes
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#homeRepair #NaturalGas

Nasty old #GasRange out, and no surprises (like a giant hole in the floor) waiting for us!

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What’s newspaper?

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