I am looking to replace my old double oven since it has stopped working. It was plugged into the wall via a three prong outlet that is located above the cutout for the ovens in the back of the cabinet above. When reading about installing ovens it appears the standard is for ovens to be hardwired.
Since my house is setup for a 3 prong cord, would I remove the hardwire wiring and then run the 3 prong cord through the conduit and connect it to the oven that way? Is there a way to remove the hardwire wiring? Since the only pictures I can find are just stock photos of the oven it's hard to visualize how this will work.
EDIT: I added a picture of the plug, the old oven was a Whirlpool RBD275PDB and the new oven is a GE JKD3000SNSS. The power requirements for the old oven vs new oven are below:
KW Rating at 208V: New – 5.4, Old – 6.0
KW Rating at 240V: New – 7.2, Old – 8.2
Circuit Amps: New – 30, Old – 40
Best Answer
Just an update and answer for anyone that comes across this looking for help. I turned off the breaker to the outlet, removed the outlet cover, removed the outlet hardware so there were just three wires (two hot, one ground). I added a junction box and wired the oven directly. As per the instructions with the oven, neutral and ground went to ground and one hot wire to each of the hot wires. Done and done, super simple.