Pizza oven wiring help
#1
02-12-17, 05:20 PM
Pizza oven wiring help
Hi!
A little help please. I have installed an electric pizza oven in my new home and my heat recovery time has slowed drastically from my previous home. I am unsure of the wiring sizes of the previous home. The oven is 220/240v 3600 watts. I have installed a 50 amp dual breaker and run 10 ga wire appx 9 feet. Does this affect heat recovery? Is there a better way (different breaker or wire size) to increase the rate of recovery. Thanks. Dflip
A little help please. I have installed an electric pizza oven in my new home and my heat recovery time has slowed drastically from my previous home. I am unsure of the wiring sizes of the previous home. The oven is 220/240v 3600 watts. I have installed a 50 amp dual breaker and run 10 ga wire appx 9 feet. Does this affect heat recovery? Is there a better way (different breaker or wire size) to increase the rate of recovery. Thanks. Dflip
#2
02-12-17, 05:29 PM
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Welcome to the forums.
Are you sure you didn't wire the unit for 120vac ?
Is 220/240v @ 3600 watts correct ?
3600 watts at 240v is 15A. That means you could have used #12 wiring BUT with either size wiring..... it needs to be on a 2P 20A breaker.... not a 2P50A breaker.
Are you sure you didn't wire the unit for 120vac ?
Is 220/240v @ 3600 watts correct ?
3600 watts at 240v is 15A. That means you could have used #12 wiring BUT with either size wiring..... it needs to be on a 2P 20A breaker.... not a 2P50A breaker.
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02-12-17, 05:37 PM
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02-12-17, 05:41 PM
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Are you in an older single family home, condo or apartment? If so, there is a slight possibility that you do not have 240 volts service but 208 volts. This would definitely reduce the heating ability of the oven.
The 50 ampere circuit breaker needs to be replaced with a 20 ampere unit to offer some protection to the oven.
The 50 ampere circuit breaker needs to be replaced with a 20 ampere unit to offer some protection to the oven.
#6
02-12-17, 06:00 PM
okay. i will get the breaker swapped out to 20 amps. It is an old home built in 1930 so completely possible and I have no idea on how to check. so the recovery time is affected by the 208v?
#7
02-12-17, 06:30 PM
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If you're in a home then you should have 120/240v service.
You ran the new cable yourself ?
Did you connect both wires.... white and black ..... to the 2P breaker ?
You ran the new cable yourself ?
Did you connect both wires.... white and black ..... to the 2P breaker ?
Last edited by PJmax; 02-12-17 at 06:47 PM.
#9
02-12-17, 06:43 PM
Is it conceivable to have only the 208? Thanks.
#10
02-12-17, 06:59 PM
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What is the make and model of your pizza oven?
You say this is in a house right?
When you say recovery what exactly do you mean?
Is it that you are cooking as many pizzas as will fit in the oven and when cooked the oven will not be at the correct temperature to start another batch?
You say this is in a house right?
When you say recovery what exactly do you mean?
Is it that you are cooking as many pizzas as will fit in the oven and when cooked the oven will not be at the correct temperature to start another batch?
#11
02-12-17, 07:11 PM
p44s bakers pride. countertop model in my house. when the oven was hooked up in my apt, i would plug it into the existing oven outlet. you are correct, it would recover very quickly back up to 550 deg from pizza to pizza. now, it takes much longer to get back up to temp after removing pizzas.
#12
02-12-17, 07:16 PM
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The p44S is a double oven and you have it on your countertop at home ?
It also states requiring 3600w per oven or 7200w total.
bakers pride/specs/hearthbake/hb_p44s_p44bl.pdf
It really sounds like you are not giving the unit 240v.
It also states requiring 3600w per oven or 7200w total.
bakers pride/specs/hearthbake/hb_p44s_p44bl.pdf
It really sounds like you are not giving the unit 240v.
#16
02-12-17, 07:36 PM
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i checked the outlet and the elements with a multimeter. all is good to go.
#17
02-12-17, 07:40 PM
Super Moderator
If you checked the voltage and have 240 volts available and that you have continuity on EACH element then the only other thing to check is that the thermostat is operating correctly.
#18
02-13-17, 08:00 AM
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or that you are not exceeding the oven's capacity by cooking too many pizzas over an extended period of time.
