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Originally Posted by merc lover
OK, I realize this is a car forum but I don't know where else to turn. One of my kitchen drawers does not close fully. Upon closer inspection, I found that the conduit underneath the drawer containing the electrical wiring running to the stove top has somehow pushed outward from the back wall. This is keeping the drawer from closing fully.
It appears I could take a zip tie and tie the offending conduit back to the back wall. If for some reason the conduit heated up, could it burn through the zip tie? Might there be a better way to tie the conduit back? Again, many thanks for any replies/input/thoughts....
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Assuming the cable was sized for the function. A fairly reasonable assumption. That cable will never heat up to any signifagent degree,
Turn on all the stove top elements to full for five minutes and feel the cable. Slightly warm at most if at all.
The person using the stove would never have all the elements at full output remember.
If you wanted to get really anal about it. If the cable was running that hot you would probably smell the overheated plastic sheathing. It may be an earlier cable kind of fabric covered. Or an armored cable. Not positive of code requirements but there is no real safety issue.
Strikes me an armored cable should run from a box .If I were trying to get it passed code wise. Yet a standard vinyl Covered cord is legal if it plugs into a wall receptacle like most stoves have. .