Conduit running to stove top blocking kitchen drawer closure.... - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

merc lover · #1 03-17-2022, 05:19 PM

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....

barry12345 · #2 03-17-2022, 08:30 PM

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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....

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. .

Texasgeezer · #3 03-18-2022, 12:08 AM

You recently posted ' a loud pop from kitchen '.

Could the drawer not closing and the wire/conduit be related to the loud noise you heard?

Any chance you can take a picture of the conduit/wire and post it?

You stated it goes to the stove top. Is it a built-in stove/cook top? Does the wire/conduit come out of the wall/floor and then go up to the stove top?

Is the drawer in a cabinet next to the stove top or in the cabinet that has a built-in cook top?

Is the conduit the flexible metal type?, If so it might have fallen from a "clamp/retainer" higher up and caused the noise you previously heard.

If it was my kitchen and a flexible metal conduit, I would secure it out of the way of the kitchen drawer and higher than where it has fallen. Hopefully the conduit was properly attached at the stove top and the origin of the conduit. If not, it might expose the wires inside the conduit to sharp metal edges that could cut through the electric wires protective coating.

I wouldn't worry about the conduit overheating, I'd worry that the conduit ends may not be secured properly.

merc lover · #4 03-18-2022, 10:56 AM

great advice. I will carefully check both ends of the conduit to make sure they are connected properly. Yes, it is a built in stove top. The conduit comes out of the wall underneath the stove top then connects to underneath the stove top. There are two drawers directly underneath the built in stove top. Yes, the conduit is the flexible type; I'll check and see if it might have fallen down or perhaps the drawer caught it just right and pulled it down.

I just loaned my digital camera to a friend for a few days; as soon as they bring it back I'll take some photos and post.