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   On 4/2/2013 3:31 PM, Rich. wrote:   
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   >>> Electrical code requires that junction boxes be readily accessible.   
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   >> Circuit breakers must, usually, be "readily accessible".   
   >>   
   >> NEC definition   
   >> "Accessible (as applied to wiring methods [j-boxes]). Capable of being   
   >> removed or exposed without damaging the building structure of finish   
   >> or not permanently closed in by the structure of finish of the building."   
   >>   
   >> It is common to have a j-box behind the oven where the oven is removed   
   >> (while attached by the supply cable) to access the j-box. It is in the   
   >> installation instructions provided.   
   >   
   > Anything attached is considered building structure or finish. A   
   > freestanding range is not attached and therefore the plug is considered   
   > accessible when behind it.   
      
   (The ranges were usually unplugged by removing a drawer at the bottom   
   and reaching through to the plug behind the range.)   
      
      
   > A wall oven is attached (usually by screws)   
   > so the junction box is not considered accessible. Ask any competent   
   > electrical inspector and what they'll tell you is if it's screwed,   
   > glued, or nailed down, it's a part of the structure.   
   >   
      
   If a 'cover' is attached with screws the j-box is not "permanently   
   closed in by the structure or finish of the building".   
      
   Ask any competent electrician and they will tell you wall ovens are   
   usually connected to a j-box behind the oven, and you connect with the   
   oven out then slide the oven in. It is one of 2 methods for connecting   
   the oven in the instructions the OP provided. Find installation   
   instructions for a wall oven that do not have that as a connection method.   
      
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