Swapping Out An RV Oven – Part 2

With our old gas RV oven removed, we can now proceed with installing our
Breville Smart Oven Air. In my previous post, Swapping Out An RV Oven – Part 1, I explained how I removed our old RV oven while keeping the stove-top. Now I will tell how I went about installing the new electric one

Preparing The Cabinet

The first thing we did was paint the cabinet hole, left by the old oven, to match the rest of the cabinet. Angelic jumped right on this task and had it knocked out in no time. After the paint dried, I took my drill and a hole saw and made a hole in the back corner to fit the cord through.

An Experimental Test

These electric ovens are designed to be used on a counter-top and not within the confines of a cabinet. Before placing the oven inside the cabinet, I did a little test with it. I set the oven on the counter-top and turned it on its highest setting. With the oven up to temperature, I lightly touched the side of it. It was pretty hot to the touch. Though holding my hand an inch or so away from it, the air was just a little warm.

Let’s Insulate This

Now, with the results of my test, I chose to line the cabinet hole with Reflectix insulation. This should help keep the cabinet paneling from getting too hot. I do know that Reflectix isn’t made for high contact heat, but the oven will not be touching it, I believe with the airspace everything should be fine.

Placing The Oven In The Cabinet

The cabinet was now ready for the oven to be placed in its hole. After a minute or so trying, I found that the oven could be lowered in place at an angle through the stove-top opening. Now it was time to move on to the electrical side of the project. This called for a trip to our favorite home/RV improvement center was in store. We picked up a few feet of 12/2 with ground romex wire, a weatherproof electrical box, a GFCI receptacle, and cover were purchased to do the job.

Wireing The New RV Oven

Before we start, remember, I am not an electrician, so you may want to consult with a certified electrician before following the advice in my tutorial. With that, first thing to do was disconnect the RV from shore power! First thing I did was run one end of the romex into the box and install the GFCI outlet in it, making sure to connect the correct wires to the terminals. Then I attached the box to the wall underneath the cabinet. The other end of the romex was run down the underside of the cabinet to the breaker box.

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A Little Reconfiguring

Unfortunately, the RV manufacturer didn’t leave us a spare circuit breaker to wire our new oven to. But after removing the circuit breaker cover I found a little relocating of circuits could be done. The circuit breaker powering the 12-volt converter had a pigtail on it that was not connected to anything. This allowed me to move one of the existing 15-amp electrical circuits from its current breaker to the pigtail mentioned, freeing up a breaker.

Connecting The New Circuit

To connect the new circuit to the box, I stripped back several inches of the romex covering off, exposing the individual wires. I next stripped off about ½ inch of insulation from the black and white wires and removed the paper from the bare wire. The bare wire, the ground, was connected to an empty slot on the ground bar. Next, the white wire, the neutral, is connected to the neutral bar. That left the black wire, the hot wire, to be connected to the empty breaker. To connect it to the breaker, it first had to be popped loose from the panel. This was done by rotating the breaker toward the end the wire is connected to until It popped loose
. Then the black wire was easily connected to the breaker and popped back
in. With the circuit breaker cover reinstalled, the shore power was reconnected, and the new oven was plugged into its receptacle.

Enjoying The New Oven

We now have a fantastic little convection RV oven! However, since we have 30-amp service, sometimes we have to turn the A/C off when using the oven to prevent tripping the main breaker. Which is usually only a few minutes.

I hope these two articles, Swapping Out An RV Oven – Part 1, might help someone out in there RV. Thank you for
reading and please leave any feedback you may have. 

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