26-744 Supply connections for appliances
(1) Electric heating and cooking appliances shall have only one point of connection for supply.
(2) Where an electric clothes dryer having an input in excess of 1500 W at 115 V but not exceeding 30 A
is intended to be installed in a dwelling unit, a receptacle of CSA Configuration 14-30R, as shown in
Diagram 1, shall be installed for the supply of energy to the appliance.
(3) An electric clothes dryer having an input in excess of 1500 W at 115 V but not exceeding 30 A, and used in
a dwelling unit, shall be cord-connected by means of a cord and attachment plug of CSA Configuration
14-30P to the receptacle referred to in Subrule (2).
(4) Where a free-standing electric range, having a calculated demand of 50 A or less, is intended to be installed
in a dwelling unit, a receptacle of CSA Configuration 14-50R, as shown in Diagram 1, shall be installed for
the supply of electric energy to the appliance.
(5) The receptacle required by Subrule (4) shall be permitted to be connected to a branch circuit rated at not
less than 40 A.
[B](6) The receptacle required by Subrule (4) shall be installed
(a) above the finished floor at a height not exceeding 130 mm to the centre of the receptacle;
(b) as near midpoint as is practicable, measured along the floor line of the wall space intended for the
electric range; and[/B]
(c) with the U-ground slot orientated to either side.
(7) In a dwelling unit, a free-standing electric range having a calculated demand of 50 A or less shall be
cord-connected by means of a cord and attachment plug of CSA Configuration 14-50P.
(8) Appliances that are intended for connection by a wiring method as specified in Section 12 shall be
permitted to be cord-connected using an attachment plug and receptacle.
[B](9) The receptacles required by Subrules (2) and (4) shall be flush-mounted wherever practicable[/B].