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Originally Posted by Chatbrat
Any company is only as good as its worst employee--lots of times wires creep and have to be retightened, especially if they use aluminum wire--the wire should not have loosened when moving the stove--the strain relief should have prevented it
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You are right....but often one does not see the strain relief used....heck, I've seen the cord installed through the sheet metal with no protection at all. Luckily, once the stove is in place it typically does not move at all.
For anyone wondering, the stove is installed tight against the wall, so this cannot and is not checked. Any good Inspector checks for the Anti-tip clip of course, but this is an appliance issue....Easily once in a thousand or more stoves would have this problem. As you do not read about houses here in The Villages burning down from stove issues on a regular basis, I am guessing this was a once in a lifetime type of serious issue. Glad it ended safely.
Frank