Apparently I'm in my own little world on this one: I see range receptacles fail all the time. A combination of old receptacle, too short a cord, and tenants who find it necessary to move their range much more than necessary puts tension on the cord and plug which causes the receptacle to break.

For some reason in the poor sections of Richmond (where I'm lucky enough to work) this a constant problem. When they design housing projects I think they might just be better off using long hardwired whips that go straight into a box.

But maybe I shouldn't complain because these are four-wire ranges and it gives me a chance to remove the bonding-jumper and install the cord connector, both of which are always respectively present and missing.

Whee.

-John