I just bought a new electric stove to replace my old one and had the following questions: 1) The new stove came with a 3-wire plug, but my outlet had the 4-wire. Since my new stove is convertable to a 4-wire configuration, what I did was use the power cord from my old stove and used it on the new one. Can I do that? It seems to work fine, but I just want to make sure that it won't explode or catch on fire in couple days. 2) The 3-wire power cord from the new stove doesn't have red, white, and black labels. When I took it off, I forgot to label them, so I'm not sure how to install the 3-wire power cord on my old stove. Is there a way to see which one is supposed to be attached to the black, to the red, and to the white by just looking at the wire? Thanks!

I had a sheet rock installer come and take a look and give an estimate for the work. He said I have wires coming out of the boxes and existing switches will make it hard for him to install the sheet rock. I told them my plan is to mount the appropriate depth mud rings on each box, then tuck the wires or switch into the box, the cover the opening with masking tape. He said this would not work, as his standard procedure is to have the box completely open with no mud ring. He measures the height of the box from the floor, then write it on the floor and strike a mark. When he installs the sheet rock he will then mark where the center is, insert a "rotozip" into it, then cut across until he meets the inside of the metal box, then he zips around the inside of the box to do the cutout. I said this will probably end up tearing and cutting my wires inside, he said this is how it's done and "should be OK, you can always repair your wires later"... I don't know if this should be in electrical or wall/ceiling section. But wouldn't most people have wires in the boxes come sheet rock time?