Hi, we are getting ready to replace an old gas range with a new electric range. Since our old range was gas operated, there is no 220v outlet for the new range. The location of the new range is on the second floor and the main circuit panel is in the basement (it is old and pretty full). There is a subpanel up on the second floor and on that panel is a 220v 20A breaker for an ac unit. Since we do not use that ac unit (do not even have one up there), is there a way to hook up the 50A range onto that panel instead of the ac and then install new wiring from the panel through the attic to the kitchen? As our funds are limited, we would rather not pay an electrician thousands of dollars to come in if there is at least something we can do ourselves. Or should we just get a new gas range and stick with the 110v outlet? Thank you in advance!

I have a couple of grounding questions: 1. The ground wire from my breaker box goes to a piece of metal conduit that goes into the ground through the basement floor. It is strapped onto it with plastic ties. I had an inspector tell me I needed to connect a ground across the water meter on the copper water pipe, so I clamped a new piece of ground wire below and above the meter on the water pipe, and then clamped that to the wire from the box. The conduit and water pipe are about 3 feet apart where they go into the ground through the basement floor. The conduit ties into a network of metal boxes connected by conduit that goes back to the box. This is an old house that was rewired, so there is a mixture of the conduit and Romex. My question: is having two grounds a problem? Should I just disconnect the ground wire from the conduit and let the water pipe be the only ground? 2. I have a GFIC outlet in the kitchen that was supplied by the old wire, which had just two wires - no ground. I was able to fish some Romex down through the wall into the basement to replace the old ungrounded wire. The box where the old wire was tied in is a metal box attached to the metal conduit mentioned above. There were no grounded wires in the box, so I grounded the ground from my new piece of Romex to the metal box itself. The outlet tests okay with a plug-in tester, but is this an adequate and safe ground? Also, if I remove the ground wire from the conduit where it goes into the ground, will the metal conduit-box network remain grounded by virtue of it's connection to the breaker box? Thanks!