I purchased a new induction cooktop only to find the old cooktop is has some strange wiring. The house was built in 1980 but the cooktop that came with it was much more modern. The wire powering it has to thick black cables, and then like 10 thin bare silver wires. The existing range had the ground hooked up to a bundle of 3 of the thin bare wires.
I cannot find any reference to this kind of wiring online. For now I've wired up the new cooktop the same way and it works but makes me nervous. Can anyone explain what the existing wiring is without a neutral or single ground? And is it safe, or how urgent is it I get a new wire run?
