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Originally Posted by nota
I get the same volts if I read from the two plugs on a 110 line wall plug on my fluke meter
or one side of the 110 line to grounded box the new oven plug will be placed in
or what I think is a good connected ground in place on the existing box and flex line
so am I good to go to ground at the box with a short wire to #4 lug on the new socket ?
or do I really need a new wire run to ground on the main breaker panel
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The question is do you want to follow code. Whether you 'have' to or not is academic. For a long while, manufacturers shipped 240v appliances with instructions to do what yours said. The NEC would allow it, but no longer does.
So, if you were having a licensed electrician hook this up, he would not do it unless he pulled a ground wire. Then comes the matter of insurance. If the time line can be established that you installed this appliance in 2018, you would be found non compliant.
Many thousands of us do our own work and do what we need to do but not always what we have to do. And we get away with it. There are parts of the country where there are no inspections — you're on your own. And the fact is, there are more fires on those structures than the average. Not saying this about you, just in general.
Now that you know this, really, how can you not do it right?