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Electrical Requirements for Electric Models Only

Warning

  • The wiring and grounding must conform to the latest edition of the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70 and all applicable local regulations. Please contact a qualified electrician to check your home’s wiring and fuses to ensure that your home has adequate electrical power to operate the appliance.

  • This appliance must be connected to a grounded metal, permanent wiring system, or an equipment-grounding conductor must be run with the circuit conductors and connected to the equipment-grounding terminal or lead on the appliance.

  • The appliance has its own terminal block that must be connected to a separate 240 VAC, 60-Hertz, single-phase circuit, fused at 30 amperes. (The circuit must be fused on both sides of the line.) ELECTRICAL SERVICE FOR THE APPLIANCE SHOULD BE OF THE MAXIMUM RATE VOLTAGE LISTED ON THE NAMEPLATE. DO NOT CONNECT THE APPLIANCE TO 110-, 115-, OR 120-VOLT CIRCUIT.

  • If the branch circuit to appliance is 4.5 m or less in length, use UL (Underwriters Laboratories) listed No.-10 AWG wire (copper wire only), or as required by local codes. If over 4.5 m, use UL-listed No.-8 AWG wire (copper wire only), or as required by local codes. Allow sufficient slack in wiring so the appliance can be moved from its normal location when necessary.

  • The power cord (pigtail) connection between the wall receptacle and the appliance terminal block IS NOT supplied with the appliance. Type of pigtail and gauge of wire must conform to local codes and with instructions on the following pages.

  • Do not modify the plug and internal wire provided with the appliance.

  • The appliance should be connected to a 4-hole outlet.

  • If the plug does not fit the outlet, a proper outlet will need to be installed by a qualified electrician.

  • Connect the power cord to the terminal block. Each colored wire should be connected to the same color screw. Wire color indicated in the manual is connected to the same color screw in the block.

  • Grounding through the neutral conductor is prohibited for: (1) new branch-circuit installations and (2) areas where local codes prohibit grounding through the neutral conductor.