Placement Of Mounting Plate; Removing The Mounting Plate; Finding The Wall Studs - GE RVM5160 Installation Instructions Manual

PLACEMENT OF THE MOUNTING PLATE
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A REMOVING THE MICROWAVE
OVEN FROM THE CARTON/

REMOVING THE MOUNTING PLATE

Open the box and fold back all four carton flaps
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fully against the carton sides. Remove the following
items from the protective foam: installation
instructions, filters, exhaust adaptor, damper, and
the small hardware bag. Do not remove the foam
protecting the front of the microwave oven.
2 Then carefully roll the microwave oven and carton
over onto the top side. The microwave oven
should be resting in the foam.
Foam
3 Pull the carton up and off the microwave oven.
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The mounting plate is attached to the back of the
microwave oven. Remove the two screws holding
it to the microwave oven. The plate will be used
as the rear wall template and for mounting the
microwave oven to the wall.
5 Set the microwave oven upright. Remove and
properly discard plastic bags and foam.
Open the microwave oven door and remove the
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plastic sheet and tape from inside the microwave
oven door. Remove the tape covering the turntable
hub.
Installation Instructions
Carton

FINDING THE WALL STUDS

B
Wall
Studs
Center
1 Find the studs, using one of the following
methods:
A. Stud finder.
B. Use a hammer to tap lightly across the
mounting surface to find a solid sound. This
will indicate
a stud location.
After locating the stud(s), find the center by
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probing
the wall with a small nail to find the edges of the
stud. Then place a mark halfway between the
edges.
The center of any adjacent studs should be 16
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or 24 from this mark.
Draw a line down the center of the studs.
IMPORTANT: The microwave must be connected
to at least one wall stud.
OR
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