Location - GE Monogram ZEW145V Installation Manual

Cabinetry
Component Cooktop _v_tem
Installation
Location
• Whenever possible, avoid placing cabineti T
directly above the cooking surface.
• If cabinetry is used above tile cooking
surface:
Use cabinets no more than 13" deep.
Maintain 30" nAnimum clearance between
cooktop(s) and unprotected cabinets
directly above the cooktop.
-If clearance is less than 30", protect cabinet
bottoms with flame-retardant millboard at
least 1/4" thick or gypsum board at least
3/16" thick covered with 28 gauge sheet
steel or .02" thick copper.
-Clearance between cooktop and protected
cabinetry must not be less than 24".
Working areas next to the cooktops should
have 18" nAnimum clearance between the
countertop and the cabinet bottom.
EXCEPTION: Installation of a listed
microwave oven or cooking appliance over the
cooktop(s) shall conform to tile installation
instructions packed with that appliance.
• Installation must conform with local codes.
Clearances:
• When installed electric components require
the following clearances:
2" nan. fl'om fl'ont of cooktop to fl'ont edge
of countertop,
- 1" rain. fl'om back of cooktop to rear wall,
- 1" nan. fl'om side of cooktop to side wall.
Gas components require:
2" rain. fl'om back of cooktop to rear wall,
2" rain. fl'om side of cooktop to side wall.
* Gas in side to side orientation
requires 2" min. to rear wall.
** Gas requires 2" rain. to side wall,