GE JP655 Installation Instructions Manual page 7

Installation Instructions
INSTALLATION--ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS
[] When making the wire connections, use
the entire length of conduit provided.
The conduit must not be shortened.
[] With the cooktop in place, open the front
of the cabinet door.
[] Insert the wires from the conduit through
the opening of the junction box.
GroundRe_ __
Black
Strain Relief Clamp
[] Connect the red and black leads from the
cooktop conduit to the corresponding
leads in the junction box.
Red
Ground wire Black
location
[] Once the connections are made, secure
wires together using wire nuts.
Red
Strain Relief
Grouna / - Black
Clamp
GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS:
The bare ground wire in the conduit is
connected to the cooktop frame. Effective
January 1, 1996, the National Electrical Code
will not permit grounding through neutral.
If used in new construction after January 1, 1996
or in a mobile home, recreational vehicle or if
local codes do not permit grounding through
the neutral white lead, attach the appliance
grounding lead (green or copper) to the
residence grounding conductor (green or bare
copper) in accordance with local codes. When
connecting to a 3 conductor branch circuit,
if local codes permit, connect the bare ground
connector lead of the cooktop to the branch
circuit neutral (gray or white in color).
IMPORTANT: Ifthe
cooktop
is
being installed into a blind counter (one with
no cabinet opening below), wire connections
must be made before putting the cooktop
into the cutout opening.