Electrical Connection; Check Operation - Whirlpool 27" Installation Instructions Manual

27" (68.6 cm) and 30" (76.2 cm) electric built-in microwave/ oven combination
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If your house has aluminum wiring, see
"Electrical requirements", Page 2.
WARNING
Electrical Shock Hazard
Turn power supply off before connecting wires.
Use 8 gauge solid copper wire.
Electrically ground range.
Failure to follow these instructions can result
in death, fire, or electrical shock.
This oven is manufactured with white (neutral)
power supply wire and a cabinet-connected bare
ground wire twisted together.
4.
Feed oven cable through opening in
the cabinet. Make electrical connection
following the steps needed for your installation.
1. Disconnect the power supply.
2. Remove the junction box cover.
3. Connect oven cable to junction box through
the U.L.-listed conduit connector.
4. Connect the two black wires together with
twist-on connectors.
5. Connect the two red wires together with twist-
on connectors.
6. Complete electrical connection according to
local codes and ordinances.
Attachment
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Carefully push against seal area of
oven front frame when pushing oven
into cabinet.
Do Not push against outside edges.
5.
Lift oven into cabinet cutout using
the oven opening as an area to grip.
shipping
foot
Push against seal area of front frame to
push oven into cabinet until shipping feet
almost contact cabinet. Use a Phillips
screwdriver to remove screws attaching
shipping feet. Remove and discard shipping
feet.
Push oven completely into cabinet and
center oven in cabinet cutout.

Check operation

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10.
Turn on power supply. The
display panel will light up briefly. "PF"
should appear in the temperature display.
BAKE
BROIL
11.
Check the operation of your lower
oven. Press the "BROIL" pad. "BROIL" will
appear in the display.
Press the "START" pad. Make sure the
oven door is closed and the "ON" light is
shown in the display area.
After 2 minutes, partially open oven door.
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junction
box
red
wires
white
wire
white and bare
grounding oven
cable wires —
factory crimped
Figure 1
If local codes PERMIT
connecting cabinet-ground
conductor to neutral white
wire in junction box:
7. Connect the factory-crimped bare
and white oven cable wires to the
neutral (white) wire in junction
box. See Figure 1.
8. Replace junction box cover.
6.
Important: Securely fasten oven to
cabinet using the screws provided. Insert the
screws through holes in mounting rails. Do
Not overtighten screws.
Slide top of
trim up.
7.
Slide top end of each trim upward onto
oven side rails. Push each trim into place at
bottom of trim. Use screws to attach each trim
to oven. Take care not to scratch other
surfaces with ends of trim.
You should feel heat from the oven. Press the
"CANCEL" pad.
If your oven does not heat or an"F" appears
in the display, contact your dealer or check
the "If you need service..." section of this
Installation Instructions.
12.
Check the operation of the
microwave oven.
• Fill a microwave-safe container with one cup of
CLEAN
water and place container inside microwave
oven. Close door firmly.
• Set microwave oven cook time to "2:00"
minutes.
• Press the "START/ENTER" pad. The interior
microwave oven light should be on and the
remaining cooking time should be displayed.
• When display reads "1:00," open microwave
oven door. The microwave should stop cooking.
cable from
power supply
black
wires
U.L.-listed
conduit
cable from
connector
oven
If local codes DO NOT
PERMIT connecting
cabinet-ground conductor
to neutral white wire in
7. Separate the factory-
crimped bare and white
oven cable wires.
8. Connect white oven cable
wire to neutral (white)
wire in junction box. See
Figure 2.
9. Connect the bare ground
oven cable wire to a
grounded wire in the
junction box.
See Figure 2.
10. Replace junction box
cover.
4 screws
Push trim
into place.
Replace trim
screw.
cable from
junction
power supply
box
red
wires
bare grounding
wires
U.L.-listed conduit
Figure 2
cable from
connector
oven
If connecting to a
four-wire electrical
7. Separate bare and white
oven cable wires.
junction box:
8. Connect white oven
cable wire to neutral
(white) wire in junction
box. See Figure 2.
9. Connect the bare
ground oven cable wire
to the green ground
wire in junction box.
Do Not connect bare
ground wire to neutral
(white) wire in junction
box. See Figure 2.
10. Replace junction box
cover.
8.
Replace oven racks.
9.
Reinstall the oven door by inserting
ends of hinges into hinge slots in the oven
frame. Push hinges in as far as they will go.
Open the door (you will feel the door drop
into place) and rotate both hinge latches back
to the locked position.
Close and open the door to check that the
door closes and opens completely. If door
does not close or open completely, repeat
the door removal step and reinstall door as
described above.
• Close door firmly. The interior microwave
oven light should turn off.
• Press the "START/ENTER" pad. Microwave
oven should begin cooking and the
microwave oven interior light should be
on.
• Let microwave oven complete cooking
time. A tone will sound four times at end
of cooking time and microwave oven will
shut off.
• Open microwave oven door and carefully
remove container. Water in container
should be hot.
To get the most efficient use
from your new oven, read your
Use and Care Guide. Keep
Installation Instructions
and Guide close to oven
for easy reference.
white
wires
black wires
system:

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