GE ARC13AACWK1 Owner's Manual page 10

Installation Instructions
E. MECHANICAL CONTROL
INSTALLATION
1. From inside the RV, double check the gasket's
position and alignment above the roof opening.
Adjust if necessary. The air conditioner can be
moved and adjusted by pushing upwards from
inside the RV.
2. Reach through the base pan and pull the electrical
power cord from the air conditioner through the
ceiling opening.
3. Measure ceiling to roof thickness.
4. Cut rows from the bottom of the foam baffle
according the table below:
Ceiling to roof thickness
Minimum
2
2.5
3.5
4.5
5
5.5
Best Practice:
Cut away one row at a time, and check installation
position of baffle. With the top foam compressed onto
the air conditioner's base pan, the bottom of the baffle
should be flush to the ceiling opening.
5. Install 2 baffle retainer plates onto the ceiling
assembly
the ceiling assembly.
7. Plug 6 pin connector from the roof mounted air
conditioner into the electronic control box.
10
Rows to cut
Maximum
2.5 10
3 8
4 6
5 4
5.5 2
6 0
E. MECHANICAL CONTROL
INSTALLATION
8. Reassemble the 6 pin connection cover to the
ceiling assembly.
9. Route the 115 VAC power cord through the strain
relief of the ceiling assembly. Tighten the strain
relief, making sure not to damage the wires.
10. Place foam baffle into position between 2 retainer
plates.
11. Push the ceiling assembly into the roof opening,
and begin hand-threading each of the 4 mounting
bolts through the nuts in the base pan.
12. Tighten the 4 bolts evenly to 45 +- 5 inch pounds
using a torque at least rated for 0-60 in-lbs. Even
compression is required to prevent leaks through
the gasket.
13. Remove junction box cover.
black, white to white, and ground to green.
prevent any potential movement due to vehicle
vibration.
16. Push wires and connections into the junction box.
Reinstall junction box cover.
17. Align plastic ceiling panel to the metal assembly.
18. Install the 2 provided sheet metal screws to attach
the plastic panel to the metal assembly. The filter
must be removed to install these screws.
19. Install the 8 provided wood screws to secure the
plastic panel to the RV ceiling. The air discharge
doors should not be installed, or these screws will
be difficult to drive.
20. Assemble the filter and air discharge doors to the
plastic panel.
21. Install the 2 control knobs.
22. Installation is complete. Refer to "Controls" on
page 12 before attempting to operate the air
conditioner.
(cont.)
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