Placement Of Mounting Plate; Removing The Mounting Plate; Finding The Wall Studs - GE PVM9179 Series Installation Instructions Manual

PLACEMENT OF THE MOUNTING PLATE
1
A REMOVING THE OVEN FROM
THE CARTON/REMOVING
THE MOUNTING PLATE
1
Remove the box containing the installation
instructions, filters, exhaust adaptor, damper
and the small hardware bag. Do not remove
the foam packing protecting the front of the oven.
2
Fold back all 4 carton flaps fully against carton sides.
Then carefully roll the oven and carton over onto
the top side. The oven should be resting in the foam
packing.
Foam
Packing
3 Pull the carton up and off the oven.
4
The mounting plate is attached to the back of the
oven. Remove the two screws holding it to the oven.
The plate will be used as the rear wall template and
for mounting the oven to the wall.
5
Set the oven upright. Remove and properly discard
plastic bags and foam packing.
6 Open the oven door and remove the foam packing
from inside the oven. Remove the tape covering the
turntable hub.
Installation Instructions
Carton
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FINDING THE WALL STUDS

B
Wall
Studs
Center
1
Find the studs, using one of the following methods:
A. Stud finder – a magnetic device which locates nails.
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 probing
2
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 or 24
from this mark.
Draw a line down the center of the studs.
3
IMPORTANT: The microwave oven must be connected to
at least one wall stud.
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