Maytag MEC7430W - 30 in. Electric Cooktop Installation Instructions Manual page 4

INSTALLATIONINSTRUCTIONS
Excessive Weight Hazard
Use two or more people to move and install cooktop.
Failure to do so can result in back or other injury.
1. Decide on the final location for the cooktop.
2. Using 2 or more people, place the cooktop upside down on a
covered surface.
3. Remove foam strip from literature packing. Remove backing
from foam strip. Apply foam strip adhesive-side down around
bottom of cooktop, flush with edge.
NOTE: The foam strip keeps debris from the underside of the
cooktop glass and helps the cooktop sit flat on uneven
counters.
2. Remove junction box cover, if present.
3. Connect the flexible cable conduit from the cooktop to the
junction box using a UL listed or CSA approved conduit
connector.
4. Tighten screws on conduit connector if present.
5. See "Electrical Connection Options" chart to complete
installation for your type of electrical connection.
Electrical Connection Options
If your home has: And you will be Go to Section:
connecting to:
4-wire A fused 4-Wire Cable from
disconnect or Home Power
circuit breaker Supply
box
(12.7 crn)
3-wire A fused 3-Wire Cable from
disconnect or Home Power
circuit breaker Supply
box
A. Cooktop base
B. Foam strip
C. Cooktop
1.
2.
Using 2 or more people, turn cooktop right side up.
Place cooktop in cutout.
NOTE: Make sure that the front edge of the cooktop is parallel
to the front edge of the countertop. If repositioning is needed,
lift entire cooktop up from cutout to avoid scratching the
countertop.
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Electrical Shock Hazard
Disconnect power before servicing.
Use 8 gauge copper wire.
Electrically ground cooktop.
Failure to follow these instructions can result in death,
fire, or electrical shock.
This cooktop is manufactured with the frame connected to the
bare ground wire. Connect the cooktop cable to the junction box
through the UL listed or CSA approved conduit connector.
1. Disconnect power.
4-Wire Cable from Home Power Supply
IMPORTANT: Use the 4-wire cable from home power supply
where local codes do not permit connecting the frame-ground
conductor to the neutral (white) junction box wire:
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A. Cable from home power supply
B. Red wires
C. Green or bare ground wires
D. 3-wire cable from cooktop
E. Junction box
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F. White wire (from home power
supply)
G. UL listed wire connector
H. Black wires
I. UL listed or CSA approved
conduit connector
1.
2.
3.
4.
Connect the 2 black wires together using the UL listed wire
connectors.
Connect the 2 red wires together using the UL listed wire
connectors.
Connect the green (or bare) ground wire from the cooktop
cable to the green (or bare) ground wire (in the junction box)
using the UL listed wire connectors.
Put a UL listed wire connector on the end of the white wire.
NOTE: Do not connect the bare ground wire to the neutral
(white) wire in the junction box.
5. Install junction box cover.
6. Reconnect power.