For The Electrician - Whirlpool 50 Installation Instructions Manual

For the
electrician
Electrical requirements
A 115 Volt, 60 Hz, AC only, 15 Amp fused electrical
supply is required (time delay fuse or circuit breaker
is recommended). It is recommended that a separate
circuit, serving only this appliance, be provided. DO
NOT use an extension cord.
ELECTRICAL GROUND IS REQUIRED ON THIS
APPLIANCE.
Recommended
grounding methods
DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, REMOVE
THE POWER SUPPLY CORD GROUND PRONG.
For your personal safety, this appliance must be
grounded. This appliance is equipped with a power
supply cord having a 3-prong grounding plug. To
minimize possible shock hazard, the cord must be
plugged into a mating 3-prong grounding type wall
receptacle, grounded in accordance with the National
Electrical Code and local codes and ordinances. If a
mating wall receptacle is not available, it is the personal
responsibility and obligation of the customer to have
a properly grounded 3-prong wall receptacle installed
by a qualified electrician. See Figure 6.
3-PRONG
GROUNDING TYPE
WALL RECEPTACLE
NG
NDING
POWER SUPPLY
CORD
Alternate
grounding method
DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, REMOVE
THE POWER SUPPLY CORD GROUND PRONG.
If changing and properly grounding the wall receptacle
is impossible and where local codes permit (consult
your electrical inspector), a temporary adapter may be
plugged into the existing 2-prong wall receptacle to
mate with the 3-prong power supply cord. See Figure
7. THIS, HOWEVER, IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
If this is done, you must connect the grounding eyelet
on the adapter to the wall receptacle cover plate screw
and from this same screw, you must connect a separate
copper ground wire (No. 4 minimum) to a grounded cold
water pipe*. See Figure 7. Do not ground to a gas supp-
ly pipe. Do not connect to electrical supply until ap-
pliance is permanently grounded.
*Cold water pipe must have metal continuity to elec-
trical ground and not be interrupted by plastic, rubber
or other electrically insulating connectors (including
waler meter or pump) without adding a jumper wire at
these connections.
GROUND ASSEMBLY
(ATTACH TO GROUNDED
COLD WATER PIPE)
ELECTRICALLY
GROUNDED COLD
WATER PIPE (REMOVE
GROUND WIRE (##4 MINIM
3-PRONG
GROUNDING
PLUG
ASSEMBLY
WALL RE
POWER SUPPLY CORD
t-
ICEPTACLE
FIGURE 6
FIGURE 7
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