Jenn-Air JEC4430BS00 Installation Instructions Manual page 6

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 a frame connected, green or
bare ground wire. Connect the cooktop cable to the junction box
through the UL listed or CSA approved conduit connector.
Electrical Connection Options
For cooktops with a 4-wire cable:
If your home has: And you will be Go to Section:
connecting to:
4-wire direct A fused
disconnect or
circuit breaker
box
(12.7 crn)
4-Wire Cable from
Power Supply to
4-Wire Cable from
Cooktop
3-wire direct A fused 3-Wire Cable from
disconnect or Power Supply to
circuit breaker 4-Wire Cable from
box Cooktop
4-Wire Cable from Power Supply to 4-Wire Cable from
Cooktop
IMPORTANT: Use the 4-wire cable from power supply where
local codes do not permit connecting the frame-ground
conductor to the neutral (white) junction box wire.
A. 4-wire cable from power supply
B. Black wires
C. Bare or green wires
D. 4-wire cable from cooktop
E. Junction box
F. White wires
G. UL listed wire connector
H. Red wires
I. UL listed or CSA approved
conduit connector
1. Disconnect power.
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 connector for
1/2"(1.3 cm) conduit.
4. Tighten screws on conduit connector if present.
5. Connect the two black wires together using the UL listed wire
connectors.
6. Connect the two red wires together using the UL listed wire
connectors.
7. Connect the two white wires together using the UL listed wire
connectors.
For cooktops with a 3-wire cable:
If your home has: And you will be Go to Section:
connecting to:
4-wire direct A fused 4-Wire Cable from
disconnect or Power Supply to
circuit breaker 3-Wire Cable from
box Cooktop
(12.7 crn)
8. 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.
9. Install junction box cover.
10. Reconnect power.
3-wire direct A fused 3-Wire Cable from
disconnect or Power Supply to
circuit breaker 3-Wire Cable from
box Cooktop
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