Maytag MEDE500VW2 Installation Instructions Manual page 7

2.
Remove the hold-down screw and terminal block cover.
A. Neutral ground wire
B. External ground conductor screw
C. Center terminal block screw
D. Terminal block cover and hold-down screw
3. Install strain relief.
Style 1: Power supply cord strain relief
Remove the screws from a 3/4" (19 mm) UL listed strain
relief (UL marking on strain relief). Put the tabs of the two
clamp sections into the hole below the terminal block
opening so that one tab is pointing up and the other is
pointing down, and hold in place. Tighten strain relief screws
enough to hold the two clamp sections together.
/;:" _......... B
A. Strain relief tab pointing up
B. Hole below terminal block opening
C. Clamp section
D. Strain relief tab pointing down
Put power supply cord through the strain relief. Be sure that
the wire insulation on the power supply cord is inside the
strain relief. The strain relief should have a tight fit with the
dryer cabinet and be in a horizontal position.
Do not further tighten strain relief screws at this point.
Style 2: Direct wire strain relief
Fire Hazard
Use 10 gauge copper wire.
Use a UL listed strain relief,
Disconnect power before making electrical connections.
Connect neutral wire (white or center wire) to center
terminal (silver),
Ground wire (green or bare wire) must be connected to
green ground connector.
Connect remaining 2 supply wires to remaining
2 terminals (gold).
Securely tighten all electrical connections.
Failure to do so can result in death, fire, or
electrical shock.
Unscrew the removable conduit connector and any screws
from a 3/4" (19 mm) UL listed strain relief (UL marking on
strain relief). Put the threaded section of the strain relief
through the hole below the terminal block opening.
Reaching inside the terminal block opening, screw the
removable conduit connector onto the strain relief threads.
............. C
A. Removableconduit connector
B. Hole below terminalblock opening
C. Strain relief threads