Electrical Requirements - Matrix T3X-02 Service Manual

CHaPTer 2: imPorTaNT SafeTy iNSTrUCTioNS

2.3 eleCTriCal reqUiremeNTS

For your safety and to ensure good treadmill performance, the ground
on this circuit must be non-looped. Please refer to NEC articles 210-21
and 210-23. Your treadmill is provided with a power cord with a plug listed
below and requires the listed outlet. Any alterations of this power cord
could void all warranties of this product..
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maTrix dediCaTed CirCUiT / eleCTriCal
reqUiremeNT iNfo
All Matrix treadmills require the use of a 20 amp "dedicated
circuit" with a non-looped (isolated) neutral / ground for the power
requirement. Quite simply this means that each outlet you plug
your treadmill into should not have anything else running on that
same circuit. The easiest way to verify this is to locate the main
circuit breaker box, and turn off the breaker(s) one at a time. Once
a breaker has been turned off, the only thing that should not have
power to it is the treadmill. No lamps, vending machines, fans,
sound systems, or any other item should lose power when you
perform this test.
Non-looped (isolated) neutral / grounding means that each circuit
must have an individual neutral / ground connection coming from it,
and terminating at an approved earth ground. You cannot "jumper"
a single neutral / ground from one circuit to the next.
In addition to the dedicated circuit requirement, the proper gauge
wire must be used from the circuit breaker box, to each outlet that
will have the maximum number of units running off of it. If the
distance from the circuit breaker box, to each outlet, is 100 feet or
less, then 12 gauge wire may be used. For any distance greater
than 100 feet from the circuit breaker box to the outlet, 10 gauge
wire must be used.