KitchenAid KECC548BSS Installation Instructions Manual page 5

Electrical Connection Options
For Cooktops With a 3-Wire Cable:
If Your Home Has: And You Will Be
Connecting To:
4-wire direct A fused
disconnect or
circuit breaker
box
5"
(12.7 cm)
3-wire direct A fused
disconnect or
circuit breaker
box
3¹⁄₂"
(8.9 cm)
4-Wire Cable from Power Supply to 3-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
B
C
D
E
A. 4-wire cable from power
supply
B. Red wire from power supply
C. White wire from cooktop
cable
D. Green (or bare) ground wires
from cooktop cable
E. 3-wire cable from cooktop
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 conduit
connector.
4. Tighten screws on conduit connector, if present.
5. Connect the 2 black wires together using the UL listed wire
connectors.
6. Connect the red wire (in the junction box) to the white wire
from the cooktop cable using the UL listed wire connectors.
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4-Wire Cable from
Power Supply to
3-Wire Cable from
Cooktop
3-Wire Cable from
Power Supply to
3-Wire Cable from
Cooktop
F
G
H
I
J
F. Junction box
G. White wire from power supply
H. UL listed wire connector
I. Black wires
J. UL listed or CSA approved
conduit connector with wire
bushing
7. 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.
8. Put a UL listed wire connector on the end of the white wire
from the power supply.
NOTE: Do not connect the bare ground wire to the neutral
(white) wire in the junction box.
9. Install junction box cover.
10. Reconnect power.
3-Wire Cable from Power Supply to 3-Wire Cable from
Cooktop
IMPORTANT: Use the 3-wire cable from power supply where
local codes permit connecting the frame-ground conductor to
the neutral (white) junction box wire:
A
B
C
D
E
A. 3-wire cable from power
supply
B. Red wire from power supply
C. White wire from cooktop cable
D. Green (or bare) ground wire
from cooktop cable
E. 3-wire cable from cooktop
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 conduit
connector.
4. Tighten screws on conduit connector if present.
5. Connect the 2 black wires together using the UL listed wire
connectors.
6. Connect the red wire (in the junction box) to the white wire
from the cooktop cable using the UL listed wire connectors.
7. Connect the green or bare cooktop cable wires to the white
(neutral) wire in the junction box using the UL listed wire
connectors.
8. Install junction box cover.
9. Reconnect power.
F
G
H
I
J
F. Junction box
G. White wire from power supply
H. UL listed wire connector
I. Black wires
J. UL listed or CSA approved
conduit connector with wire
bushing
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