GE 131892900 owner manual Safety Instructions Care and Cleaning, Use copper, Conductors only

Installing the dryer (cont.).

3-Wire System for Electric Dryers—DO NOT use for Mobile Home Installations

	Remove the screws securing the terminal block
1
	access cover and the strain relief mounting
	bracket located on the back of the dryer upper
	corner.
	Install a UL-approved strain relief into the power
2
	cord entry hole of the mounting bracket. Use
	a strain relief which attaches to the mounting
	bracket with a nut. Finger-tighten the nut only
	at this time.
	Thread a UL-approved 30A, 240V, 3 #10 AWG
3
	minimum copper conductor power cord through

the strain relief.

4

5

6

Attach the power cord neutral (center wire) conductor to the silver-colored center terminal on the terminal block. Tighten the screw securely.

Attach the remaining two power cord outer conductors to the outer brass-colored terminals on the terminal block. Tighten both screws securely.

WARNING: Do not make a sharp bend or crimp wiring/conductor at connections.

Reattach the strain relief mounting bracket to the back of the dryer with one screw. Tighten

Green ground screw

Silver terminal

7

screw securely.

Tighten the screws securing the cord restraint firmly against the power cord.

Green neutral
ground wire	Nut

Tighten nut to these threads

Use copper	Power cord
	Strain relief
conductors only.	mounting bracket

8

9

Tighten the strain relief nut securely so that the strain relief does not turn.

Reinstall the terminal block access cover.

4-Wire System for Electric Dryers—MUST be used for Mobile Home Installations

Safety Instructions

Care and Cleaning

Installation Instructions

Customer Service

	Remove the screws securing the terminal block
1
	access cover and the strain relief mounting
	bracket located on the back of the dryer upper
	corner.
	Install a UL-approved strain relief in the entry
2
	hole of the mounting bracket. Use a strain relief
	which attaches to the mounting bracket with a
	nut. Finger-tighten the nut only at this time.
	Remove the green neutral ground wire from the
3
	green ground screw located above the terminal

block.

Typical 4		Black 240V
conductor	Typical	White neutral
receptacle	4 conductor cord

Red 240V

Green ground

4 Thread a UL-approved 30A, 240V, 4 #10 AWG minimum copper conductor power cord through the strain relief.

5 Attach the green power cord ground wire to the cabinet with the green ground screw.

		Attach the white (neutral) power cord
	6
		conductor from the power cord and the green
		ground wire from the dryer harness to the silver-
14		colored center terminal on the terminal block.
		Tighten the screw securely.

7 Attach the red and black power cord conductors to the outer brass-colored terminals on the terminal block.

Green ground	Green power cord ground wire
	Silver terminal
screw

Green neutral				Terminal block
			Black
ground wire
	Red	White Nut			Tighten nut to
					these threads
		Strain
		relief
	Power cord	mounting
		bracket

WARNING: Do not make a sharp bend or crimp wiring/conductor at the connections.

8 Tighten the screws securing the cord restraint firmly against the power cord.

9 Tighten the strain relief nut securely so the strain relief does not turn.

10 Reinstall the terminal block access cover.