KitchenAid 8285364 installation instructions Installation, Electrical requirements

Electrical requirements

If codes permit and a separate ground wire is used, it is recommended that a qualified electrician determine that the ground path is adequate.

Do Not ground to a gas pipe.

Check with a qualified electrician if you are not sure cooktop is properly grounded.

Do Not have a fuse in the neutral or grounding circuit.

The downdraft cooktop must be connected to the proper electrical voltage and frequency as specified on the model/serial rating plate. The model/serial rating plate is located on the bottom of the cooktop.

A four-wire or three-wire, single-phase, 240-volt, 60-Hz, AC-only electrical supply is required on a separate

30-ampere circuit, fused on both sides of the line.

A time-delay fuse or circuit breaker is recommended. The fuse size must not exceed the circuit rating of the appliance as specified on the model/serial rating plate.

CONNECT WITH COPPER WIRE ONLY.

Connected directly to the fused disconnect (or circuit breaker box) through flexible, armored or non- metallic sheathed, copper cable (with ground wire).

Flexible armored cable should connect cooktop directly to the junction box.

Fuse both sides of the line.

Locate the junction box to allow as much slack as possible between the junction box and cooktop so that the downdraft cooktop can be moved if servicing is ever necessary.

A U.L.-listed 1/2" (12.7 mm) conduit connector must be provided at the junction box.

The recommended minimum copper wire size is No.-10 gauge. However, wire sizes and connections must conform to the requirements of the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70 — latest edition*, or CSA Standards C22.1-94, Canadian Electrical Code, Part 1 and 22.2 No. 0-M91 - latest edition** and all local codes and ordinances. Wire sizes and connections must conform with the rating of the cooktop.

Copies of the standard listed may be obtained from:

*National Fire Protection Association Batterymarch Park

Quincy, Massachusetts 02269

**Canadian Standard Association 178 Rexdale Boulevard Etobicoke, Ontario M9W 1R3

The wiring diagram is located on the bottom of the cooktop.

Twist-on connectors and U.L.-listed 1/2" (12.7 mm) conduit connector are not provided.

Installation

1. Remove shipping materials and tape from cooktop.

2. The blower is set to vent straight out the back of the cooktop.

To vent to the left side, right side or down through the bottom of the cabinet, add an elbow to the blower assembly exhaust vent.

It may be easier to connect appliance cable to junction box before inserting cooktop into cutout. See “Electrical connections,” Page 7.

WARNING

Excessive Weight Hazard

Use two or more people to move and install cooktop.

Failure to do so could result in back or other injury.

Lift entire cooktop up from cutout when positioning cooktop in countertop opening.

4. Connect vent system. See “Venting requirements,” Pages 4-5. Use duct tape to seal all joints. Vent must end with a wall or roof cap outside the building.

	3. Insert downdraft cooktop into cutout.
	Check that:
	 cooktop is centered in cutout.
	 front edge of downdraft cooktop is at least
	1-1/2" (38.1 mm) from front edge of
	countertop and parallel to countertop.
	 rear edge of cooktop is at least 3/4"
	(19.1 mm) from rear wall as recommended.
6	 side edge of cooktop is at least 6 inches
	(15.2 cm) from side wall.