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-

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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.

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