Maytag HRE21250PC Selecting Thermostat Location cont’d, Remote Thermostat Installation And Wiring

Instructions for Installation (cont’d)

Selecting Thermostat Location (cont’d)

22.Guide the end of the remote thermostat cable through the hole where the black plug was removed in the left junction box cover.

REMOTE

THERMOSTAT

CABLE

LEFT JUNCTION

BOX COVER

25.Carefully press the terminal connector and connected wires down into the water heater junction box.

26.A strain-relief bushing is also provided in the small bag that contained the terminal connector. Open the bushing and place it around the remote thermostat cable exiting the junc- tion box. Press the bushing into the hole in the left junction box cover.

INSULATING

REMOTESTRAIN-RELIEF

THERMOSTATBUSHING CABLE

TERMINAL

CONNECTOR

23.Strip the end of the remote thermostat cable outer insulation back 11⁄4 inches. Strip the ends 1⁄4 inch on each of the six col- ored wires.

ORANGE/WHITE					.250″
	ORANGE	GREEN/WHITE	GREEN	BLUE/WHITE	BLUE
					1.250″

24.Loosen each screw in the terminal connector one at a time and insert wire with the same color insulation into each numbered slot. Tighten each screw securely making sure both wires in each slot are tight.

	TERMINAL
REMOTE	CONNECTOR
THERMOSTAT	THERMOSTAT
CABLE
	CABLE FROM
	WATER HEATER

27.Replace the right junction box cover using the screw provid- ed. This completes the remote thermostat wiring at the water heater.

REMOTE THERMOSTAT INSTALLATION AND WIRING

28.Locate the 6 inches of remote thermostat cable protruding through the wall opening (from Step 8). Using the wall plate removed in Step 11, pull the cable through opening near cen- ter of wall plate.

WALL

PLATE

WALL

OPENING

REMOTE

THERMOSTAT

CABLE

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