Whirlpool 50 manual For The Electrician, Electrical Requirements, Alternate Grounding Method

FOR THE ELECTRICIAN

ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS

A 115 Volt, 60 Hz, AC only, 15 Amp fused electrical supply IS required (time delay fuse or circuit breaker is recommended).

It is recommended that a separate circuit, serving only this appliance, be provided. DO NOT use an extension cord.

ALTERNATE

GROUNDING METHOD

DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, REMOVE THE POWER SUPPLY CORD GROUND PRONG.

ELECTRICAL GROUND IS REQUIRED ON THIS APPLIANCE.

RECOMMENDED

GROUNDING MtHOD

DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, REMOVE THE POWER SUPPLY CORD GROUND PRONG.

For your personal safety, this appliance must be grounded. This appliance is equipped with a power supply cord having a

3-prong grounding plug. To minimize possible shock hazard, the cord must be plugged into a mating 3-prong grounding type wall receptacle, grounded in accordance with the Natlonal

Electrical Code and local codes and ordinances. If a mating wall receptacle is not available, it is the personal responslbillty

and obligation of the customer to have a properly grounded

3-prong wall receptacle installed bv a qualified electrician See Figure 6

3-PRONG	II	III
GROUNDING
	TYPE

WALL RECEPTACLE

NG

NDING

\POWER SUPPLY CORD

FIGURE 6

If changing and properly grounding the wall recepta-

cle IS lmposslble and where local codes permit

(consult your electrlcal inspector). a temporary adapter may be plugged into the existing 2-prong wall

receptacle to mate with the 3-prong power supply

cord. See Figure 7. THIS, HOWEVER, IS NOT RE-

COMMENDED.

If this IS done, you musT connect the grouncllng eyelet on the adapter to the wall receptacle cover plate screw and from this same screw, you must connect a separate copper ground wire (No 4 mlnimum) to a qrounded cold water pipe’ See Flgu:e 7 Do not ground to a gas supply pipe. Do not connect to

electrical supply until appliance IS permanently grounded.

-Cold water pipe must have melal contlnulty to electrIcal

ground and not be Interrupted by plastic rubber or other

electrIcally lnsulatlng connectors (including waler meter or pump) wlthout addlng a lumper wire at these connectlons

GROUND ASSEMBLY

(ATTACH TO GROUNDED COLD WATER PIPE)

ELECTRICALLY

GROUNDED COLD

WATER PIPE (REMOVE

GROUND WIRE (#4 i’llNlMUMl

/

KGROUNDING

EYELET a

1

i

ASSEMBLY	f
	WALL RECEPTACLE

POWER SUPPLY CORD

FIGURE 7