KITCHENAID 27 Inch Built-in Microwave Oven Installation Instructions - Manual (Page 5)

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Prepare Built-In Microwave Oven
1. Locate existing wiring to avoid drilling into or severing wiring
during installation.
2. To avoid floor damage, set the microwave oven onto
cardboard prior to installation. Do not use handle or
any portion of the front frame for lifting.
3. Remove the shipping materials and tape from the
microwave oven.
4. Remove and set aside racks and other items from inside
the microwave oven.
5. Remove the hardware package from inside the bag
containing literature.
6. Move the microwave oven and cardboard close to the
microwave oven’s final location.
Make Electrical Connection
The microwave oven is manufactured with a neutral (white)
power supply wire and a cabinet-connected green (or bare)
ground wire.
1. Disconnect power.
2. Feed the flexible conduit from the microwave oven through
the opening in the cabinet.
3. Remove junction box cover if it is present.
4. Install a UL Listed or CSA Approved conduit connector to
the junction box.
5. Route the flexible conduit from the microwave oven to the
junction box through a UL Listed or CSA Approved conduit
connector.
6. Tighten screws on conduit connector.
7. Complete electrical connection.
3-Wire Cable with Ground from Home Power Supply
to Microwave Oven Cable with 4 Wires
1. Connect the 2 black wires (G) together using a UL Listed
wire connector.
2. Connect the 2 white wires (C) together using a UL Listed
wire connector.
3. Connect the 2 red wires (F) together using a UL Listed
wire connector.
4. Connect the 2 green (or bare) wires (B) together using a
UL listed wire connector.
5. Install junction box cover.
Install Microwave Oven
1. Using 2 or more people, lift the microwave oven partially into
the cabinet cutout. If a spacer kit has been installed, lift the
microwave oven over it and position the microwave oven
between the guide strips.
WARNING
Excessive Weight Hazard
Use two or more people to move and install
microwave oven.
Failure to do so can result in back or other injury.
WARNING
Electrical Shock Hazard
Disconnect power before servicing.
Use 12 gauge solid copper wire.
Electrically ground oven.
Failure to follow these instructions can result in death,
fire, or electrical shock.
A
A. UL Listed or CSA Approved conduit connector
B
C
D
H
F
A
G
E
I
A. Cable from home
power supply
B. Green (or bare) wires
C. White wires
D. 4-wire cable from
microwave oven
E. UL Listed or CSA Approved
conduit connector
F. Red wires
G. Black wires
H. UL Listed wire connector
I. Junction box
A B
C
C
A. Spacer bar flange
B. Spacer bar
C. Microwave oven