GE MCP2024DXBB Instructions D'installation page 8

Electrical connections
Recommended Minimum
kW Rating on Circuit protection
serial plate
0 - 4.8
4.9 - 6.9
7.0 - 9.9
10.0 - 11.9
12.0 - 14.9
Be sure your appliance is properly installed and
grounded by a qualified technician. Ask your dealer to
recommend a qualified technician or an authorized
repair service. This cooktop does not require a neutral
connection. If the cooktop Is to be completely enclosed
In a cabinet, feed the cooktop cable through the
opening in the cabinet.
Make the electrical connection following the
appropriate steps for your installation.
This appliance is manufactured with a green ground wire
connected to the cooktop chassis. After making sure that
the power has been turned off, connect the flexible conduit
from the cooktop to the junction box using a U.L. listed
conduit connector.
Figures 13 and 14 and the instructions provided below
present the most common way of connecting the cooktops.
Your local codes and ordinances, of course, take
precedence over these instructions. Complete electrical
connections according to local codes and ordinances.
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, FRAME
GROUNDED TO NEUTRAL OF APPLIANCE
THROUGH A LINK.
Grounding through the neutral conductor is prohibited for
new branch-circuit installations (1996 NEC); mobile homes;
and recreational vehicles, or in an area where local codes
prohibit grounding through the neutral conductor.
Installation Instructions
Wire size
in amperes (AWG)
20
30
40
50
60
3-Wire branch circuit
Where local codes allow the connection of ground wire from
the cooktop to the branch circuit neutral wire (gray or white
colored wire) proceed as follows (see figure 13).
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1. If local codes permit, connect the green GROUND wire
10 from the cooktop to the branch circuit neutral wire (gray
or white colored wire).
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2. Connect the red and black leads from the cooktop to the
8
corresponding leads in the junction box.
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WHITE
WIRE
BARE OR GREEN
FROM COOKTOP
Where local codes permit connecting the frame-ground
conductor to the neutral (white) junction box wire.
(Not used for Canadian installations)
Figure 13.
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3-WIRE CABLE FROM
POWER SUPPLY
RED WIRES
JUNCTION BOX
CONNECTOR
WIRES
3-WIRE CABLE
U.L.-OR CSA- LISTED
CONDUIT CONNECTOR
TWIST-ON
BLACK WIRES