Installation instructions, Warning, Unpacking the washer – GE PFWH4400 User Manual

Page 19: Electrical requirements, Grounding requirements

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UNPACKING THE WASHER

WARNING:

Recycle or destroy the carton

and plastic bags after the washer is unpacked. Make

materials inaccessible to children. Children might use

them for play. Cartons covered with rugs, bedspreads

or plastic sheets can become airtight chambers causing

suffocation.

1. Cut and remove the top and bottom packaging straps.
2. While it is in the carton, carefully lay the washer on its side.

DO NOT lay the washer on its front or back.

3. Turn down the bottom flaps³remove all base packaging,

including the cardboard, styrofoam base and styrofoam

tub support (inserted in center of base). Save the stacking

brackets located on the styrofoam pad that covered

the top of the washer.

NOTE: If you are installing a pedestal, proceed to

the installation instructions that come with the pedestal.

4. Carefully return the washer to an upright position and

remove the carton.

5. Carefully move the washer to within 4 feet (122 cm)

of the final location.

6. Remove the following from the back side of the washer:

4 bolts

4 plastic spacers (including rubber grommets)

4 power cord retainers

7. Remove the shipping bolt. Insert plug into shipping

bolt hole.

NOTE: Failure to remove the shipping braces can cause

the washer to become severely unbalanced.

Save all bolts for future use.
NOTE:
If you must transport the washer at a later date,

you must reinstall the shipping support hardware to prevent

shipping damage. Keep the hardware in the plastic bag

provided.

Installation Instructions

ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS

CIRCUIT – Individual, properly polarized and grounded

15-amp branch circuit fused with 15-amp time-delay fuse

or circuit breaker.
POWER SUPPLY – 2-wire, with ground, 120-volt,

single-phase, 60-Hz, Alternating Current.
OUTLET RECEPTACLE – Properly

grounded 3-prong receptacle to be

located so the power supply cord is

accessible when the washer is

in an installed position.

WARNING:

Improper connection of the

equipment grounding conductor can result in a risk

of electrical shock. Check with a licensed electrician

if you are in doubt as to whether the appliance is

properly grounded.

1.

The

washer

MUST be grounded. In the event of

malfunction or breakdown, grounding will reduce

the risk of electrical shock by providing a path of least

resistance for electrical current.

2. Since your washer is equipped with a power supply

cord having an equipment-grounding conductor and

a grounding plug, the plug MUST be plugged into an

appropriate, copper-wired receptacle that is properly

installed and grounded in accordance with all local codes

and ordinances or in the absence of local codes, with the

National Electrical Codes, ANSI/NFPA 70 (latest edition).

If in doubt, call a licensed electrician. DO NOT cut off or

alter the grounding prong on the power supply cord. In

situations where a two-slot receptacle is present, it is the

owner’s responsibility to have a licensed electrician replace

it with a properly grounded three-prong grounding-type

receptacle.

Read these instructions completely

and carefully.

GROUNDING REQUIREMENTS

WARNING³

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF

FIRE, ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND PERSONAL INJURY:
‡ DO NOT USE AN EXTENSION CORD OR AN ADAPTER

PLUG WITH THIS APPLIANCE.
Washer must be electrically grounded in accordance

local codes and ordinances, or in the absence of local

codes, in accordance with the NATIONAL ELECTRICAL

CODE, ANSI/NFPA NO. 70.

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