Maytag HRE21250PC - Manual (Page 20)

Selecting Thermostat Location (cont’d)
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22. Guide the end of the remote thermostat cable through the
hole where the black plug was removed in the left junction
box cover.
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.
23. Strip the end of the remote thermostat cable outer insulation
back 1 1 ⁄
4
inches. Strip the ends 1 ⁄
4
inch on each of the six col-
ored wires.
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.
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.
Instructions for Installation (cont’d)
REMOTE
THERMOSTAT
CABLE
LEFT JUNCTION
BOX COVER
TERMINAL
CONNECTOR
THERMOSTAT
CABLE FROM
WATER HEATER
REMOTE
THERMOSTAT
CABLE
WALL
PLATE
WALL
OPENING
REMOTE
THERMOSTAT
CABLE
REMOTE
THERMOSTAT
CABLE
TERMINAL
CONNECTOR
INSULATING
STRAIN-RELIEF
BUSHING
ORANGE/WHITE
ORANGE
GREEN/WHITE
GREEN
BLUE/WHITE
BLUE
.250 ″
1.250 ″