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INSTALLATION
Connecting Electric Dryers (cont.)
USA only
WARNING
Four-wire connection for electric dryers: Direct wire
manufactured home installations, as well as all new
construction after January 1, 1996.
1. Remove 5 inches (12.7 cm) of the outer covering from
the wire. Remove 5 inches of insulation from the
ground wire. Cut off approximately 1
from the other three wires and strip 1 inch (2.5 cm)
shorter wires into a hook shape.
5"
(12.7 cm)
2. Remove the terminal block access cover on the upper
back of the dryer. Install a UL-listed strain relief into
the power cord through-hole; then thread the power
cable prepared in Step 1 through the strain relief.
UL-Listed 4-Wire
Power Cord
1
⁄2 inches (3.8 cm)
1" (2.5 cm)
Ground Wire
Terminal
UL-Listed
Strain Relief
conductor cable.
and reinstallation of the dryer.
3. Transfer the dryer's ground wire from behind the
green ground screw to the center screw of the
terminal block. Attach the two hot leads of the power
cable to the outer terminal block screws. Attach the
white neutral wire to the center terminal block screw.
Attach the power cable ground wire to the green
ground screw.
Reinstall the terminal block access cover.
Neutral
Hot
(White)
Ground
Screw
Power Cord
Ground Wire
.
Hot
(Red)
White Wire
moved from
Ground Screw