Electrical Requirements; Grounding Requirements - GE Appliances Profile PFWS4605 Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions

Installation Instructions
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 NOTlay the washer on its front or back.
3. Turn down the bottom flaps-remove all base packaging,
including the cardboard, styrofoam base and styrofoam
tub support (inserted in center of base).Savethe stacking
brackets located on the styrofoam pad that covered
the top of the washer.
NOTE:If you ere installing a pedestal, proceed to
the installetion instructions that come with the pedestel.
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:
/4bolts
4 plastic spacers (including rubber grommets)
/4power cord retainers
Z. Remove the shipping bolt. Insert plug into shipping
bolt hole.
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NOTE:Feilure to remove the shipping braces cen cause
the washer to become severely unbalanced.
Save all bolts
for future use.
NOTE:If you must transport the washer at u later date,
you must reinstall the shipping support hardware to prevent
shipping damage. Keep the hardware in the plastic bag
provided.
ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS
Read these instructions completely
and carefully.
-A WARNING--TOREDUCE THE RIsK OF
FIRE,ELECTRICAL S HOCKAND PERSONAL INJURY:
,, DO NOT USEAN EXTENSION CORDORAN ADAPTER
PLUGWITH THIS APPLIANCE.
Washer must be electrically grounded in accordance
local codes and ordinances, or in the absence of local
codes, in occordance with the NATIONAL ELECTRICAL
CODE,ANSI/NFPA NO. 70.
CIRCUIT- Individual, properly polarized and grounded
15-amp branch circuit fused with 15-amp time-delay fuse
or circuit breaker.
POWERSUPPLY - 2-wire, with ground, 120-volt,
single-phase, 60-Hz, Alternating Current.
roper
grounded 3-prong receptacle to be
located so the power supply cord is
accessible when the washer is
in an installed position.
GROUNDING REQUIREMENTS
WARNING: Improper connection ofthe
equipment grounding conductor can result in a risk
of electrical shock. Checkwith a licensed electrician
if you are in doubt as to whether the appliance is
properly grounded.
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The washer MUSTbe 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.
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Sinceyour washer is equipped with a power supply
cord having an equipment-grounding conductor and
a grounding plug, the plug MUSTbe 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 ElectricalCodes,ANSI/NFPA70 (latestedition).
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 isthe
owner's responsibility to have a licensed electrician replace
it with a properly grounded three-prong grounding-type
receptacle.
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