Whirlpool AD0402XS0 Dehumidifier User Manual


 
Electrical Requirements
OBSERVE ALL GOVERNING CODES AND ORDINANCES.
Electrical ground is required on this appliance.
A 115 volt, 60 Hz., AC only, 15 or 20 ampere fused electrical supply is required. (Time
.lelay fuse or circuit breaker is recommended.) It is recommended that a separate circuit
.jewlng only this appliance be provided. Do not use an extension cord.
DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, REMOVE THE POWER SUPPLY CORD GROUND PRONG.
RECOMMENDED GROUNDING METHOD
For your personal safety, this appliance must be
grounded. This appliance is equipped with a
power supply cord having a 3-prong grounding
plug. To minimize possible shock hazard, the cord
Tust be plugged into a mating J-prong ground-
$ng lype wall receptacle, grounded in accord-
3nce with the National Electrical Code and local
codes and ordinances. If a mating wall recepta-
;-le is not available, it IS the personal responsibility
and obligation of the customerto have a properly
grounded 3-prong wall receptacle installed by a
qualified electrician.
TEMPORARY GROUNDING METHOD
If changing and properly grounding the wall re-
.-:eptacle is impossible and where local codes
:)ermit (consultyourelectrical inspector),a tempo-
-ary adaptor may be plugged into the existing 2-
arong wall receptacle to mate with the 3-prong
Dower supply cord. THIS HOWEVER, IS NOT
RECOMMENDED.
It tnls is done. you must connect the grounding
:?yelet on the adapter to the wall receptacle cover
zzate screw and from this same screw, you must
(connect a separate copper ground wire (li-14 mini-
mum) to a grounded cold water pipe.’ Do not
ground to a gas supply pipe. Do not connect to
electrical supply until appliance is perma-
nently grounded.
NDING
PTACLE
POWER SUPPLY CORD
ELECTRICALLY
GROUNDED MFTAL
COLD-WATER PIPE
WALL
RECEPTACLE
PLUG
POWER SUPPLY CORD
*Cold water pipe must have metal continuity to electrical ground and not be interrupted
by plastic, rubber or other electrically insulating connectors (including water meter or
pump] without adding a jumper wire at these connections.