GE RAVRG3 Installation Guide

Installation Instructions
for your new

RAVRG3

Access Panel with
return air grille

Before you begin - Read these instructions completely and carefully.
IMPORTANT – OBSERVE ALL GOVERNING CODES AND ORDINANCES.
Note to Installer – Be sure to leave these instructions with the Consumer.
Note to Consumer – Keep these instructions with your Owner’s Manual for future reference.

Parts Included

• Return Air Grille/Access Panel with Latch Mechinism
(58” Tall x 29” Wide)

• Mounting Side Bracket

• Latch Bracket

• Mounting Screws

Materials Needed (Field Supplied Parts)

• 25” x 20” Filter

• 5/32” Allen wrench for latch mechanism operation

Installation
Overview

Mounting
Screws

Latch
Mechanism

Return Air Grille/
Access Panel

Frame and sheetrock and access hole to 27” wide and 55 3/4 tall.
The bottom of the opening should be at the same level as the
floor or subbase that the VAC unit is placed on. The chassis must
fit thru this opening. The chassis is 23 1/2” wide and 32 1/4” or
47” tall (consult chassis specifications for actual dimensions).

Latch
Bracket

Left
Mounting
Side
Bracket

Mounting
Bracket

Filter

GE is a trademark of the General Electric Company. Manufactured under trademark license.

Return Air Grille/
Access Panel

25” x 20” Nom. Filter
(field supplied)
Filter mounts on the
inside of Access Panel
Door

95303007 31-30823 12-16 GEA

Installation Instructions

STEP 1
Mounting the Hinge
Bracket

Mount the hinge to the left
side of the wall opening. The
Side Bracket must be plumb
(vertical).

Secure with four #8 x 1 1/4”
pan head screws.

NOTE: Hinge tabs must point
upward.

STEP 2
Mounting the Door on the Side
Bracket

Install the door onto the
Side Bracket.

Be sure that the access
door had engaged
the three tabs and the
door is against the side
mounting bracket.

STEP 4
Latch Bracket Installation

Attach the Latch
Bracket to the
opening.

Align the bottom of
the bracket with the
reference line.

Use 2 #18 x 1 1/4
screws.

DO NOT
OVERTIGHTEN.

STEP 5
Installing the Latch Bracket

Slide the bracket upward and
tighten the mounting screws.

Reference
Line

STEP 3

Close the door. Draw a temporary horizontal
reference line on the wall adjacent to the center of the
latch mounting hole.

Latch mounting
hole in door

Draw
Reference
Line on Wall

STEP 6
Adjust the Latch

NOTE: The latch mechanism

is factory mounted.
The latch arm is adjustable

to provided secure, rattle-free
installation. Install the filter.

1. Loosen the latch arm nuts

and latch arm and adjust
as needed.

2. Tighten the latch arm nuts.

3. Install the filter on back of

acess panel.

Orientation
Markings

FRONT VIEW

Access
Panel

Latch Arm

Latch
Mechanism

SIDE VIEW

Printed in the United States.

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