Viking RDECU256 User Manual
Built-In Electric Cooktop
Installation
F20968B EN
(021513)
Viking Range Corporation
111 Front Street
Greenwood, Mississippi 38930 USA
(662) 455-1200
For product information, call 1-888-VIKING1 (845-4641)
or visit the Viking Website at vikingrange.com
IMPORTANT
• Before beginning, please read these
instructions completely and carefully.
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– Please Read and FollowTable of Contents
Warnings & Important Safety Instructions _______________________________________________3
Dimensions _________________________________________________________________________5
Specifications _______________________________________________________________________6
Cutout Dimensions __________________________________________________________________7
Clearance Dimensions (Proximity to Cabinets)___________________________________________8
Clearance Dimensions (Wood/Composite Overlay) ______________________________________9
Electrical Requirements _____________________________________________________________10
General Information ________________________________________________________________11
Installation_________________________________________________________________________12
Final Preparation ___________________________________________________________________13
Performance Checklist ______________________________________________________________13
Service & Registration _______________________________________________________________14
• DO NOT remove permanently affixed
labels, warnings, or plates from the
product. This may void the warranty.
• Please observe all local and national
codes and ordinances.
• Please ensure that this product is properly
grounded.
• The installer must leave these instructions
with the consumer who should retain for
local inspector’s use and for future
reference.
• Installation must conform with local codes
or, in the absence of codes, the National
Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA-70 – latest
edition.
In Canada: Electrical installation must be in
accordance with the current CSA C22.1
Canadian Electrical Codes Part 1 and/or
local codes.
Your safety and the safety of others is
very important.
We have provided many important safety
messages in this manual and on your
appliance. Always read and obey all
safety messages.
This is the safety alert symbol. This
symbol alerts you to hazards that
can kill or hurt you and others.
All safety messages will be preceded by
the safety alert symbol and the word
“DANGER,” “WARNING” or “CAUTION.”
These words mean:
Hazards or unsafe practices
which WILL result in severe personal
injury or death
DANGER
Hazards or unsafe practices
which COULD result in severe personal
injury or death
Hazards or unsafe practices which
COULD result in minor personal injury
or property damage.
All safety messages will identify the
hazard, tell you how to reduce the chance
of injury, and tell you what can happen if
the instructions are not followed.
WARNING
CAUTION
2
Dimensions
5
IMPORTANT4– Please Read and Follow
Be sure the electric power is
off from the breaker box to the
junction box until the cooktop
is installed and ready to
operate. The junction box should be
connected to a suitable ground.
The electrical power to the
unit must be shut off while line
connections are being made.
Failure to do so could result
in serious injury or death.
FIRE AND ELECTRICAL
SHOCK HAZARD
DO NOT use an extension
cord with this appliance. Such
use may result in fire, electrical
shock, or other personal injury.
BURN HAZARD
The use of cabinets for
storage above the appliance
may result in potential burn
hazard. Combustible items
may ignite, metallic items may become
hot and cause burns. If a cabinet storage
is to provided the risk can be reduced by
installing a range hood that projects
horizontally a minimum of 5" (12.7 cm)
beyond the bottom of the cabinets.
ELECTRICAL
GROUNDING
INSTRUCTIONS
This cooktop must be electrically
grounded in accordance with local codes
or, in the absence of codes, with the
National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA-70
– latest edition. FOR PERSONAL
SAFETY, THIS APPLIANCE MUST BE
PROPERLY GROUNDED.
30” Electric Cooktop
45” Electric Cooktop
Side view
36” Electric Cooktop
WARNING
WARNING
CAUTION
WARNING
WARNING
30-3/4”
(78.1 cm)
21”
(53.4 cm)
45”
(114.3 cm)
36-3/4”
(93.3 cm)
21”
(53.4 cm)
21”
(53.4 cm)
3-1/8”
(7.9 cm)
1-5/8”
(4.1 cm)
4-1/2”
(11.4 cm)
21”
(53.4 cm)
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