Whirlpool GY395LXGB0, GY396LXGT4, GY396LXGQ2, GY396LXGQ0, GY396LXGB4 Installation Guide

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Table of Contents:

Panels

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Before you start
Product dimensions

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Cabinet dimensions/requirements

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Countertop preparation

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Electrical requirements

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If you need assistance:

Check your Use and Care Guide for a toll-free number to call or call the
dealer from whom you purchased this appliance. The dealer is listed in
the Yellow Pages of your phone directory under "Appliances --
Household -- Major -- Service and Repair."

Call when you:
[] Have questions about range installation or operation.

[] Need to obtain the name and number of an authorized

servicecompany.

When you call, you will need:

Installation steps
If range does not operate

If you need assistance/service
Moving the range

Tip Over Hazard

A child or adult can tip the range and be killed.
Connect anti-tip bracket to rear range foot.

Reconnect the anti-tip bracket, if the range is

moved.

Failureto follow these instructions can result in

death or serious burns to children and adults.

[] The range model number. ,_ c_(_

[] The range serial number. -.J--
Both numbers are listed on the model/serial rating plate located on the

oven frame behind the storage drawer panel.

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. Thissymbol 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" or

"WARNING". These words mean:

You wil_._Jlbe killed or seriously injured if
you don't follow instructions.

36" (91.4 cm}

cooktop

height with

leveling legs
lowered

1-112 turns

30-3/4" (78.1 cm)

cooktop width

22-1/,2"

(57.1 cm}

You can be killed or seriously injured if
you don't follow instructions.

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.

Important: Observe all governing codes and
ordinances. Failure to meet codes and

ordinances could lead to fire or electrical shock.
Proper installation isyour responsibility. A

qualified technician must install this range. Make
sure you have everything necessary for correct
installation. It is the installer's responsibility to
comply with installation clearances specified on
the model/serial rating plate. The model/serial
rating plate is located on the oven frame behind
the storage drawer panel.

Check location where range will be installed.

The range should be located for convenient use
in kitchen.

When installing a range under existing cabinets
and the installation does not meet the minimum

cabinet clearances, install a range hood above
the cooktop to avoid burn hazards.

ALL OPENINGS IN THE WALL OR FLOOR
WHERE RANGE IS TO BE INSTALLED MUST
BE SEALED.

Cabinet opening dimensions that are shown
must be used. Given dimensions are minimum

clearances.
Grounded electrical supply is required. See

"Electrical requirements," Panel B.

It is the customer's responsibility:
To contact a qualified electrical installer.

To assure that the electrical installation is
adequate and in conformance with National

Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70 -- latest edition*
and all local codes and ordinances.

1"

(2.5 cm

26-7/,8"

(68.2 cm

depth with

handle

he

e

18" {45,7 cm) _ _22-15/32" {57,1 cm)

upper cabinet __ _ opening depth

_cabinet opening width /'J_ " .....

3_ I "_. radius both _ "_

corners I 30-3/8" (77.2 cm)

4" (10.2 cm) _ _-
rain, clearance ._r_,_" junction box - Do not

from both sides _J/'_ / 8" (20.3 cm( to seal range

of range to side _"f _ 22"' (55.9 cm) from cabinets

wall or other I I either cabinet, "
combustible _ 7" (17.8 cm| max.

material from floor.

between upper /

countertop. _ I

cabinet and i' __E

• _ / to sine

I .t I | 7/,8" (2.

_._ _ opening width

_ min. required

between cutout

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and cabinet
door or hinge.

30" (76.2 cm)

25" (63.5 cm) countertop depth
24" (61 cm) base cabinet depth

36" (91.4 cm) countertop height
When installed in a 24" (61 cm) base

cabinet with 25" (63.5 cm)
countertop _ front of oven door

protrudes 1-7/8" (4.8 cm) beyond
24" (61 cm} base cabinet.

Note: 24" (61 cm) rain. when bottom

of wood or metal cabinet is
protected by not less than 1/,4"

(0.64 cm) flame retardant millboard
covered with not less than No. 28

MSG sheet steel, 0.015" (0.4 ram}
stainless steel, 0.024" (0.6 ram)
aluminum or 0.020"' (0.5 mm)

copper.
30" (76.2 cm) rain. clearance

between the top of the cooking
platform and the bottom of an
unprotected wood or metal cabinet.

The floor-mounted anti-tip bracket
MUST be installed. To install the

anti-tip bracket shipped with the
range, see Panel C and the anti-tip
bracket templete/,instruction sheet.

Mobile home installation

The installation of this range must conform with

the Manufactured Home Construction and
Safety Standard, -Stle 24 CFR, Part 3280

[formerly the Federal Standard for Mobile Home
Construction and Safety, _tle 24, HUD (Part

280)] or, when such standard is not applicable,
the Standard for Manufactured Home

Installations, ANSI A225.1/NFPA 501A*, or with
local codes.

When this range is installed in a mobile home, it

must be secured to the floor during transit. Any
method of securing the range is adequate as

long as it conforms to the standards listed

above.

Four-wire power supply cord or cable must be
used in a mobile home installation. The

appliance wiring will need to be revised. See
"Four-wire electrical connection," Panel B.

Copies of the standards listed may be obtained from',

* National Fire Protection Association

Batterymarch Park
Quincy, Massachusetts 02269

The cooktop sides of the slide-in range fit over
the cutout edge of your countertop.

If you have a square finish (flat) countertop and
the opening width is 30-3/8" (77.2 cm), no

countertop preparation is required.

Formed front-edged countertops: Must have
molded edge shaved flat 1/4" (0.64 cm) from
each front corner of opening.

Tile countertops may need trim cut back

1/4" (0.64 cm) from each front corner and/or

rounded edge flattened.

30-318"
(77.2

, ,_opening

1/,4"

(0.64 cm)

30-7/g"

.... },

Formed or tiled
countertop trimmed 1/,4"

(0,64 cm) back at front

corners of countertop
opening.

If countertop opening width is greater than
30-3/8" (77.2 cm), adjust the 1/4" (0.64 cm)

dimension.
Countertop must be level. Place level on

countertop, first side to side; then front to back.
If countertop is not level, range will not be level.
Oven must be level for satisfactory baking

conditions.

Cooktop sides of range fit over
edges of countertop opening.

level

fl
screwdriver 3/8" and 5/16"

_:.\ 3/8" drive nut driver "

measuring _//_F--------._ ._

tape or ruler _'_

Panel A

safety
glasses

"_" 1!8" drill bit

concretei,ceramic floors:

3/16" carbide-tipped

wo..oo,°

masonry drill bit (Hammer

may be needed for

anchors,)

channel lock

_2 plastic anchors

F_ 2 screws (#10 x 1-1/,2")

floor-mounted

anti-tip bracket
Brackets must be securely mounted to sub-floor.

Thickness of flooring may require longer screws to

anchor bracket to sub-floor. Longer screws are
available from your local hardware store.

Not shown:
literature pack