Step3 : Prepare Theventing Blower - Kenmore 721.85062 Installation Instructions Manual

STEP3 : PREPARE THEVENtiNG BLOWER
WARNING
* To avoid risk of property damage, unplug the microwave oven or disconnect power
at source by removing fuse or throwing circuit breaker.
" To avoid risk of personal injury, wear protective gloves when handling mounting plate.
DO NOT PULL OR STRETCH THE BLOWER WIRING! Pulling and stretching the blower wiring could result
ineiectricai shock.
Your microwave oven is shipped with the blower assembled for room venting, if you want wall-venting or
roof-vented installation, you must change the blower, as detailed below.
Before You Start
1. Remove any shipping materials and parts from
inside the microwave oven.
2. Cover the counter top or cooktop with a thick,
protective covering to protect it from damage and
dirt. See Figure 11.
NOTE: If you have a free-standing range, disconnect
it, move it onto a piece of cardboard or
hardboard and puil it away from the wail,
so that you can get closer to the upper
cabinet and back wail for easier measuring
and drilling.
Remove The Mounting Plate:
1. Remove mounting plate screw(s) (1 or 2 screws)
from the mounting plate as shown and discard.
See Figure 12.
2. This plate wJJJbe used as the rear mounting plate.
(It
wJJJbe used to locate and mark the mounting
holes on the rear wail.)
3. Locate exhaust adapter, grease filters and
hardware packet.
4. At this point, remove any adhesive tape (if there is
any), on the exhaust adapter, the grease filters
and the power supply cord.
Room Vented (recircuiafing)installation:
This oven is shipped assembled for room-vented.
Wail-Vented installation
1. Remove one blower unit mounting screw and one
or two blower plate screw(s). Remove the blower
plate from cabinet. See Figure ] 3.
2. Carefully lift the blower unit out of the microwave
oven.
3. Use side cutters or thin snips to cut and remove
knockouts "B" from Back plate. Discard knockouts.
Be careful not to distort the plate. See Figure ] 4.
coverlngA thick,, protevtive
Figure 11
_ Mounting plate
I •L J! j] H
Mounting plate screw(s)
L I_II, 11
or 2 screws)
Controi Panel Side
J]J N] Mounting plate screw(s)
_- _ or2 screws)
--Control Panel Side
Figure 12
Blower Plate
................... _:: Mouning Screw (option)
_--_j--%-- B lower P late
Blower Unit _ _Back Plate
%-- Blower Unit
Parts B" Mounting Screw (option)
Figure 13
Knockouts Parts "g"
Parts " B"
Figure 14
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