PG96MSA: Installation, Start-up, Operating and Service and Maintenance Instructions
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Fig. 34 – Installing J-Box (When Used)
The J-Box cover, mounting bracket and screws are shipped in the loose
parts bag included with the furnace. See Fig. 34 for J-Box mounting
locations.
The J-Box mounting bracket and green ground screw is used as a
grounding point for all line voltage wiring options. The J-Box cover may
be omitted when electrical connections are made inside an external
electrical box mounted external to the casing.
External Electrical Box on Furnace Casing
NOTE: Check to ensure that external electrical box does not interfere
with duct work, gas piping or the indoor coil drain. See Fig. 30 for
alternate electric entry through top panel.
1. Select and remove 7/8-in. (22 mm) knockout or plug on the desired
side of the casing. Remove the knockout or plug from the casing.
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Fig. 35 – Field-Supplied External Electrical Box on Furnace Casing
NOTE: If electrical entry through the furnace top panel is used, a 7/8-in.
(22 mm) hole must be drilled through the top panel.
2. Drill two (2) 1/8-in. (3 mm) pilot holes through the dimples in the
furnace casing near the 7/8-in. hole.
For a side-mounted external electrical box, complete
the following:
1. Align the J-Box bracket with the 7/8-in. (22 mm) hole inside the
furnace casing.
2. Install the threaded end of a strain-relief bushing through the J-Box
bracket and the furnace casing. Strain-relief bushing should be
installed so that the bushing can be tightened around the wiring
harness inside the furnace casing.
3. Align the external electrical box with the 7/8-in. (22 mm) hole.
4. Install and tighten the lock-nut on the strain-relief bushing inside
the external electrical box.
5. Fasten the external electrical box to the furnace casing using two
(2) sheet metal screws.
6. Route field power wiring into external electrical box.
7. Pull furnace line voltage power wires through strain-relief bushing
of the external electrical box.
8. Pull the ground wire of the field line voltage wiring through the
strain-relief bushing into the furnace casing.
9. Install the green ground screw to the J-Box bracket and attach both
ground wires to the green ground screw.
10. Connect any code required external disconnect(s) to field power
wiring.
NOTE: Connect field power and neutral leads to furnace power leads
inside the external electrical box as shown in Fig. 31.
NOTE: If electrical entry through the furnace top panel is used, mark
the screw hole locations using the mounting holes in the external
electrical box as a template.
For a top panel-mounted external electrical box,
complete the following:
1. Drill two (2) 1/8-in. (3 mm) pilot holes through the dimples in the
furnace casing near the 7/8-in. knockout or plug on the side of the
casing. Do not remove the knockout or plug in the side of the
casing.
2. Align the J-Box bracket with the pilot holes inside the furnace
casing.
3. Install 2 screws through the outside of the casing to secure the
J-Box bracket to the furnace casing.
4. Route field power wiring into external electrical box.
5. Pull furnace line voltage power wires through strain-relief bushing
of the external electrical box.
6. Pull the ground wire of the field line voltage wiring through the
strain-relief bushing into the furnace casing.
7. Install the green ground screw to the J-Box bracket and attach both
ground wires to the green ground screw.
8. Connect any code required external disconnect(s) to field power
wiring.
9. Connect field power and neutral leads to furnace power leads inside
the external electrical box as shown in Fig. 33.
Power Cord Installation in Furnace J-Box
NOTE: Power cords must be able to handle the electrical requirements
listed in Table 11. Refer to power cord manufacturer’s listings.
1. Install J-Box mounting bracket to inside of furnace casing. See
Fig. 34.
2. Route listed power cord through 7/8-in. (22 mm) diameter hole in
casing and J-Box bracket.
3. Secure power cord to J-Box bracket with a strain relief bushing or a
connector approved for the type of cord used.
GROUND
NEUTRAL
LINE VOLTAGE
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