Step 3: prepare the venting blower – Maytag MMV4184AAW Installation User Manual

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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.

STEP 3: Prepare The Venting Blower

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 10.

NOTE:

If you have a free-standing range, disconnect it, move it
onto a piece of cardboard or hardboard and pull it away
from the wall, so that you can get closer to the upper
cabinet and back wall 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 11.

2. This plate will be used as the rear mounting plate. (It will be

used to locate and mark the mounting holes on the rear wall.)

3. Locate exhaust adaptor, grease filters and hardware packet.

4. At this point, remove any adhesive tape (if there is any), on the

exhaust adaptor, the grease filters and the power supply cord.

Roof-Vented Installation:

This oven is shipped assembled for roof-vented. You will need to
install the exhaust adaptor regardless of cabinet.

1. Attach the exhaust adaptor to the blower plate by sliding it into

the guides. See Figure 12.

Wall-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 13.

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 14.

DO NOT PULL OR STRETCH THE BLOWER WIRING!

Pulling and stretching the blower wiring could result in electrical

shock.

Your microwave oven is shipped with the blower assembled for roof venting. If you want wall-venting or
room-vented (recirculating) installation, you must change the fan, as detailed below.

Figure 10

Figure 11

Figure 12

Figure 13

Figure 14

A thick, protective

covering

Mounting plate

Mounting plate
screw(s)
(1 or 2 screws)

Exhaust
adaptor

Back
of oven

Control Panel Side

Knockouts Parts “B”

Parts “B”

Parts “B”

Blower Unit

Blower Plate
Mounting Screw

Blower Plate

Back Plate

Blower Plate
Mounting Screw

W A R N I N G

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