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Do you think that draining and filling water into the machine are the most important steps? It is equally important to ensure that the washing machine is properly connected to electricity. It’s not only about the risk of breakage, but also about your safety.
Therefore, today we will talk about how to properly connect the washing machine to electricity.
Electrical connection: preparatory work
If you decide to organize a repair of the room in which your washer is installed (or will only be installed there), immediately lay down the wiring in the plan. It must take into account the connection of the SMA.
Drilling walls, chipping off tiles, and then putting everything back into place is an extra waste of time and money, so it’s better to do everything right the first time.
What you need for a proper connection:
Having bought everything you need to connect the washing machine to the mains, study the connection rules. Spend some time, it will pay off – in the future there will be no problems with the operation of the SM.
Important! Masters do not advise you to get down to business on your own and recommend contacting an electrician if you do not have experience in this industry.
Rules for connecting the machine to the mains
So, consider the basic requirements for installing a machine:
- Correct wiring diagram. Do not use dubious “on a piece of paper” schemes downloaded from the Internet; a specialist should develop the scheme.
- Copper and aluminum wires must not be twisted.
- To make the correct wiring, use copper wires of the desired section.
- No need to ground the wires using batteries and pipes.
- When choosing an outlet, opt for a product based on high-quality ceramics.
- Do not use an extension cord unless there is an outlet nearby. The same can be said about the adapters from the euro plug to the usual one. It is better to install an outlet near the washer than to risk it.
- In no case do not twist the wires “Zero” and “Earth”.
- Before laying the wiring, make strict calculations of the number and power of devices that, in addition to the washing machine, will be connected to it.
Scheme of summing up communications
Of course, you need a reliable CM connection diagram. In order not to take risks, you need to run a cable of the required cross section directly from the switchboard, including three important components in this circuit:
- machine;
- emergency shutdown device;
- grounding.
If it is not very convenient for you to pull the wire from the shield itself, because it is located in the corridor, or in general – in the entrance, then there is a simpler solution. You can connect to another outlet – from the stove is also suitable. From the outlet it is necessary to take the wire to 3 cores.
Important! If the wires are made of different metals, for example, copper and aluminum, then you need to connect them only using terminals, you can’t twist them!
As a result, all the cores converge in a good ceramic Euro-type socket. It is important that such an outlet provides for the possibility of connecting a ground wire.
Next, remove the wires in the boxes, and hide the disconnect device and the machine with special covers made of aluminum or plastic. This design will look good in the interior and will prevent the harmful effects of moisture on the wires.
Simplified option for connecting a washing machine
The connection scheme can be made even easier if you buy a machine that already has a shutdown system built into it. But do not expect that you will easily find a quality 2 in 1 device – there are not so many of them on our market yet.
Pay attention to the outlet. Buy the one in which the system of protection against moisture is thought out in good conscience. For example, you can opt for the Legrand brand.
Having figured out how to connect the washing machine to electricity, you can safely proceed to other communications – sewerage and water supply.
Additional protection
High-quality grounding is a guarantee of stable operation of a washing machine of any brand and model.
Alas, before, when there were not so many household appliances, little attention was paid to grounding. If your apartment is in an old house, don’t rely on well-grounded outlets. In new buildings, more attention has already been paid to this issue, because household appliances are becoming more energy-intensive and require a responsible approach to the quality of communications.
Ground the outlet into which you will plug the washer. Of course, it will take you time if you live in an apartment, but in a private house it is much easier to ground an outlet.
Do this if you live in a house:
- The ground wire should get into the street – for which you drill through the wall of the house through, and so that its end is in the area of uXNUMXbuXNUMXbthe foundation.
- Drive in reinforcement near the house to a depth of 2 m. Its end should peek out of the ground by 30 centimeters.
- Strip the insulation from the tip of the wire, and remove rust and dirt from the armature.
- Wind the wire – with its bare part – on the fittings, and if in doubt, additionally use cold welding.
- Using electrical tape, wrap the junction of the fitting with the wire.
- Put a piece of rubber hose on the valve.
- Done – you have done the grounding well, you can connect the wire to the outlet.
Remember that connecting the washing machine to the mains without grounding is possible, but then you act at your own peril and risk. We warn you that this is not safe.
In the end, we want to say that due attention should be paid to connecting the SM to the power grid, since this is a complex and responsible matter. Do not ignore the rules and safety precautions, use proven schemes.