Microwave Oven Fan Motor Wiring

A microwave oven designed to be mounted over a cooking range typically has a built in vent fan and light fixture designed to illuminate the stovetop.

Microwave oven fan motor wiring.

The plug has black white and green wires. The blower fan has a black white red yellow and blue wires. Wiring a microwave oven. This will require 12 2 nm wire with a ground.

The fan motor is located at the top rear of the microwave and exhausts the air into the duct system or re circulates into the room through the charcoal filter depending on the installation. Microwave oven circuit. In kitchens it is common practice that if a microwave oven will be installed at a given location such as hood fan microwave ovens that a dedicated 20 amp circuit is always installed. More about wiring for a microwave oven circuit.

Im not sure if the plug i have will work on it but im posting pictures of the fan wires along with the plug wires. The fan works fine. The microwave oven needs a dedicated 20 amp the 120 125 volt circuit to feed it. If the fan motor does not turn on when selected you will need to disconnect the power and remove the unit from the wall or cabinet to service.

The wiring harness has the following. Some are countertop models and others mount under the cabinet above the stove. Microwave ovens come in different varieties and sizes. These microwaves usually fit between adjoining wall cabinets and below a specialty upper cabinet that hides the vent connections and electrical outlet.

My problem is when i go to hook it up i only have 3 wires coming from power hot neg ground how do you connect 7 to 3 and which color goes where.