Terminal Block and Grounding Strap

For the cooktop it was really straightforward. Take the metal screw loose on the receptacle, fish the new wires to the back of the control panel with the old wires, install the new receptacle with a single metal screw, push the wire terminals onto the control, and you're done. The only hard part was putting the new receptacle together. ... Read more No instructions on how to do it. I tried every way I could imagine. Finally figured out you simply have to push the terminal into the plastic body of the receptacle from the back, VERY firmly. The flat back of the terminal faces the center of the plastic body, while the two curved cylindrical parts face the outside. At some point the whole thing just locks up in there. Be very careful not to break the wire crimp connector off the back of the terminal, it's pretty fragile. You'll have to do some serious looking with a flashlight at the other receptacles to see how the terminals are oriented on the inside of the plastic body. My old one was missing completely, so I had to use one of the others for guidance. A very small screwdriver might help here. I spent a significant amount of time trying to put the stupid thing together. It should come assembled. As for the dryer, it was simply a matter of removing the dryer cord, unscrewing the old terminal block and letting it hang, screwing the new terminal block in place, and transferring the three push-on terminals one at a time to the new block. In my case I had to reterminate the dryer cord wires because one was burned completely loose from the terminal block. Also, if it's a mobile home, the ground strap on this terminal block SHOULD NOT be used. It connects the dryer cabinet to the neutral of the dryer cord, and we don't want to do that. The dryer cord is a four-wire cord and has its own ground conductor.