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This will alert you to potential
personal or property safety hazards.
Obey all safety rules to avoid any
property damage, personal injury or
death.
WARNING indicates a potentially
hazardous situation, which, if not
avoided, could result in serious
injury or death.
CAUTION indicates a moderate
hazardous situation, which, if not
avoided, could result in minor or
moderate injury.
CAUTION – when used without the
safety alert symbol, indicates a
potentially hazardous situation,
which, if not avoided, could result in
property damage.
IMPORTANT used for installation,
operation and maintenance
information that are not related to
safety.
2)
Electrical Shock Hazard
Before removing a faulty oven light bulb, make sure
you turn OFF the power to the range at the main fuse
or circuit breaker panel. If you
don't know how to do this,
contact an electrician.
Do not remove the kick panel or the
back panel. Due to electrical wires
behind it, both panels should only be
removed by a qualified technician.
This appliance is equipped with a
three-prong grounding plug for your protection against
shock hazard and should be plugged directly into a properly
grounded power outlet. Do not under any circumstances
cut or remove the grounding prong from this plug.
Failure to follow this advice may result in death or electrical
shock.
3) Tipping Hazard
All ranges can tip and cause injuries to adults and children.
To prevent tipping,install the anti-tip device supplied with
your range. Follow all installation instructions. Even after
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the safety device is installed, do
not step, lean or sit on the oven door or
place any heavy objects on it. Doing so
may result in personal injury.
Re-engage the anti-tip device if the
range is moved. Do not operate the
range without the anti-tip device in place and engaged.
Make sure anti-tip device is installed as follows:
1 Slide the range forward.
2 Install the anti-tip device as described in the instruction
sheet.
3 Safely tilt the front section of the range and slide the
range slowly back against the wall.
4 The rear pins should slide under the bracket. Do not
use the appliance until it has been secured. Failure to
follow this advice may result in serious injury.
4) Explosion Hazard
If you smell gas, do not use the appliance. Open
a window or door to let the gas escape, then
follow the instructions on the inside front cover
of this manual.
Do not use water on grease fires. A violent steam explosion
may result.
Turn all burners off, then smother fire or flame with a dry
chemical or foam-type extinguisher. Do not try to smother
with flammable blankets.
Do not heat unopened food containers such as
cans. Build-up of pressure may cause container
to burst and result in injury. Failure to follow
this advice may result in injury or death.
5) Fire Hazard
Never use your appliance as a space heater. Persons could
be injured or a fire could start.
Keep the area around the appliance free from combustible
materials (e.g. wall coverings, curtains, drapes, gasoline and
other flammable vapors and liquids.
Clean the stove and burners regularly
Do not let cooking grease or other flammable materials
accumulate on the surfaces or near the appliance.
Do not hang any articles (e.g. dish towels off the oven
handle. Some fabrics may ignite or melt from the heat.
Never leave the cook top burners unattended when in use.
Boil over causes smoking and greasy spillovers that may
ignite. Never spray an aerosol cleaner on or around the
appliance while burners are lit, Be sure all the controls are