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SAFETY P RECAUTIONS
..... Always keep wooden
and plastic umnsils
and canned
f_)od a safe distance
flom your
range.
..... Always keep combustible wall coverings,
curtains or drapes a s'ate distance flom
your range.
..... Do not clean the range with flammable
or
volatile cleaning
fuids.
..... After prolonged
use of a range, high floor
temperatures
may result and many floor
coverings will not withstand
this kind of
use. Never install the range over x,inyl die
or linoleum
that cannot
withstand
such
type of use. Never install it directly over
interior
kitchen
carpeting.
..... Avoid scratching
the cooktop
with sharp
instruments,
or with rings and other
jeweh T.
..... Do not allow anyone
to climb, stand or
hang on the oven door; storage
drawer or
cooktop.
They could damage
the range
and even tip it over; causing
severe
persorral
in,ju U.
A CAUTION: I tems o interest
t0 children
shouldnot be stored #7cabinetsabove a range or
on the backsplashof a range--children climbing
on the range to reachitems could be seriously
injured.
WARNING:NEVER
use t his
appliance
as a space heater to heat or
warm the room.
Doing so may result
in carbon
monoxide
poisoning
and
overheating
of the cooktop
or oven.
..... For your safety, never use your appliance
for warming or heating the room.
..... i,arge scratches or impacts to glass doors
can lead to broken or shatmred glass.
..... Do not clean the range when the appliance
is in use.
..... Never wear loose-fitting
or han_ng
garments
while using the appliance.
Be careful when reaching
f_)r imms stored
in cabinets
over the range. Flammable
material
could be i_ited
if brought
in
contact with flame or hot oven surfaces
and may cause severe burns.
..... Do not store flammable
materials
in an
oven, a range storage drawer or near a
cooktop.
..... Do not store or use combustible
materials,
gasoline
or other
flammable
vapors and
liquids in the \,icinity of this or any other
appliance.
..... Do not let cooking
_ease
or other
flammable
mamfials
accumulate
in or
near the range.
..... Do not use water on grease fires. Never
pick up a flaming
pan. Turn the controls
ore Smother
a flaming
pan on a surface
burner
by covering
the pan completely
with a well-fitting
lid, cookie sheet or flat
tray. Use a multi-propose
dr T chemical
or
f_)am-type fire extinguisher
Flaming grease outside a pan can be put
out by coveting it with baking soda or;
if available, by using a multi-purpose dU
chemical or foam-type fire extinguisher.
Flame in the oven can be smothered
completely
by closing the oven door and
turning
the control
to off or by using a
multi-propose
dr T chemical
or fk_am-type
fire extinguisher.
..... Let the burner
_ates
and other
surfaces
cool befbre touching
them or lea:\,ing
them where children
can reach them.
..... Never block the vents (air openings)
of
the range. They prox,ide the air inlet and
outlet that are necessar T for the range to
operate
properly
with correct
combustion.
Air openings
are located
at the rear of the
cooktop,
at the top and bottom
of the
oven dooc
and at the bottom
of the range
under
the storage drawer
or kick panel.
..... Do not lift the cooktop.
Lifting the
cooktop
can lead to damage
and improper
operation
of the range.
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