Important Safety Information; Read And Save These Instructions - GE GTS18 Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING THE APPLIANCE
To reduce the risk of fire, explosion, electric shock, or injury when using your
WARNING
refrigerator, follow these basic safety precautions:
■ T his refrigerator must be properly installed
and located in accordance with the Installation
Instructions before it is used.
■ U nplug the refrigerator before making repairs,
replacing a light bulb, or cleaning.
NOTE: Power to the refrigerator cannot be
disconnected by any setting on the control panel.
NOTE: Repairs must be performed by a qualified
Service Professional.
■ R eplace all parts and panels before operating.
■ D o not use an extension cord.
■ D o not store or use gasoline or other flammable
vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other
appliance.
■ D o not store explosive substances such as aerosol
cans with a flammable propellant in this appliance.
To reduce the risk of injury when using your refrigerator, follow these basic safety
CAUTION
precautions.
■ D o not clean glass shelves or covers with warm
water when they are cold. Glass shelves and
covers may break if exposed to sudden temperature
changes or impact, such as bumping or dropping.
Tempered glass is designed to shatter into many
small pieces if it breaks.
■ K eep fingers out of the "pinch point" areas;
clearances between the doors and between the
doors and cabinet are necessarily small. Be careful
closing doors when children are in the area.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 WARNINGS
This product contains one or more chemicals known to the State of California to cause
WARNING
cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.
WARNING
EXPLOSION HAZARD
Keep flammable materials and vapors, such as gasoline, away from refrigerator. Failure to do so can result in fire,
explosion, or death.

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■ T o prevent suffocation and entrapment hazards
to children, remove the fresh food and freezer
doors from any refrigerator before disposing of it or
discontinuing its use.
■ T o avoid serious injury or death, children should not
stand on, or play in or with the appliance.
■ C hildren and persons with reduced physical, sensory
or mental capabilities or lack of experience and
knowledge can use this appliance only if they are
supervised or have been given instructions on safe
use and understand the hazards involved.
■ T his appliance is intended to be used in household
and similar applications such as: staff kitchen areas
in shops, offices and other working environments;
farm houses; by clients in hotels, motels, bed
& breakfast and other residential environments;
catering and similar non-retail applications.
■ D o not touch the cold surfaces in the freezer
compartment when hands are damp or wet, skin
may stick to these extremely cold surfaces.
■ D o not refreeze frozen foods which have thawed
completely.
■ I n refrigerators with automatic ice makers, avoid
contact with the moving parts of the ejector
mechanism, or with the heating element that
releases the cubes. Do not place fingers or hands
on the automatic ice making mechanism while the
refrigerator is plugged in.
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