Heating Elements; Important Safety; Child Safety - Maytag MER5505BAH User Manual

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(OIL ELEMEFIITS
SELF-(LEANING
OYEH
CAUTION: NEVER storeitemsof interest to
children i n cabinets a bove anappliance o ron
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Clean onlypartslisted in thisguide. D onot
backguard ofarange. Children c limbing o nup-
clean door gasket. Thegasket i sessential for
pliance, dooror drawer t o reach itemscould
Toprevent damage t oremovable heating e l-
a goodseal.Donot rub,damage, or move
damage the appliance o r beburned or seri-
ements, donotimmerse, soak or cleanina
thegasket,
ously injured.
dishwasher or self-clean o ven. A damaged
element could short r esulting inafireorshock Do not useovencleaners. N o commercial Children m ust b etaught thattheappliance and
hazard,
ovencleaner or ovenlinerprotective c oating utensils inoronitcanbehot.Lethotutensils
cool i na safeplace, o utofreach ofsmall c hil-
ofanykindshould beusedinor around any
Make sure dripbowls a reinplace asabsence partoftheoven.
dren. C hildren should betaught thatanappli-
ofthese bowls during cooking c ould damage
anceis nota toy.Children should not beal-
wiring.
Before self-cleaning theoven, r emove broiler lowed to playwithcontrols or otherpartsof
pan, o venracks andotherutensils t oprevent theunit.
Protective Liners: Donotuse aluminum f oilto
excessive smoking, discoloration oftheoven
linesurface unit d ripbowls or ovenbottoms, racks or possible d amage t outensils.
except assuggested inthemanual. Improper
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ofthese liners mayresult i nafisk
Wipeup excessivespillovers, e specially
VEHTILATIHG
HOODS
of electric s hock orfire.
greasy spills, b efore thecleancycleto pro-
Clean range hood andfitters frequently topre-
vent s moking, flare-ups o rflaming,
vent g rease orother f lammable materials from
GLASS (EflAMI(
(OOKTOP
It is normal f or thecooktop to become hot
accumulating on hoodor filterandto avoid
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during a clean cycle. T herefore, avoid touch-
grease f ires.
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lagthecooktop, door, w indow or ovenvent
Turnthe fanonwhenflambeing f oods(such
during a cleancycle,
asCherries J ubilee) u nder t hehood.
NEVER cookonbroken cooktop. Ifceektop
should break, cleaning solutions and
spillovers maypenetrate t hebroken c ooktop
HEATING
ELEMENTS
IMPORTANT
SAFETY
FtOTI(E
andcreate a riskofelectric s hock. Contact a
qualified t echnician i mmediately.
NEVER touchsurfaceor ovenheatingel-
WAflNIHG
ements,areasnearelements, o r interior
AND
Clean cooktop w ithcaution. Some cleaners surfaces of oven.
canproduce noxious fumes if applied to a
TheCalifornia S afeDrinking W ater a ndToxic
hotsurface. Ifa wetsponge, cloth, o r paper Heating elements m aybehot eventhough Enforcement Actof1986(Proposition 65)re-
towel i sused ona hot c ooking area, b ecare- theyaredarkincolor. A reas near surface el-
quires theGovernor ofCalifornia t opublish a
fultoavoidsteam burn.
ements a ndinterior s urfaces o fanovenmay
listofsubstances known totheState of Cali-
become h otenough tocauseburns. D uring fornia to cause cancer o r reproductive harm,
DEEP
tAl"'" fRYERS
andafteruse, d onottouchor letclothing or
andrequires b usinesses to warncustomers
other f lammable m aterials contact heating e l-
of potential exposures tosuch substances.
ements, areas near elements, or interior sur-
Useextreme caution whenmoving grease facesof ovenuntil t heyhavehadsufficient Users o fthisappliance arehereby w arned t hat
panordisposingofhotgrease.AIIowgrease timetocool.
whenthe ovenis engaged in the self-clean
cycle, t heremaybesomelowlevel e xposure
tocool b efore attempting tomove pan.
Otherpotentiallyhot surfaces include:
tosome ofthelisted substances, including c ar-
Cooktop, areas f acing thecooktop, oven vent,
bunmonoxide. Exposure t othese substances
OVEN
andsurfaces nearthe ventopening, o ven
can bem,nimJzed byproperly venting theoven
door,areas around the doorandovenwin-
totheoutdoors d uring theself-clean c ycleby
Usecarewhen opening door. L ethotairor
dow.
opening a window and/ordoorin the room
steam escape before removing o rreplacing
where theappliance i slocated.
food
CHILD
SAFETY
IMPORTANT N OTICEREGARDING PET
Forproper o ven operation andperformance,
BIRDS: Never k eep petbirds inthekitchen o r
donotblockorobstructovenventduct.When NEVER leave children a lone orunsupervised inroomswhere the fumesfromthe kitchen
ovenisin use,theareanear theventmay
in areawhereappliance i s in useor isstill
couldreach. Birds have averysensitive r espi-
become h otenough tocause burns,
hot.
ratory s ystem. Fumes r eleased d uring anoven
self-cleaning cyclemaybeharmful or fatal t o
Always p lace oven racks indesired l ocations NEVER allowchildren t o sitor stand onany
birds. F umes r eleased d ue tooverheated cook-
whileovenis cool.If rackmustbemoved part o ftheappliance a stheycould beinjured ingoil, f at,margarine andoverheated non-stick
whileovenishot,donot letpotholder con-
orburned,
cookware m aybeequally harmful.
tacthotelement in oven.

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