Important Safety - Whirlpool RF390PXV Use And Care Manual

Important Safety Instructions
To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock,
injury to persons, or damage when using the
range, follow basic precautions, including
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Read all instructions before using could catch on fire.
the range.
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Select a pan with a flat bottom that
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Install or locate the range only
is about the same size as the sur-
in accordance with the provided
face unit. If pan is smaller than the
Installation Instructions.
surface unit, some of the heating
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Do not use the range for warming
element will be exposed and may
or heating the room. Persons could
result in the igniting of clothing or
be burned or injured, or a fire could
potholders. Correct pan size also
start.
improves electrical efficiency.
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Do not leave children alone in area
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Never leave surface units unat-
where the range is in use. They
tended at high heat settings. A
should never be allowed to sit or
boil-over could result and cause
stand on any part of the range.
smoking and greasy spill-overs
They could be burned or injured.
that may ignite.
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Do not wear loose or hanging gar-
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Make sure the reflector bowls are
ments when using the range. They
in place dunng cooking. Cooking
could ignite if they touch a hot sur-
without reflector bowls may subject
face unit or heating element and
the wiring and components under-
you could be burned.
neath them to damage.
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Do not repair or replace any part of
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Do not line reflector bowls with alu-
the range unless specifically rec-
minum foil or other liners. Improper
ommended in this manual. All
installation of these liners may result
other servicing should be referred
in a r&k of electric shock or fire.
to a qualified technician.
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Check to be sure glass cooking
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Do not store flammable materials
utensils are safe for use on the
in or near the range. They could
cooktop. Only certain types of
explode or burn.
glass, glass ceramic, ceramic,
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Do not use water on grease fires.
earthenware or other glazed uten-
Never pick up a flaming pan.
sils are suitable for cooktops with-
Smother flaming pan on cooktop
out breaking due to the sudden
by covering with a well-fitted lid,
change in temperature.
cookie sheet or flat tray. Flaming
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Turn pan handles inward, but not
grease outside pan can be
over other surface units. This will
extinguished with baking soda,
help reduce the chance of burns,
or if available, a multipurpose
igniting of flammable materials, and
dry chemical or foam-type
spills due to bumping of the pan.
extinguisher.
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Do not soak removable heating
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Use only dry potholders. Moist or
elements in water. The element will
damp potholders on hot surfaces be damaged and shock or fire
may result in burns from steam. Do
could result.
not let potholder touch hot heating
elements. Do not use a towel or
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Use care when opening oven door.
Let hot air or steam escape before
bulky cloth for a potholder. They
removing or replacing food.