Important Safety Information; Minimum Clearances To Combustible Surfaces - Amana AKEF3070 Manual

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

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WARNING
To avoid serious burns or other personal injury
caused by reaching over heated surface element,
avoid locating storage cabinets above surface
elements. If cabinet storage is located above surface
units, install a range hood that projects horizontally a
minimum of 5 inches beyond the cabinet bottom to
reduce the risk.
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CAUTION
To avoid serious burns or other personal injury, do not
store items of interest to children above or behind
cooktop. Children climbing on cooktop to reach items
could be seriously injured.

Minimum Clearances to Combustible Surfaces

Underwriter's Laboratories, Inc. specifies this
cooktop can be installed as specified in the
following diagram. The dimensions provided
are to be measured from the cooktop itself,
and not the installation cutout for the cooktop.
A—30-inches minimum clearance between the
top of the cooking surface and the bottom of
an unprotected wood or metal cabinet.
OR
A—24-inches minimum clearance when bottom
of wood or metal cabinet is protected by not
less than 1/4-inch thick flame retardant
millboard covered with not less than No.28
MSG sheet steel, 0.015 inch thick stainless
steel, 0.024-inch thick aluminum, or 0.020
inch thick copper.
B—0-inches minimum distance between cooktop
and wall, cabinet taller than 36 inches or a
walkway.
C—0-inches minimum distance between cooktop
and back wall or backguard.
D—2-inches minimum distance between cooktop
and edge of countertop.
E—Minimum of 18-inches between top of
countertop and bottom of an unprotected
wood or metal cabinet.
F—Minimum of 30-inches of protected cabinets
above the cooktop (refer to letter A).
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
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To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury, or
death, make sure cooktop has been properly
grounded and always disconnect it from main power
supply before any servicing.
To avoid risk of electrical shock or personal injury
when connecting copper leads to aluminum house
wiring, use only connectors designed for joining
copper to aluminum. Follow connector manufacturer's
recommendations closely.
To avoid risk of electrical shock or personal injury, do
not ground through neutral wire if installed in mobile
home or if local codes do not permit grounding
through neutral wire.
C
D
A–5
WARNING
F
A
E
B
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