Burners And Cooktop Electrodes; Burner Bases; Burner Caps And Heads - GE JGP328 Owner's Manual

Careand cleaning of the cooktop.
CAUTION:
DONOTOPERATE A BURNER
WITHOUTALL B URNER PARTS
IN PLACE.
Burners and Cooktop Electrodes
Turnall controls off before removing bumer parts.
NOTE: Before removing the burner
caps and heads, remember their size
and locadono Replace them in die
same location after cleaning°
The burner assemblies should ah,vays be
kept clean° Spillovers should be cleaned
immediamly; they can clog the openings
in the burner assemblies.
Remove rite burner grates, burner caps
and burner heads for easy cleaning.
NOTES:
Donotattemptto remove theelectrode from
thecooktop or an;/screws fromtheburner
heador burner base.
,, Donotusesteel woolorscouring powders
tocleantheburners.
Burner Caps and Heads
Wash burner caps and burner heads
in hot, soapy water and rinse with clean
running wamr You may scour with a
plastic scouting pad to remove burned-
on food particles.
Use a sewing needle or lwist fie to
unclog the small holes in file burner
head, if required°
To remove burned-on food, soak die
burner heads in a soludon of mild liquid
dishwashing demrgent and hot wamr for
up to 20-30 minums, if required° For
more stubborn stains, use a toothbrush.
If the spill went inside file burner head
_kssembly (right flont burner on models
JGP945 andJGP975), wash it under
running waten Shake to rein(we any
excess wamr Air dry and make sure the
stuN1 ignitor holes are open°
NOTE: Be notwash anybumerparts
in a dishwasher.
Burner Bases
Theburnerbasesshould not beremoved
for cleaning
To clean die burner b_ses, use soapy water
and a pkLsdc scotllJng pad° Make sure that
no water gets into the burner b_ses and
the brass gas orifices.
Wipe clean with a damp cloflL Allow
fllem to &T flflly before using°
Cooktop Electrode
Clean thismetal p art
Donotcleanthis
whiteceramic part
withanemery board
NOTE:Do not attempt to remove
the electrode from the cooktop,
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Electrodes
The elecuode of die spark igniter is
exposed beyond die surfime of die
burner base. When cleaning the cooktop,
be careflfl not to snag the electrode of
the spark igniter with your cleaning
cloth. Dmnage to the ignitor couM occur
Be careflfl not to push in any cooktop
controls while cleaning the cooktop.
A slight electrical shock might result
which could cause you to knock over
]lOt cool<ware.
Make sure that the white ceramic
elecuodes in die cooktop are clear of soil
and dry. Clean the metal part of the
electrode with a soft cloth. For stubborn,
hardened
soil, clean the metal po:rfion of
the electrode with an emery board. Do
not clean the whim ceramic
portion
of
the electrode with the emery board. It is
acceptable to clean the whim portion of
the electrode with a soft cloth, but not
with an eme_ T board.
Before reassembling die surfime burners,
push down on each of the white ceramic
electrodes to make sure they are pressed
against the burner bases.