Installation Safety Instructions - GE EGR3000 Owner's Manual

Installation Instructions
WARNING!
INSTALLATION SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS
Read these instructions completely and carefully.
Improper installation, adjustment, alteration, service or
maintenance can cause injury or propertg damage. Refer
to this manual. For assistance or additional information,
consult a qualified installer, service agencg,
manufacturer (dealer) or the gas supplier.
Never reuse old flexible connectors. The use of old flexible
connectors con couse gos leoks ond personol injurg.
Alwogs use NEW flexible connectors when installing
o gos opplionce.
IMPORTANT
- Remove oll p ocking moteriol
ond literoture fromovenbefore connecting gosond
electrical supplg to ronge.
-&CAUTION - Do n ot ottemptto operote
the oven of this ronge during o power foilure (Electric
Ignition models onlg).
II Hove gour ronge instolled bg o quolified instoller.
ii Your ronge must be electricollg grounded in occordonce
with Iocol codes or, in the obsence of Iocol codes, in
occordonce with the Notionol Electricol Code (ANSI/NFPA
70,Iotest edition). In Conodo, electricol grounding must
be in occordonce with the current CSAC22.1 Conodion
ElectricolCode Port 1 ond/or Iocol codes.See Electfica/
Connections in this section.
II Beforeinstolling gour ronge on linoleum or ong other
sgnthetic floor covering, moke sure the floor covering
con withstond 180°Fwithout shrinking, worping or
discoloring. Do not instoll the ronge over corpeting
unless o sheet of 1/4" thick plgwood or similor insulotor
is ploced between the ronge ond corpeting.
II Moke sure the wall coverings oround the ronge con
withstond heot generoted bg the ronge up to 200°R
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Avoid plocing cobinets obove the ronge. To reduce
the hozord coused bg reoching over the open flomes
of operoting burners, instoll o ventilotion hood over the
ronge thot projects forword ot leost 5" begond the front
of the cobinets.
The ventiloting hood must be constructed of sheet metol
not lessthon 0.0122" thick. Instoll obove the cooktop with
o cleoronce of not lessthon 1/4" between the hood ond
the underside of the combustible moteriol or metol
cobinet. The hood must be ot leost os wide os the
opplionce ond centered over the opplionce. Cleoronce
between the cooking surfoce ond the ventilotion hood
surfoce M UST NEVER BE LESSTHAN 24 INCHES.
EXCEPTION: I nstollotion of o listed microwove oven
or cooking opplionce over the cooktop sholl conform
the instollotion instructions pocked with thot opplionce.
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If cobinets ore ploced obove the ronge, ollow o minimum
cleoronce of 30" between the cooking surfoce ond the
bottom of unprotected cobinets.
If o 30"cleoronce betweencooking surfoce o nd
overheod combustible moteriol ormetol cobinets connot
be mointoined, protect theunderside ofthecobinets
obovethecooktop with notless t hon1/4" insuloting
millboord covered w ithsheet metolnotless t hon0.0122"
thick. Cleoronce b etweenthecooking surfoce o nd
protected cobinets MUST NEVER BE LESSTHAN
24 INCHES.
The verticol distonce from the plone of the cooking
surfoce to the bottom of odjocent overheod cobinets
extending closer thon 1" to the plone of the ronge sides
must not be lessthon 18". (Seethe Dimensions and
Clearances illustrotion in this section.)
-A CAUTION
- Items ofinterest tochildren
should notbe stored i n cobinets oboveo rongeoron
thebocksplosh ofo ronge-children climbing on the
ronge to reoch items could be seriouslg injured.
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