GE JGB900 Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions page 4

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION.
READALLINSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING.
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SAFETY P RECAUTIONS
Locate the range out of kitchen traffic path
and out of drafty locations to prexent poor
air citvulafion.
Be sure all packaging materials are
remoxed flom the range before operating it
to prevent fire or smoke damage should the
packaging material ignite.
Be sure your range is correctly adjusted by
a qualified service teclmician or installer for
the type of gas (natural or LP) that is to be
used. Your range can be converted for use
with either type of gas. See the Installation of
the range section.
WARNING: tese ad>stments mnst
be made by a qualified service technician
in accordance with rite
manniCactuler's
instrucOons and all codes and requirements
of the antbocitv havingjurisdicoon. Failure
m follow flaese instructions could result ira
serious iojm y or property damage. Tile
qualified agen W perfot_ning fltis work
assumes responsibility for the conversion.
After prolonged use of a range, high floor
temperautleS m W result and many floor
coxering:s will
not
wiflastand this kind of use.
Ne_er install the range o_er vinyl die or
linoleum fltat cannot wiflastand such wpe
of use. Nexer install it directly oxer interior
kitchen carpeOng.
Do not leme childien alone or unattended
where a range is hot or ira operation.
They could be selJously burned.
Do not allow anyone m climb, stand or hang
on the oxen dent; storage draweL wamfing
drawer or cookmp. They could damage the
range and exen tip it oxer, causing severe
personal irljnry.
CAUTION: tems ofinterest
tO
children should not be stored in cabinets
aboxe a range or on tim backsplash of a
range--children climbing on the range to
reach items could be seriously iojnled.
WARNING: N EVERuse this
appliance as a space heater to heat or
warm the room. Doing so may iesult
ira carbon monoxide poisoning and
oxeltteafing of the oven.
Nexer wear loose fitting or hanging gat_nents
while using the appliance. Be carefifl when
reaching for items stored ira cabinets oxer the
range. Flammable material could be ignited
if brought ira contact with flame or hot oxen
suiPaces and
may cause
sexere bniTas.
Do not store flammable materials ira an
oxen, a range storage drawe_; a waHning
drawer or near a cookmp.
Do not store or use combustible materials,
gasoline or oflter flammable vapors and
liquids in rite vicinity of this or any oflter
appliance.
Do not let cooking gxease or other flammable
matet-ials accunnflate ira or neat rite range.
Do
not
use water on grease fires. Nexer pick
up a flaming pan. Turn the controls off'.
Smother a flaming pan on a surthce burner
by coxering flae pan completely with
a well-fitting lid, cookie sheet or fiat tr W.
Use a multi-purpose dry chemical or
foam-type fire extinguisher
Flaming grease outside a pan can be put
ant by
covering it with baMng soda at;
if available, by using a multi-purpose dly
chemical or foam-wpe rite extinguishen
Flame ira tile oxen or wamaing drawer can be
smothered completely by closing the oxen
door or drawer and turning the control to
off or by using a m nl ti-pnrpose dry c Itemical
or foam-type fire exfinguishen
i,et rite burner grates and other surfaces
cool before ranching them or leaving fltem
where children can teach them.
Nexer block flae \ents (air openings) of the
range. They provide the air inlet and outlet
flint are necessat T tbr the range to operate
properly with cotxect combnsfion. Air
opening_ are located at tile rear of the
cooktop, at tim top and bottom of the oxen
dent; and at the bottom of the range under
the watching drawer; storage drawer or
kick panel.
Large scrawhes or impacts to glass doors
can lead to broken or shattered glass.