GE EGR2000 Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions page 35

Installation Instructions
-AWARNING!
INSTALLATION SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS
Read these instructions completely and carefully.
Improper installation, adjustment, alteration, service or
maintenance can cause injury or property damage. Refer
to this manual. For assistance or additional information,
consult a qualified installer, service agency, manufacturer
(dealer) or the gas supplier.
Never reuse old flexible connectors. Tile use of old
flexible connectors can cause gas leaks and personal
i_jury: Always
use NEW flexible connectops when
insudling a gas appliance.
IMPORTANT - Remove all
packing
material and literature flom oven before comlecting gas
and elecuical supply to range.
CAUTION - Do.at
attempt to operate
tile
oven of this range during a power failure (Electric
Igmifion models only).
• Have your range installed by a qualified installer.
• Your range must be electricMly grounded in
accordance with local codes at, in file absence of local
codes, in accordance wifll file National Electrical Code
(ANSI/NFPA 70, latest edition). In Canada, electrical
gaounding must be in accordance wifll file current
CSA C22.1 Canadian Elecuical Code Part 1 and/or
local codes. See
ElectricalConnections
in this section.
• Before installing your range on linoleum oi any adler
synthetic floor covering, make sure tile floor covering
can withstand 180°F without stMnking, warping or
discoloring. Do not install the range over carpeting
unless a sheet of 1/4" thick plywood or similar
insulator is placed between the range and carpeting.
• Make sure tile wall coverings around tile range can
withstand heat generated by tile range up to 200°E
Avoid placing cabinets above file range. To reduce file
hazard caused by reaching over file open flames of
operating burners, insudl a ventilation hood over file
range fllat projects foIward at least 5" beyond file flont
of tile cabinets.
Tile ventilating hood must be consmtcmd of sheet
metal not less than 0.0122" dfick. Install above tile
cooktop with a clearance of not less than 1/4" between
the hood and tile underside of the combustible
matei-ial at
metal cabinet. Tile hood must be at least as
wide as tile appliance and cenmred over tile appliance.
Clearance between tile cooking surface and the
ventilation hood surface MUST NEVER BE LESS
THAN 24 INCHES.
EXCEPTION: Installation of a listed microwave oven or
cooking appliance over tile cooktop shall confoml to tile
installation instructions packed with that appliance.
If cabinets are placed above tile range, allow a
minimum clearance of 30" between tile cooking
surface and tile bottom of unprotected cabinets.
If a 30" clearance between cooking surface and
overhead combustible mamrial oi metal cabinets
cannot be maintained, promct tile underside of the
cabinets above tile cookmp with not less than 1/4"
insulating millboard covered with sheet metal not less
than 0.0122" thick. (;learance between the cooking
surface and protecmd cabinets MUST NEVER BE
LESS THAN 24 INCHES.
Tile verficM distance flom file plane of file cooking
surface to file bottom of adjacent overhead cabinets
extending closet than 1" to file plane of file range
sides must not be less fllan 18". (See file Dimensions
and Clearances illusuation in dlis section.)
CAUTION
- Items of interest to children
should not be stored in cabinets above a range or on
tile backsplash of a range---chiMren climbing on tile
range to reach items couM be seriously injured.
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