All Appliances; Surface Cooking Units - Amana ARDS802 Series Owner's Manual

ALL APPLIANCES

1. Proper installation. Be sure your appliance is
properly installed and grounded by a qualified
technician.
2. Never Use Your Appliance for Warming or Heating
the Room.
3. Do not leave children alone. Children should not be
alone or unattended in the area where the appliance
is in use. They should never be allowed to sit or
stand on any part of the appliance.
4. Wear proper apparel. Loose fitting or hanging
garments should never be worn while using
appliance.
5. User Servicing—Do not repair or replace any part of
the appliance unless specifically recommended in
the manual. All other servicing should be referred to a
qualified technician.
6. Storage in or on appliance. Flammable materials
should not be stored in an oven or near surface units.
7. Do not use water on grease fires. Smother fire or
flame, or use dry chemical or foam-type extinguisher.
8. Use only dry potholders. Moist or damp potholders
on hot surfaces may result in burns from steam. Do
not let potholder touch elements. Do not use a towel
or other bulky cloth.

SURFACE COOKING UNITS

1. Use proper pan size. This appliance is equipped with
one or more surface units of different size. Select
utensils having flat bottoms large enough to cover the
surface unit heating element. The use of undersized
utensils will expose a portion of the heating element
to direct contact and may result in ignition of
clothing. Use of oversized utensils concentrates heat
on cooking surface and can cause damage to range.
Proper relationship of utensil to burner improves
efficiency.
2. Never leave surface units unattended. Boilover
causes smoking and greasy spillovers that may
ignite.
3. Make sure reflector pans or drip bowls are in place.
Absence of these pans or bowls during cooking may
subject wiring or components underneath to damage.
4. Protective liners. Do not use aluminum foil to line drip
bowls or oven bottoms. Improper installation of these
liners may result in a risk of electrical shock, or fire.
5. Glazed cooking utensils—Only certain types of
glass, ceramic, earthware, or other glazed utensils
are suitable for rangetop service without breaking due
to sudden change in temperature.
6. Utensil handles should be turned inward and not
extend over adjacent surface units. To reduce the risk
of burns, ignition of flammable materials, and spillage
due to unintentional contact with the utensil, the
handle of a utensil should be positioned so that it is
turned inward, and does not extend over adjacent
surface units.
7. Do not soak removable heating elements. Heating
elements should never be immersed in water.
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