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Care and Cleaning
(See
Cleaning Guide on pages 22 and 23.)
Proper care and cleaning are
important so your range will give
you eflicient and satisfactory service.
Follow these directions carefully in
caring for your range to assure safe
and proper maintenance.
Cooktop
The porcelain enamel cooktop is
sturdy but breakable if misused. This
finish is acid-resistant.
However,
any acid foods spilled (such as fruit
juices, tomato, or vinegar) should not
be permitted to remain on the finish.
Cleaning Under the Range
The area under the range of models
equipped with a bottom drawer can
be reached easily for cleaning by
removing the bottom drawer. To
remove, pull drawer out all the way,
tilt up the front and remove it. To
replace, insert glides at back of
drawer beyond stop on range glides.
Lift drawer if necessary to insert
easily. Let front of drawer down,
then push in to close.
Removable Oven Door
To REMOVE door, open to BROIL
position, or where you feel hinge
catch slightly. Grasp door at sides;
lift door up and away from hinges.
To REPLACE, grasp door at sides.
Line up door with hinges and push
door firmly into place.
Surface Units
Clean the area under the drip
pans often. Built-up soil, especially
grease, may catch fire. To make
cleaning easier, tilt-lock units lifl
and lock in the up position, and
plug-in units are removable.
up
Caution: Be sure all controls are
turned to OFF and surface units
are cool before attempting to lift
or remove them.
After lifting the tilt-lock units or
removing plug-in units, remove the
trim rings and drip pans under the
units and clean them according to
directions in the Cleaning Guide on
pages 22 and 23. Wipe around the
edges of the surface unit openings.
Clean the area below the units.
Rinse all washed areas with a damp
cloth or sponge.
Tilt-Lock (stand-up) Units
(on models so equipped)
'INt-lmck
uNts cannot be removed.
You can lift a tilt-lock unit upward
about 6" and it will lock in the up
position.
To reposition the tilt-lock unit:
. Replace the drip pan into recess
in cooktop.
Put trim ring in place over drip
pan. The drip pan
must
be under
the trim ring.
c Guide the surface unit into place
so it fits evenly into the trim ring.
Plug-In Units
(on model so equipped)
Plug-in units can be removed.
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Lift a plug-in unit about 1" above
the trim ring—just enough to grasp
it—and you can pull it out.
Do not
lift
a plug-in unit more
than 1! If you do, it may not lie
flat on the trim ring when you
plug it back in.
Repeated lifting of the plug-in
unit more than 1"above the trim
ring can permanently damage
the receptacle.
Terminals
I
To replace a plug-in unit:
First place the drip pan, then the
trim ring into the surface unit cavity
found on top of the cooktop so the
unit receptacle can be seen through
the opening in the pan.
Insert the terminals of the plug-in
unit through the opening in the drip
pan and into the receptacle.
Guide the surface unit into place
so it fits evenly into the trim ring.
Note: The drip pan
must
be under
the trim ring.
CAUTION
Do not attempt to clean plug-in
surface units in an automatic
dishwasher.
Do not immerse plug-in surface
units in liquids of any kind.
Do not bend the plug-in surface
"
unit plug terminals.
c Do not attempt to clean, adjust
or in any way repair the plug-in
receptacle.

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