Important Safety Instructions - Maytag CRG8400AAL Manual

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IMPORTANT
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
General
In Case of Fire:
No cooking appliance should be used as a space
1. Turn off the range controls.
heater. This
2. Smother the fire or flanle with baking soda,
instruction is
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thy chemical, or a foam-type extinguisher. Do
based on safety
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not use water on grease fires.
considerations to
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prevent p°tential
l_hazard to the
Child Safety
consumer as well
Do not leave children
as damage to the
alone or unsupervised near
appliance,
the appliance when it is in
use or is still hot. Children
If the range is installed near a window, proper
should never be allowed to
precautions should be taken to prevent the
sit or stand on any part of
curtains from blowing over the burners creating
the appliance. Children
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a FIRE HAZARD.
must be taught that the
appliance and utensils in it
Keep the area around the appliance clear and
ean be hot. Children
free from combustible materials, gasoline, and
should be taught that an
other flammable vapors and materials,
appliance is not a to3_They
Have the installer show you the location of the
should not be allowed to play with controls or
gas shut offvalve and how to shut it offin an
other parts of the unit. Let hot utensils cool in a
emergency,
safe place, out of reach of small children.
CAUTION:
Do not store items of interest to
Your appliance is vented through the base of the
children in cabinets above all appliance or on the
backguard. Never bloek tile oven vent or the air
baekguard of a range. Children elimbil_g on the
intakes. Do not obstruct the flow of the
appliance to reach items could be seriously
combustion and ventilation air. Restriction of tile
injured. Do not use an appliance as a step stool
air flow to the burner prevents proper
to any cabinets above.
performance.
Avoid touching the oven vent area while oven is
Anti-Tip Device
on and for several minutes after the oven is
To reduce the risk of tipping of the appliance
turned off. Some parts of the vent and the
from unusual usage or by excessive loading of
smTounding area can become hot enough to
the oven door, the appliance must be secured by
cause burns,
a properly installed anti-tip device. To check if
Do not use the cooktop or the oven as a storage
deviee is installed properly, use a flashlight and
area for food or cooking utensils. This instruction
look underneath
the range to see that one of the
rear leveling legs is engaged in the bracket slot.
is based on safety considerations to prevent a
When removing tile appliance for cleaning, be
potential hazard to the user and to the appliance,
sure the anti-tip device is engaged when the
Misuse of the
range is replaced. The anti-tip device secures the
appliance door,
rear leveling leg to the floor, when properly
,
such as stepping,
engaged.
leaning or sitting
on the door, may
Cleaning
result iu possible
Tnrn off all the controls and wait for tile range
tipping of the
parts to cool before touching or cleaning them.
appliance or
Do not touch the burner grates or surrounding
breakage of the door and serious injuries,
areas until they have had sufficient time to cool.
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