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GETTING ACQUAINTED
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WITH YOUR NEW RANGE
HOW A SURFACE
BURNER WORKS
2. When the burner lights, turn the control
When the surface burner valve (A) is turned
back to the desired setting. If selecting
a
on, gas enters the mixer tube (B) and comes
high flame setting, on •models with solid
in contact with air. This air/gas mixture flows
state ignition adjust the knob until there Js
to the burner head (C) and is lighted by a
no clicking sound. The clicking sound will
spark from the solid state igniter or pilot (D).
stop and the igniter will turn off. Do not
leave the control in the (START) position
once the burner lights.
3. If the flame should go out during a cooking
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operation, turn the burner off. IF GAS HAS
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ACCUMULATED AND A STRONG GAS
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ODOR IS DETECTED, WAIT FiVE MINUTES
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FOR THE GAS ODOR TO DISAPPEAR
BEFORE RELIGHTING BURNER.
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4. Turn the burner to OFF when you are
through cooking.
See page 6 for instructions
on manually
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lighting the solid state ignition surface
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burners in the event of a power failure.
SELECTING
CORRECT
FLAME SIZE
A properly adjusted burner with clean ports
will light within a few seconds. The
Use the HIGH flame setting to quickly bring
coneshaped
flame will be clear blue in color
foods to a boil or to begin a cooking
with a clearly defined inner core. There
operation.
Then reduce to a lower setting to
should be no trace of yellow in the flame. A
continue cooking. Never leave food
yellow flame indicates an improper mixture
unattended
over a high flame settlhg.
of air and gas. This wastes fuel so have a
service technician
adjust the air/gas mixture
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if the yellow flame ever occurs.
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HOW TO OPERATE SURFACE
BURNERS
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1. Push in and turn control to the left past
HIGH to the (START) position. This is the
light position. On models with solid state
ignition, the clicking sound indicates that
the igniter is producing sparks to light the
An intermediate
setting is used to continue a
cooking operation.
Food will not cook any
surface burner. Sometimes you may
notice some static interference
with your
faster when a higher flame setting is used
radio, television or stereo system when
than that needed to maintain a gentle boil.
the igniter is producing sparks.
Remember, water boils at the same
temperature
whether boiling gently or
vigorously.
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