Oven Safety - Whirlpool RBD277PD Use And Care Manual

Oven Safety
Your safety is important to us.
This guide contains safety statements under
warning symbols. Please pay special
attention to these symbols and follow any
instructions given. Here is a brief explana-
tion of the use of the symbol.
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This symbol alerts you to such dangers
as fire, electrical shock, burns, and
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
General
@Read all instructions before using
the oven.
.Install or locate the oven only in
accordance with the provided
Installation Instructions. The oven
must be installed by a qualified
installer. The oven must be
properly connected to electrical
supply and grounded.
GAUTION: Do not store things
children might want above the
oven. Children could be burned
or injured while climbing on it.
*Do not leave children alone or
unattended in area where the
oven is in use. They should never
be allowed to sit or stand on any
part of the oven. They could be
burned or injured.
ADO not operate the oven if it is
damaged or not working properly.
*Do not use the oven for warming
or heating the room. Persons
could be burned or injured, or a
fire could start.
aUse the oven only for its intended
use as described in this manual.
@Do not touch heating elements or
interior surfaces of oven. Heating
elements may be hot even though
they are dark in color. Interior
surfaces of an oven become hot
enough to cause burns. During
and after use, do not touch, or let
clothing or other flammable mate-
rials contact heating elements or
interior surfaces of oven until they
have had sufficient time to cool.
Other surfaces of the oven, such
as the oven vent opening, the
surface near the vent opening,
and the oven door and window,
could also become hot enough to
cause burns.
@Do not wear loose or hanging
garments when using the oven.
They could ignite if they touch a
hot heating element and you
could be burned.
@Use only dry pot holders. Moist or
damp pot holders on hot surfaces
could result in burns from steam.
Do not let pot holder touch hot
heating elements. Do not use a
towel or bulky cloth for a pot
holder. It could catch on fire.
@Keep oven vents unobstructed.
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