Important Safety Instructions - Whirlpool RF316Pxx Use & Care Manual

Whirlpool electric range use & care guide rf316pxx
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Important Safety Instructions
To reduce the risk of fire, electrical
shock,
injury to persons,
or damage when using the
range, follow basic precautions,
including
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Read all instructions before using
in or near the range. They could
the range.
explode or burn.
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Install or locate the range only in
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Do not use water on grease fires.
accordance with the provided
Never pick up a flaming pan.
Installation Instructions. It is rec-
Smother flaming pan on cooktop
ommended that the range be in-
by covering with a well-fitted lid,
stalled by a qualified installer. The
cookie sheet or flat tray. Flaming
range must be properly connected
grease outside of pan can be
to electrical supply and grounded.
extinguished
with baking soda or,
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if available, a multipurpose
dry
chemical or foam-type extinguisher.
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Use only dry potholders. Moist or
damp potholders on hot surfaces
may result in burns from steam. Do
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To reduce the risk oftipping of the
not let potholder touch hot heating
appliance, the appliance must be
elements. Do not use a towel or
secured by a properly installed
bulky cloth for a potholder. They
anti-tip bracket. To check if the
could catch on fire.
bracket is installed properly,
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Select a pan with a flat bottom that
remove the storage drawer (see
is about the same size as the sur-
page 13) and verify that the anti-tip
face unit. If pan is smaller than the
bracket is engaged.
surface unit, some of the heating
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Do not use the range for warming
element will be exposed and may
or heating the room. Persons could
result in the igniting of clothing or
be burned or injured, or a fire could
potholders. Correct pan size also
start.
improves cooking efficiency.
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Do not leave children alone or
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Never leave surface units
unattended in area where the
unattended at high heat settings.
range is in use. They should never
A boil-over could result and cause
be allowed to sit or stand on any
smoking and greasy spill-overs
part of the range. They could be
that may ignite.
burned or injured.
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Check to be sure glass cooking
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Do not wear loose or hanging gar-
utensils are safe for use on the
ments when using the range. They
cooktop. Only certain types of
could ignite if they touch a hot sur-
glass, glass-ceramic,
ceramic,
face element or heating element
earthenware
or other glazed uten-
and you could be burned.
sils are suitable for cooktops with-
* Do not repair or replace any part
out breaking due to the sudden
of the range unless specifically
change in temperature.
recommended
in this manual. All
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Turn pan handles inward, but not
other servicing should be referred
over other surface units. This will
to a qualified technician.
help reduce the chance of burns,
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Do not store flammable materials
igniting of flammable materials,
and spills due to bumping of the pan

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