GE PGS908 Owner's Manual page 5

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
_:_ Always keep wooden and plastic utensils
and canned fbod a s_e distance flom your
range.
_:_Always keep combustible wall coverings,
curtains or drapes a s_e distance from
your range.
_:_Do not clean the range ;_dth flammable or
volatile cleaning fluids.
_:_ After prolonged use of a range, high floor
mmperatures may resuh and many floor
coverings ;_ill not ;_dthstand this kind of
use. Never install the range over x,inyltile
or linoleum that cannot ;_dthstand such
type of use. Never install it directly over
inmrior kitchen carpeting.
_:_Avoid scratching the cooktop ;_<ithsharp
instruments, or ;_dth rings and other
jewelry.
iii::v Do not allow anyone to climb, stand or
hang on the oven door, storage drawer or
cooktop. They could damage the range
and even tip it over, causing severe
personal injury.
CAUTION: i tems interest
to ch,dren
should not bestoredin cabinets above a rangeor
onthebacksplash o f a range--children climbing
ontherangeto reach itemscouldbeseriously
injured.
WARNING: N EWRuse this
appliance as a space heater to heat or
warm the room. Doing st) may result
in carbon monoxide poisoning and
overheating of the cookmp or oven.
iii_:_ For your s_ety, never use your appliance
fbr warming or heating the room.
iii_:_ Large scratches or impacts to glass doors
can lead to broken or shattered glass.
iii::v Do not clean the range when the appliance
is in use.
iii ::v Never wear loose-,fitting or hanging
garments while using the appliance.
Be careflfl when reaching fbr imms su)red
in cabinets over the range. Flammable
mamrial could be ignited if brought in
contact with flame or hot oven surfaces
and may cause severe bums.
iii::v Do not store flammable materials in an
oven, a range storage drawer or near a
cookmp.
iii_:_ Do not store or use combustible mate, rials,
gasoline or other flammable vapors and
liquids in the x;icinityof this or any other
appliance.
iii_:_ Do not let cooking grease or other
flammable materials accumulam in or
near the range.
iii::v Do not use wamr on grease fires. Never
pick up a flaming pan. Turn the controls
o_, Smod_er a flaming pan on a surface
burner by covering the pan completely
_ith a well4itting lid, cookie sheet or flat
tray. Use a multi-purpose dry chemical or
foam-type fire extinguisher.
Flaming grease outside a pan can be put
out by covering it ;_dth baking soda or,
if available, by using a multi-purpose dry
chemical or fbam-type fire extinguisher.
Flame in the oven can be smothered
complemly by closing the twen door and
turning the control m off{ or by using a
multi-purpose dry chemical or fbam-type
fire extinguisher.
iii::v Let the burner grams and other surfaces
cool befbre touching them or leax,ing
them where children can reach them.
iii::v Never block the vents (air openings) of
the range. They proxdde the air inlet and
outlet that are necessary fbr the range to
operate properly ;_ith correct combustion.
Air openings are locamd at the rear of the
cooktop, at the top and bottom of the
oven door, and at the bottom of the range
under the storage drawer or kick panel.
iii::_ Do not lift the cooktop. Lifting the
cooktop can lead to damage and improper
operation of the range.
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