Safety Precautions - GE JGS968 Owner's Manual

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SAFETY P RECAUTIONS
Always kee I) wooden and plastic utensils
and canned food a safe distance fiom your
rang.e.
Always kee I) combustible wall cox.etings,
curtains or drapes a safe distance fiom
your rang.e.
Do not clean tile rang_ with flammable or
x_latile cleaning fluids.
After prolong.ed use of a range, high floor
mmperauues may result and many floor
cox.erings will not withstand this kind of
use. Nex.er install tile rang.e ox.er vinyl tile
or linoleum that cannot wifllsmnd such
type of use. Nexer install it directly over {
inmtior Mtchen carpeting.
Avoid scratching dte glass cooktop widl
shaq) instruments, or wiflt tings and other
jeweh T.
Do not allow anyone to climb, stand or
hang on dte ox.en door; storag.e drawer or
cooktop. They could damage the rang.e
and even tip it ox.el; causing sex.ere
personal ilIjm T.
CAUTION: I tems i nterest to children
shouldnot be stored in cabinetsabovea rangeor
on the backsplashof a range--children climbing
on the range to reachitems could be seriously
injured.
WARNIN& NEVERuse this
appliance as a space heater to heat or
warm file room, Doing so may result
in carbon monoxide poisoning and
ox.erheating of the
cooktop or
ox.en,
For your safety, never use your appliance
for wmlning or heating the room.
Larg.e scratches or impacts to glass doors
can lead to broken or shatmred glass.
mamdal could be ignimd if brought in
contact with flame or hot ox.en sur/aaces
and may cause sex.ere bums.
Do not clean dte rang.e when the appliance
is in use.
Nex.er wear loose-fitting or hanging
garments while using the appliance.
Be carefltl when reaching for items stored
in cabinets ox.er the rang.e. Flammable
Do not store flammable materials in an
oven, a rang.e storag.e drawer or near a
cooktop.
Do not store or use combustible mamrials,
gasoline or other flammable vapors and
liquids in the viciniw of this or any other
appliance.
Do not let cooking grease or other
flammable mamrials accunmlam in or
near the rang.e.
Do not use wamr on grease fires. Never
pick up a flaming pan. Turn dm conuols
off: Smother a flaming pan on a surthce
burner 1) 5 ' cox.elqng tile pan complemly
wiflt a well-fitting lid, cooMe sheet or fiat
tr W. Use a multi-pml)ose di T chemical or
foam-type rite exdnguishe_:
Flaming grease outside a pan can be put
out by coveting it with baking soda or;
if available, 1) 5 'using a multi-pm])ose d U
chemical or foam-type fire extinguisher.
Flame in dte ox.en can be smodtered
completely by closing the ox.en door and
mining tile control to off or by using a
nntlti-purpose d U chemical or foam-type
fire extinguisher
Let tile bui_ler g_ates and other surthces
cool before touching them or leaving
them where children can reach them.
Never block die x.ents (air openings) of
the range. They provide die air inlet and
outlet fllat are necessat T for the rang.e to
operam properly with
COtTect
combustion.
'Air openings at.e located at rite t.ear of the
cooktop, at tile top and bottom of file
ox.en door; and at tile 1)oUom of the rang.e
under rite smrag.e drawer or kick panel.
Do not lift tile cooktop, iJfting the
cooktop can lead to damag.e and improper
operation of the rang.e.
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