GE JES0736 Owner's Manual page 6

SPECIAL NOTI+2SABOUF MICRO WAVING
Arcing is tile microwave
term tor sparks in tile
oven. Arcing is caused by:
• Metal or/oil touching
tile side of tile oven.
• Foil not molded to tood
(upturned edges act like
amemlas).
• Metal, such as twist-ties,
pouhry pins, or gold-
rimmed dishes, in
tile microwave.
• Recycled paper towels
containing small metal
pieces being used in
the llliCrowave.
Do not t+op popcorn
in
your nlicrowave oven
mlless ill a special
microwave popcorn
accessory or unless you
use popcorn labeled tor
use in microwave ovens.
• Sortie products such as
whole eggs and sealed
eo+/t_ti+/ers /()+? ex_tlllllle ,
ch)sed jars--are able to
explode and should
not
be heated in this
microwave o_en. Stlch use
of tile nlicrowa_ e oven
could resuh in i+_jury.
• Do not boil eggs ill a
microwave oven. Pressure
will build up inside egg
yolk and will cause it to
burst, possibly resuhing
• ()perating tile microwave
with no tood inside/or
more fllan a minme or
tWO Ilia}' eat+se (l_tl//age to
tile o_e+l
and CO/lid
start a
fire. It increases tile heat
around tile nmgnetron
and can shorten tile liib
of tile oven.
• Foods with mlbroken
outer
"skin"
S/lOll _tS
potatoes, hot dogs,
s?ltls?lges, t OIIl_tt oes,
apples, chicken liw'rs
and ()tile+" gibh'ts, and
egg yolks should be
pier(ed to allow steam
to escape dm:ing
cooking.