Kenmore 790.4784 Series Use & Care Manual page 4

iMPORTANT SAFETY iNSTRUCTiONS
Do not use the oven for storage.
Do not store items of interest to
children in the cabinets above an appliance. Children
climbing on the appliance to reach items couUd be
seriousUy injured,
mMPORTANT mNSTRUCTmONS FOR USING
YOUR MICROWAVE
To reduce the risk of fire, burns, eUectric
shock, injury to persons, or exposure to excessive microwave
energy when using you r appliance, foflow basic precautions,
including the foflowing sections.
, Do not Jeave children alone. Children shouJd not
be teft aJone or unattended in the area where an
appliance is in use. They should never be allowed to
sit or stand on any part of the appliance,
, 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 materials contact heating
elements or interior surfaces of oven until they have
had sufficient time to cool, Other surfaces of the
appliance may become hot enough to cause burns -
among these surfaces are (identification of surfaces-
for example, oven vent openings and surfaces near
these openings, oven doors, and windows of the oven
doors),
* Read all instructions before using the appliance,
* Read and follow the specific "PRECAUTIONS TO
AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE
MICROWAVE ENERGY" on page 3.
* Some products such as whole eggs and sealed containers
--for example, closed glass jars--are able to explode
and should not be heated in this microwave oven,
* Use this appliance only for its intended use as described
in this manual, Do not use corrosive chemicals or vapors
in this appliance, This type of microwave oven is
specifically designed to heat, cook or dry food, It is not
designed for industrial or laboratory use,
* As with any appliance, close supervision is necessary
when used by children,
o Wear Proper Apparet. Loose-fitting or hanging
garments shoutd never be worn while using the
appliance. Do not let clothing or other flammable
materials contact hot surfaces,
* Do not operate this appliance if it is not working properly
or if it has been damaged or dropped,
* Do not cover or block any openings on the appliance,
Never use your appliance for warming
or heating the room.
o Do Not Use Water or Ftour on Grease Fires.
Smother the fire with a pan Jid, or use baking soda,
a dry chemicaJ or foam-type extinguisher.
o When heating fat or grease, watch it cJosely. Fat or
grease may catch fire if allowed to become too hot,
, Use Only Dry Potholders. Moist or damp
pothoJders on hot surfaces may result in burns
from steam. Do not let the potholders touch hot
heating surface units, Do not use a towel or other
bulky cloth instead of a potholder,
° Do Not Heat Unopened Food Containers. BuiJdup
of pressure may cause the container to burst and
resuJt in injury.
IMPORTANT--Do not attempt to operate the
appJiance during a power failure, if power fails, always
turn off the appliance, If the appliance is not turned off
and the power resumes, it will begin to operate again,
Once the power resumes, reset the clock and oven
function,
* Do not store or use this appliance outdoors. Do not use
this product near water--for example, near a kitchen
sink, in a wet basement or near a swimming pool, or
similar locations.
* See door surface cleaning instructions on page 29,
* To reduce the risk of fire in the microwave oven cavity:
- Do not overcook food, Carefully attend appliance when
paper, plastic or other combustible materials are
placed inside the microwave oven to facilitate cooking,
- Remove wire twist-ties from paper or plastic bags
before placing bag in microwave oven,
- if materials inside the microwave oven should ignite,
keep microwave oven door cJoeed, turn microwave
oven off and disconnect the power cord or shut off
power at the fuse or circuit breaker panel
- Do not use the cavity for storage purposes, Do not
leave paper products, cooking utensils or food in the
cavity when not in use,
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