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7° Connect
Electricity
to Gas
Cooktop
Electrical
Requirements
120 volt, 60 Hertz, properly grounded branch circuit
protected by a 15 amp circuit breaker or time delay fuse.
Do not use an extension
cord with
these cooktops.
IMPORTANT Please read carefully.
For personal
safety,
these appliances
must be
properly
grounded.
The power cord of these appliances is equipped with a
3-prong (grounding) plug which mates with a standard 3-
prong grounding wall receptacle (see Figure 18) to
minimize the possibility of electric shock hazard from this
appliance.
The wall receptacle and circuit should be checked by a
qualified electrician to make sure the receptacle is
properly grounded.
Grounding
type wall
receptacle
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--.
/ Do not, under any
circumstances,
cut,
remove, or bypass
the grounding
prong,
Power supply cord with
3-prong grounding plug
Figure 18
Where a standard 2-prong wall receptacle is installed, it
is the personal responsibility and obligation of tile
consumer to have it replaced by a properly grounded 3-
prong wall receptacle.
Do not, under any drcumstances,
cut or remove the
third (ground}
prong from the power
cord.
If an external electrical source is used, the appliance,
when installed, must be electrically grounded in
accordance with local codes or in their absence of local
codes with the National Electric Code ANSI/NFPA No.
70-1987 or latest edition.
Check all code rules and regulations for connecting the
cooktop to be certain the installation conforms with all
local, municipal and state codes as well as local utility
regulations.
Failure to comply with the above could result in a
serious shock hazard.
Note: All hookups and adjustment shall be performed by
qualified technicians.
Situations
where
appliance
power
cord wi[[ be
disconnected
frequently.
Do not use an adaptor plug
in these situations because disconnecting of the power
cord places undue strain on the adaptor and leads to
eventual failure of the adaptor terminal. The customer
should have 2-prong wall receptacle replaced by a 3-
prong (grounding) receptacle by a qualified electrician
before using the appliance.
Disconnect electrical supply cord from
wall receptacle before servicing cooktop.
8. Check Operation
Refer to the Use and Care Guide packaged with the
cooktop for operating instructions and for care and
cleaning of your cooktop.
Do not touch
the burners.
They may be hot enough
to
cause burns.
Check the Igniters
(some models}
Operation of electric: igniters should be checked after
cooktop and supply line connectors have been
carefully checked for leaks and the cooktop has
been connected to electric power.
To check for proper lighting, push in and turn a
burner valve to the LITE position.
The burner valve
should light when gas is available to burner.
Once
the burner lights, it should be turned out of the LITE
position.
Try each valve separately until all burners
have been checked out.
The burners
can be tit manually
during
an
electrical
power
outage.
To light a burner,
hold
a tit match to the burner
head, then slowly
turn
the Surface Control
knob to LITE. Use caution
when lighting
burners
manually.
Surface burner in use when an electrical power
failure occurs will continue to operate normally.
The surface burners on models equipped with pilots
can operate during an electrical power outage.
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