Safety Instructions - GE Built-In 36?Single Door Refrigerators Owner's Manual

READ AND SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING–
appliance, always exercise basic safety
precautions, including the following:
• Use this appliance only for its intended
• This refrigerator/freezer must be properly
• Do not allow children to climb, stand or hang
• Do not touch the cold surfaces in the freezer
• Do not store or use gasoline or other
w DANGER: RISK OF CHILD ENTRAPMENT
Child entrapment and suffocation are not
problems of the past. Junked or abandoned
refrigerator/freezers are still dangerous...even
if they will sit for "just a few days." If you are
getting rid of your old refrigerator/freezer,
please follow the instructions below to help
prevent accidents.
REFRIGERANTS
All refrigeration products contain refrigerants,
which under federal law must be removed prior
to product disposal. If you are getting rid of an
old refrigeration product, check with the
company handling the disposal about what
to do.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
When using this
purpose as described in this Owner's Manual.
installed in accordance with the Installation
Instructions before it is used.
on the shelves in the refrigerator/freezer.
They could damage the refrigerator/freezer
and seriously injure themselves.
compartment when hands are damp or wet.
Skin may adhere to these extremely cold
surfaces.
flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity
of this or any other appliance.
• If your freezer has an automatic icemaker,
avoid contact with the moving parts of the
ejector mechanism, or with the heating
element located on the bottom of the
icemaker. Do not place fingers or hands on
the automatic icemaking mechanism while
the refrigerator/freezer is plugged in.
• Unplug your refrigerator/freezer before
cleaning and making repairs. NOTE: We
strongly recommend that any servicing be
performed by a qualified individual.
• Before replacing a burned-out light bulb,
the refrigerator/freezer should be unplugged
in order to avoid contact with a live wire
filament. (A burned-out light bulb may break
when being replaced.) NOTE: Turning
control to OFF does not remove power to
the light circuit.
• Do not refreeze frozen foods which have
thawed completely.
Before You Throw Away Your Old
Refrigerator/Freezer or Freezer:
• Take off the doors.
• Leave the shelves in place so that children
may not easily climb inside.