Important Safety Instructions - Frigidaire 30" Gas Cooktop Installation Instructions Manual

GAS COOKTOP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Important Notes to the Installer
1. Read all instructions contained in these
installation instructions before installing
the cooktop.
2. Remove all packing material before
connecting the electrical supply to the
cooktop.
3. Observe all governing codes and
ordinances.
4. Be sure to leave these instructions with
the consumer.
5. Note: For operation at 2000 ft. elevations
above see level, appliance rating shall be
reduced by 4 percent for each additional
1000 ft.
Important Note to the Consumer
Keep these instructions with your Use and
Care Guide for future reference.
IMPORTANT SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS
Installation of this cooktop must conform
with local codes or, in the absence of
local codes, with the National Fuel Gas
Code ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54 in the
United States, or in Canada, with the
Canadian Fuel Gas Code, CAN/CGA
B149 and CAN/CGA B149.2.
• When installed in a manufactured
(mobile) home installation must
conform with the Manufactured Home
Construction and Safety Standard,
title 24 CFR, part 3280 [Formerly the
Federal Standard for Mobile Home
Construction and Safety, title 24, HUD
(part 280)] or, when such standard
is not applicable, the Standard for
Manufactured Home Installation, ANSI/
NCSBCS A225.1 or with local codes
where applicable.
This cooktop has been design certifi ed
by Underwriters Laboratories (UL).
As with any appliance using gas and
generating heat, there are certain safety
precautions you should follow. You will
fi nd them in the Use and Care Guide,
read it carefully.
• Be sure your cooktop is installed
and grounded properly by a
qualifi ed installer or service
technician.
• This cooktop must be electrically
grounded in accordance with local
codes or, in their absence, with
the National Electrical Code ANSI/
NFPA No. 70—latest edition in the
United States, or in Canada, with
the Canadian Electrical Code, CSA
C22.1 Part 1.
• The burners can be lit manually
during an electrical power outage.
To light a burner, hold a lit match to
the burner head, then slowly turn
the Surface Control knob to LITE.
Use caution when lighting burners
manually.
DO NOT store items of
interest to children in cabinets
above the cooktop. Children could be
seriously burned climbing on the cooktop
to reach items.
• To eliminate the need to reach over
the surface burners, cabinet storage
space above the burners should be
avoided.
• Adjust surface burner fl ame size so
it does not extend beyond the edge
of the cooking utensil. Excessive
fl ame is hazardous.
Never use your cooktop
for warming or heating the room.
Prolonged use of the cooktop without
adequate ventilation can be hazardous.
Storage on Appliance.
Flammable materials should not
be stored near surface units. This
includes paper, plastic and cloth items,
such as cookbooks, plasticware and
towels, as well as fl ammable liquids.
DO NOT store explosives, such as
aerosol cans, on or near the appliance.
Flammable materials may explode and
result in fi re or property damage.
WARNING
The electrical power to
the cooktop must be shut off while
gas line connections are being
made. Failure to do so could result in
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serious injury or death.