Important Safety - Frigidaire FPGC3087MS 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. O b s e r v e a l l g o v e r n i n g c o d e s a n d
ordinances.
4. Be sure to leave these instructions with the
consumer.
5. Note: For operation at 2000 ft. elevations
above sea 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
in the United States, or in Canada, with the
Canadian Fuel Gas Code, CAN/CGA B149.1
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 certified by CSA
International. As with any appliance using
gas and generating heat, there are certain
safety precautions you should follow. You will
find them in the Use and Care Guide, read it
carefully.
• Air curtain or other overhead hoods, which
operate by blowing a downward air flow on to
a range, shall not be used in conjunction with
gas ranges other than when the hood and
range have been designed, tested and listen
by an independent test laboratory for use in
combination with each other.
• Be sure your cooktop is installed and
grounded properly by a qualified installer
or service technician.
• T h i s c o o k t o p m u s t b e e l e c t r i c a l l y
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 flame size so it
does not extend beyond the edge of
the cooking utensil. Excessive flame is
hazardous.
• Never use your cooktop for warming or
heating the room. Prolonged use of the
cooktop without adequate ventilation can be
hazardous.
• Do not store or use gasoline or other
flammable vapors and liquids near this
or any other appliance. Explosions or fires
could result.
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 serious injury or death.
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