COOKTOP SAFETY
Your safety and the safety of others are very important.
We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and obey all
safety messages.
This is the safety alert symbol.
This symbol alerts you to potential hazards that can kill or hurt you and others.
All safety messages will follow the safety alert symbol and either the word ?DANGER? or
?WARNING.? These words mean:
You can be killed or seriously injured if you don't
immediately follow instructions.
You can be killed or seriously injured if you don't
follow instructions.
All safety messages will tell you what the potential hazard is, tell you how to reduce the chance of injury, and tell you
what canhappen if the instructions are not followed.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire, electricalnUse Only Dry Potholders - Moist or damp potholders
shock, injury to persons, or damage when using theon hot surfaces may result in burns from steam. Do
cooktop, follow basic precautions, including the not let potholder touch hot heating elements. Do not
following:use a towel or other bulky cloth.
nDO NOT TOUCH SURFACE UNITS OR AREAS
nCAUTION: Do not store items of interest to
children in cabinets above a cooktop - ChildrenNEAR UNITS - Surface units may be hot even
climbing on the cooktop to reach items could be though they are dark in color. Areas near surface
units may become hot enough to cause burns.
seriously injured.During and after use, do not touch, or let clothing
nProper Installation - Be sure your cooktop is properly
installed and grounded by a qualified technician.or other flammable materials contact surface units
or areas near units until they have had sufficient
nNever Use Your Cooktop for Warming or Heating time to cool. Among those areas are the cooktop
the Room.and surfaces facing the cooktop.
nDo Not Leave Children Alone - Children should not
nUse Proper Pan Size - This cooktop is equipped
be left alone or unattended in area where cooktop iswith one or more surface units of different size.
in use. They should never be allowed to sit or standSelect utensils having flat bottoms large enough to
on any part of the cooktop.cover the surface unit heating element. The use of
nWear Proper Apparel - Loose-fitting or hanging undersized utensils will expose a portion of the
garments should never be worn while using the heating element to direct contact and may result in
cooktop.ignition of clothing. Proper relationship of utensil to
nUser Servicing - Do not repair or replace any part ofburner will also improve efficiency.
the cooktop unless specifically recommended in thenNever Leave Surface Units Unattended at High Heat
manual. All other servicing should be referred to aSettings - Boilover causes smoking and greasy
qualified technician.spillovers that may ignite.
nStorage on Cooktop - Flammable materials shouldnGlazed Cooking Utensils - Only certain types of
not be stored near surface units.glass, glass/ceramic, ceramic, earthenware, or other
nDo Not Use Water on Grease Fires - Smother fire orglazed utensils are suitable for cooktop service
flame or use dry chemical or foam-type extinguisherwithout breaking due to the sudden change in .
temperature.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
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