Microwavehoodcombinationsafety

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'timmediately 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 can happen if the instructions are not followed.

IMPORTANT

SAFETY

INSTRUCTIONS

When using electrical appliances basic safety precautions should be followed, including the following:

WARNING:

reduce

the risk of burns, electric

[]

To reduce

the risk of fire in the oven cavity:

shock, fire, injury to persons, or exposure to excessive

- Do not overcook food. Carefully attend the microwave oven

microwave

energy:

when paper, plastic, or other combustible materials are placed

[] Read all

instructions

before

using the microwave oven.

inside the oven to facilitate

cooking.

[] Read and follow the

specific

"PRECAUTIONS

- Remove

wire twist-ties

from

paper or plastic bags

before

AVOID

POSSIBLE

EXPOSURE

TO EXCESSIVE

placing

bags in oven.

MICROWAVE ENERGY" found in this section.

- If materials inside the oven ignite, keep oven door closed, turn

[] The microwave

oven

must

be grounded. Connect only

oven

off, and disconnect

the power

cord,

or shut

off power at

to properly

grounded

outlet.

See "GROUNDING

the

fuse

or circuit breaker

panel.

INSTRUCTIONS" found in this section and in the

- Do not use the cavity for storage purposes. Do not leave

provided

Installation

Instructions.

paper products, cooking utensils, or food in the cavity when

[] Install or locate the microwave

oven only in

not in use.

accordance with the provided Installation Instructions.

[] Liquids, such as water, coffee, or tea are able to be overheated

[] Some

products

such

as whole

eggs in the shell and

beyond

the boiling

point

without appearing

to be boiling. Visible

sealed

containers

for

example, closed glass

jars -

bubbling or boiling

when

the container

is removed from the

are able

to explode

and

should

not be heated

in the

microwave

oven is not always

present.

THIS COULD RESULT

microwave

oven.

IN VERY HOT LIQUIDS

SUDDENLY

BOILING OVER WHEN

[] Use the microwave oven only for its intended use as

THE CONTAINER IS DISTURBED OR A SPOON OR OTHER

UTENSIL IS INSERTED INTO THE MQUID.

described in this manual. Do not use corrosive

chemicals

or vapors

in the

microwave oven. This type

To reduce

the risk of injury

to persons:

of oven is specifically

designed

to heat, cook,

or dry

- Do not overheat

the liquid.

food. It is not designed for industrial or laboratory use.

- Stir the liquid both before and halfway through heating it.

[] As with any appliance, close supervision is necessary

- Do not use straight-sided containers with narrow necks.

when

used

by children.

- After heating, allow the container to stand in the microwave

[] Do not operate the microwave oven if it has a

oven for a short time before removing the container.

damaged cord or plug, if it is not working properly, or

- Use

extreme care when inserting a spoon

or other

utensil into

if it has been damaged

or dropped.

[] The microwave oven should be serviced only by

the

container.

[] Oversized foods or oversized metal utensils should not be

qualified service personnel. Call an authorized service

inserted

in the microwave oven as they may create

a fire or risk

company

for examination,

repair, or adjustment.

[] See door surface cleaning instructions in the

of electric

shock.

"Microwave

Oven

Care"

section.

[]

Do not clean with

metal

scouring pads. Pieces can

burn off the

pad and touch electrical parts involving a risk of electric shock.

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS