To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury, or death, make sure your range has been properly grounded and always disconnect it from the main power supply before servicing.
DOburners.NOT touch cook top burners or areas near
Gas burners may be hot even if they have been off for some time. Areas near the gas burners may become hot enough to cause burns. During and after use, do not touch, or let clothing touch or other flammable materials contact the burners or areas near the burners until they have had enough time to cool. These areas include the rangetop and backguard.
DO NOT touch heating elements or interior surfaces of ovens.
Oven heating elements may be hot though they are dark in color. Interior surfaces of an oven may become hot enough to cause burns. During and after use, do not touch, or let clothing or other flammable materials touch heating elements or interior surfaces of oven until they have had enough time to cool.
Other range surfaces that may become hot enough to cause burns are the oven door and oven vent at the base of the range splashback.
Wear Suitable Clothing
Never wear
Use Only Dry Potholders or Oven Gloves
Moist or damp potholders on hot surfaces may result in burns from steam. Never let a potholder touch hot heating elements.
Do not use a towel or other bulky cloth in place of a glove. They might catch fire if they touch a hot surface.
Use dry oven gloves when applicable – using damp gloves might result in steam burns when you touch a hot surface. Never operate the range with wet hands.
Important Safety Notice and Warning
The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) requires the Governor of California to publish a list of substances known to the State of California to cause cancer or reproductive harm, and requires businesses to warn customers of potential exposures to such substances.
This appliance contains or produces a chemical or chemicals which can cause death or serious illness and which are known to the state of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.
Users of this appliance are hereby warned that the burning of gas can result in
primarily to the incomplete combustion of natural gas or liquid petroleum (LP) fuels. Properly adjusted burners will minimize incomplete combustion.
Exposure to these substances can also be minimized by properly venting with an open window or using a ventilation fan or hood.
To reduce the risk from substances in the fuel or from fuel combustion make sure this appliance is installed, operated, and maintained according to the instructions in this booklet.
IMPORTANT: Never keep pet birds in the kitchen or in rooms where the fumes from the kitchen could reach. Birds have a very sensitive respiratory system. Fumes released due to overheated cooking oil, fat, margarine and overheated
IMPORTANT: Save the installation instructions for the local electrical inspector’s use.
Proper Installation
Be sure your appliance is properly installed and grounded by a qualified technician.
Conversion
This appliance is supplied set for Natural gas. A conversion kit for Propane gas is supplied with the range.
Be sure your range is correctly adjusted by a qualified service technician or installer for the type of gas (Natural or LP) that is to be used. See the Installation section of these instructions.
WARNING!These adjustments must be made by a qualified service technician in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions and all codes and requirements of the authority having jurisdiction. Failure to follow these instructions could result in serious injury or property damage. The qualified agency performing this work assumes responsibility for the conversion.
User Servicing
Do not repair or replace any part of the appliance unless specifically recommended in the manual. All other servicing should be referred to a qualified technician.
Cooktop burners
Quality of Flames
On Natural Gas the burners’ flames should be a bluish color with, at most, a slight yellowish fringe.
On Propane gas the flames may be “softer”. The cooktop burner flames may have a slight yellowish tip.
If the flame burns with a long white tip you should call for service.
If the flame is distorted, check that the burner head is correctly placed over the burner.
MAKE SURE THE FLOW OF COMBUSTION AND VENTILATION AIR TO THE RANGE IS UNOBSTRUCTED.
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