GE JE42 UseOflEkdenskmCords, UseofklapterPlugs, Usage situationswhere, appliance’spowercordwil~

Thisappliancemustbe grounded.	UseofklapterPlugs
Intheeventofanelectricalshort	Usage situationswhere
circuit,groundingreducestherisk
ofelectricshockbyprovidingan	appliance’spowercordwil~
escapewirefortheelectriccurrent.	bedisconnectedinfkequently~ÿ.
Thisapplianceis equippedwitha	Becauseofpotentialsafetyhazards
powercordhavinga grounding
wire with a groundingplug.The	undercertainconditions,we
plugmustbe pluggedintoan outlet	stronglyrecommendagainstthe
thatis properlyinstded and	useof anadapterplug.However,
grounded,(Fig. 1)	if youstillelectto usean adapter,
	wherelocalcodespermit,a

WARNIN’G-improperTEMPORARYCONNECTION

useofthegroundingplugcanresult maybemadeto a properlygrounded

in a risk ofelectricshock.two-prongwallreceptacl~6ytheuse ofa ULlistedadapter(Fig.2)

whichis available-atmos~loc’al hardwarestores.

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Usagaituationswhere appliancesPowercordwill

€•ÿbedisconnectedfrequently. DOnotm mMf@4W@tiginthaw

situationsbecausedisconnectingof

thepowercordplacesunduestrain ontheadapterandleadsto eventual

I%ilureoftheadaptergmundtermind. Youshouldhavethetwo-prongwall receptaclereplacedwitha thr*- prong(grounding)rtweptaclebya qualifiedelectricianbeforeusing theappliance.

UseOflEkdenskmCords

Becauseof potentialsafetyhazards undercertainconditions,westrongly recommendagainstthe useofan extensioncord, However,if it is necessaryto usean extensioncord, useonlya 3-wireextensioncord thathasa 3-bladegroundingplug,

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Consulta qualifiedelectricianor servicetechnicianif the grounding instructionsarenotcompletely understood,or if doubtexistsas to whetherthe applianceis properly grounded.

Wherea standardtwo-prongwall receptacleis encountered,it is yourpersonalresponsibilityand obligationto haveit replacedwith

aproperlygroundedthree-prong wallreceptacle.

Donotunder anydrmmiances cutm removethe third (ground)

prong fromthepowercord.

Thelargerslot.in theadaptermust be alignedwiththelargerslotin the wallreceptacleto provideproper polarityin the connectionofthe powercord.

@.Bt~on: Attachingthe adapter groundterminalto thewall receptaclecoverscrewdoesnot groundthe applianceunlessthe coverscrewis metal,and not insulated,and the wallreceptacle is groundedthroughthe ho~se wiring.Youshouldhavethe circuit checkedby a qualifiedelectrician to makesure the receptacleis properlygrounded.

Whendisconnectingthe power cord fromthe adapter,alwayshold the adapterwithonehand. If this is notdone, the adapterground terminalis very likelyto break with repeateduse. ~hotdd-thishappen, DO NOTUSE the applianceuntil

apropergroundhas againbeen established.

anda 3-slotreceptaclethatwill accepttheplugon the appliance. Themarkedratingof the extension cordshallbe equalto or greater thantheelectricalratingofthe appliance(15ampere’s).

Suchextensioncordsare obtainable throughGeneralElectricservice. Myumdo use an extensioncord withyourmicrowaveoven,the interiorlightmayflickerandthe blowersoundmayvary whenoven is in use. Cooktimesmaybe longer as well.

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