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Built-h Gas Cooktop
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Problem Solver...............................lO
Safety instructions ....................H5
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More questions ?...ln the United States call
GE Answer Center@ 800.626.2000
In Canada consult your local telephone
Operating Instructions, Tips
directory for the Cameo Service Center
Appliance Registration ..................................2
Automatic Ignition .........................................6
Controls .............................................................6
Cookware
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HELP US HELP YOU... Read this book carefully. WARNING: If the information in this It is intended to help you operate and maintain your new cooktop properly. manual is not followed exactly, a fire or explosion may result causing property Keep it handy for answers to your questions. damage, personal injury or death. If you don’t understand something or need more help, write (include your phone number): — Do not store or use gasoline or other Consumer Affairs flammable vapors and liquids in the GE
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● Don’t attempt to repair or replace any IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE part of your cooktop unless it is specifically The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic recommended in this guide. All other servicing Enforcement Act requires the Governor of should be referred to a qualified technician. California to publish a list of substances known to the state to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm and requires businesses to warn Using Your Cooktop customers of potential exposure to suc
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I e IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (continued) J ,A ● Do not use water on grease fires. Q Use least possible amount of fat for effective 4 ;: j’ Never pick up a flaming pan. Turn shallow or deep-fat frying. Filling the pan too off burner, then smother flaming pan fufl of fat can cause spillovers when food is added. & by covering pan completely with well-fitting lid, ● If a combination of oils or fats will be used cookie sheet or flat tray. Flaming grease outside a in frying, stir together before
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Q When cooking pork, follow the directions LP Conversion exactly and always cook the meat to an internal Your cooktop is shipped from the factory set to temperature of at least 170°F. This assures that, in operate only with Natural Gas. the remote possibility that trichina may be present If you wish to use your cooktop with Liquefied in the meat, it will be killed and the meat will be Petroleum Gas, you must follow the Installation safe to eat. Instructions packed with your cooktop. See LP ● Do
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USING YOUR COOKTOP Automatic Ignition Your surface burners are lighted by electric ignition, eliminating the need for standing pilot lights with constantly burning flames. In case of a power outage, you can light the burners with a match. Hold a lighted match to the burner, then turn the knob to the LITE position. To avoid burning you hand, use extreme caution when lighting burners this way. Surface burners in use when a~ electrical power failure occurs will continue to operate normally. To Ligh
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Cookware Heatproof Glass Ceramic: Can be used for either Aluminum: Medium-weight cookware is recommended surface or oven cooking. It conducts heat very slowly because it heats quickly and evenly. Most foods and cools very slowly. Check cookware manufacturer’s brown evenly in an aluminum skillet. Use saucepans directions to be sure it can be used on gas cooktops. with tight-fitting lids when cooking with minimum amounts of water. Stainless Steel: This metal alone has poor heating properties, and
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CARE AND CLEANING Proper care and cleaning are important so your cooktop will give you efficient and satisfactory service. Follow these directions carefully in caring for it. Before cleaning any part of your cooktop, be sure all burners are off and DISCONNECT ELECTRIC POWER TO THE COOKTOP at the fuse box or circuit breaker panel, or pull the cooktop power plug, located beneath the cooktop and inside the cabinets. Cooktop Glass To keep the cooktop looking As soon as the cooktop is cool, wash the
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Burner Assembly The burner assemblies should be washed regularly and, of course, after spillovers. Turn all controls off before removing burner parts and Burner Grate drip pans. The burner grates, burner tops and trim rings can be lifted off, making them easy to clean. Removing them gives you access to the burner bodies and burner I bowls. (To avoid snagging cloth on spark igniters, leave burner tops in place when cleaning burner I %=P-B”rner’op bowls.) There are two locating pins on the burner
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QUESTIONS? USE THIS PROBLEM SOLVER PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE CONTROL KNOB . When the knob is at the OFF position, it must be pushed in before it can be turned, and must be turned in a counterclockwise direction. When the knob is at WILL NOT TURN any other position, it can be turned in either direction without being pushed in. TICKING SOUND OF ● Call for service. SPARK IGNITER PERSISTS IN ANY POSITION OTHER THAN LITE. TICKING SOUND ● Be sure knob is in the OFF position. PERSISTS AFTER BURNER IS TURN
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We’ll Be There With the purchase ofyour new GE appliance, receive the assurance that if you ever need information or- assistance from GE, we’ll be there. All you have to do is call-cm write! In-Home Repair Service In the United States: 811~GECARES (8011432.2737) A (Jl~ consumer senrice pmf’essiona] wil] provide expert repair service, scheduled at a time that’s convenient fc~r y(m. Mini’ (lF, (;onsllnlcl- !%-~ice col~lpan}’-f)pel-:ltecl locations offer you ser~’ice today or tomorrow, or at your c
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Staple sales slip or cancelled check YOUR BUILT-IN COOKTOP here. Proof of original purchase date is needed to obtain service WARRANTY . FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY This warranty is extended to the original WHAT IS COVERED purchaser and any succeeding owner For one year from date of original for products purchased for ordinary purchase, we will provide, free of home use in the 48 mainland states, charge, parts and service labor in Hawaii and Washington, D.C. and your home to repair or replace Canada.
