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Installation safety
WARNING
!
To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, personal injuries, and/or death, observe the following precautions.
·Have your cooktop installed and properly grounded by a qualified installer, in accordance with the installation instructions. Any adjustment
and service should be performed only by qualified gas cooktop installers or service technicians.
·Do not attempt to service, modify, or replace your cooktop or any part of your cooktop unless it is specifically recommended in this manual.
All other service should be referred to a qualified technician.
·Always use new flexible connectors when installing a gas appliance. Do not use old flexible connectors.
·Make sure the hold down brackets are properly installed on the cooktop. See the installation instructions for more information.
·Remove all tape and packaging materials.
·Remove all accessories from the cooktop, Grates and griddles are heavy. Use caution when handling them.
·Make sure no parts came loose during shipping.
·Make sure your cooktop is correctly installed and adjusted by a qualified service technician or installer for the type of gas (natural or LP) you
will use. For your cooktop to utilize LP gas, the installer must replace the 4 or 6 surface burner orifices with the provided LP orifice set,
and reverse the GPR adapter. Further more the bypass in burner valve will need to be adjusted.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.
The qualified agency performing this work assumes the gas conversion responsibility.
·Installation of this cooktop must conform with local codes or, in the absence of local codes, with the National Fuel Gas Code,
ANSI Z223.1/NFPA.54, latest edition. In Canada, installation must conform with the current Natural Gas Installation Code, CAN/CGA-B149.1,
or the current Propane Installation Code, CAN/CGA-B149.2, and with local codes where applicable. This cooktop has been design-certified
by ETL according to ANSI Z21.1, latest edition, and Canadian Gas Association according to CAN/CGA-1.1, latest edition.
·Make sure the middle valve has adequate capacity and is not clogged.
·This cooktop must be installed by a qualified technician. Otherwise, gas leaks, fire, or defective ignition may occur.
Location safety
WARNING
!
To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, personal injuries,
and/or death, observe the following precautions.
·This cooktop is for indoor, household use only. Do not install
the cooktop in areas exposed to the weather and/or water.
·Do not install the cooktop in a place which is exposed to a strong
draft.
·Select a location where a grounded, 3- prong outlet is easily
accessible.
·If the cooktop is located near a window, do not hang long
curtains or paper blinds on that window.
·For the cooktop to ventilate properly, there must be enough
clearance at the top, back and sides of the cooktop, and underneath
the cooktop. The vents allow the necessary exhaust for the cooktop
to operate properly with correct combustion.
·Make sure the wall coverings around the cooktop can withstand
heat up to 194 °F (90 °C).
·Cabinet storage above the surface of the cooktop should be avoided.
If cabinet storage above the cooktop is necessary: allow a minimum
clearance of 30 inches (76.2 cm) between the cooking surface and
the bottom of the cabinets.
Cooktop safety
WARNING
!
To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, personal injuries,
and/or death, observe the following precautions.
· Select cookware that is designed for range top cooking. Use cookware
that is large enough to cover the burner grates. Adjust the burner flames
so that the flames do not extend beyond the bottom of the cookware.
·M ake sure all burners are off when not in use.
·D o not use aluminium foil to line the grates or any part of the cooktop.
·D o not leave burners unattended on medium or high heat settings.
·B efore igniting, make sure all burner caps are properly in place and
all burners are level.
·A lways use the LITE position when igniting the burners and make sure
the burners have ignited. If ignition fails, turn the knob to OFF and wait
until the gas has dissipated.
·W hen you set a burner to simmer, do not turn the knob quickly.
Make sure the flame stays on.
·D o not place any objects other than cookware on the cooktop.
·T his cooktop is designed to cook with a wok or wok ring attachment.
If foods are flamed, they should only be flamed under a ventilation
hood that is on.
