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About Your Appliance
• For proper oven performance and operation,
DO NOT
block or obstruct the
oven vent ducts located inside the air grille.
• Avoid touching oven vent area while oven is on and for several minutes after
oven is turned off. When the oven is in use, the vent and surrounding area
become hot enough to cause burns. After oven is turned off,
DO NOT
touch the oven vent or surrounding areas until they have had sufficient time
to cool.
• Other potentially hot surfaces include rangetop, areas facing the rangetop,
oven vent, surfaces near the vent opening, oven door, areas around the
oven door and oven window.
• The misuse of oven doors (e.g. stepping, sitting, or leaning on them) can
result in potential hazards and/or injuries.
Power Failure
If power failure occurs, the electric igniters will not work. No attempt should be
made to operate the appliance during a power failure. Make sure the oven
control is in the “OFF” position.
Momentary power failure can occur unnoticed. The range is affected only when
the power is interrupted. When it comes back on, the range will function
properly without any adjustments. A “brown-out” may or may not affect range
operation, depending on how severe the power loss is. If the range is in the
self-clean cycle when the power failure occurs, wait until power is restored and
allow door to unlock automatically. Turn all controls off and restart self-clean
cycle again, according to instructions.
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Self-Clean Oven
(VDR Dual Fuel Models)
• Clean only parts listed in this guide.
DO NOT
clean door gasket. The door
gasket is essential for a good seal. Care should be taken not to rub, damage,
or move the gasket.
DO NOT
use oven cleaners of any kind in or around any
part of the self-clean oven.
• Before self-cleaning the oven, remove broiler pan, oven racks and other
utensils and wipe up excessive spillovers to prevent excessive smoke, flare-
ups or flaming.
• This range features a cooling fan which operates automatically during a
clean cycle. If the fan does not turn on, cancel the clean operation and
contact an authorized servicer.
• It is normal for the rangetop cooking surface of the range to become hot
during a self-clean cycle. Therefore, touching the rangetop cooking surface
during a clean cycle should be avoided.
Important Safety Notice and Warning
(State of California Proposition 65)
WARNING: This product contains one or more chemicals known to the State
of California to cause cancer.
WARNING: This product contains one or more chemicals known to the State
of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm.
Users of this appliance are hereby warned that when the oven is engaged in
the self-clean cycle, there may be some low-level exposure to some of the
listed substances, including carbon monoxide. Exposure to these substances
can be minimized by properly venting the oven to the outdoors by opening
the windows and/or door in the room where the appliance is located during
the self-clean cycle.
Important notice regarding pet birds:
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 during an oven self-cleaning cycle may be harmful or fatal to birds.
Fumes released due to overheated cooking oil, fat, margarine and overheated
non-stick cookware may be equally harmful.
Getting Started
POWER FAILURE WARNING
Due to safety considerations
and the possibility of personal injury in
attempting to light and extinguish the burners, the burners should not
be used during a power failure under any circumstances.. The burner
controls should always remain in the “OFF” position during a power
failure.
NEVER
use appliance as a space heater to heat or warm a room to prevent
potential hazard to the user and damage to the appliance. Also,
DO NOT
use the rangetop or oven as a storage area for food or cooking utensils.
ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD
DO NOT
touch a hot oven light bulb with a damp cloth as the
bulb could break. Should the bulb break, disconnect power
to the appliance before removing bulb to avoid electrical shock.
Getting Started
Warnings
Warnings
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