Safety Information
© Viking Range Corporation
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Ventilation Hoods
Clean ventilating hoods frequently
1.
— Grease
should not be allowed to accumulate on hood filter.
Open Flame
2.
— When flaming foods occur under
the hood turn the fan on.
To avoid the risk of property damage or personal injury
do not obstruct the flow of combustion or ventilation air
to the cooktop.
Delayed Ignition
Burner should ignite within 2 seconds. If burner does
not ignite within 2 seconds, see Troubleshooting
Procedures.
Do not store items of interest to children in cabinets
above a unit or behind the backguard of cooktop.
Children climbing on the unit to reach items could
be seriously injured.
Precautions
Do not cook food directly on cooktop grates, always
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use cookware.
Do not mix household cleaning products. Chemical
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mixtures may interact with objectionable or even
hazardous results.
Do not put plastic items on warm cooking areas.
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They may melt and stick.
Do not slide rough metal objects across cooktop
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grates. Scratching or metal marking can result.
Do not leave fat heating on an unattended
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appliance. Fat can ignite if overheated by spilling
onto hot surfaces.
Do not allow pots to boil dry as this can cause
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damage to cooking surface and pan.
Do not use cooktop surface as a cutting board.
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Do not use cooktop for storage or as a display
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counter.
DO NOT TOUCH SURFACE BURNERS OR
AREAS NEAR BURNERS —
Areas near surface
burners may become hot enough to cause burns.
During and after use, do not touch cooking surface.
Do not let clothing or other flammable materials
touch or contact surface burners or areas near
surface burners until they have had enough time
to cool. These areas include the cooktop and
backguard.
All Appliances
Proper Installation
1.
— The appliance must be prop
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erly installed and grounded by a qualified technician.
Proper Use
2.
— Never use appliance for warming or
heating the room.
Unattended Children
3.
— Children should not be
alone or unattended in the area where the appliance
is in use. They should never be allowed to sit or
stand on any part of the appliance.
Wear Proper Apparel
4.
— Loose fitting or hanging
garments should never be worn while operating or
servicing appliance.
User Servicing
5.
— 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.
Storage in or on Appliance
6.
— Flammable materi
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als should not be stored on or around cooktop.
Do not use water on grease fires — Smother fire
or flame, or use dry chemical or foam-type extin
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guisher.
Use only dry potholders
7.
— Moist or damp
potholders on hot surfaces may result in burns from
steam. Do not let potholder touch burners. Do not
use a towel or other bulky cloth.
Surface Burners
Use proper pan size
1.
— This appliance is equipped
with one or more surface burners of different sizes.
Select utensils having flat bottoms large enough
to cover the surface burner. The use of undersized
utensils will expose a portion of the burner to direct
contact and may result in ignition of clothing. Use of
oversized utensils can cause damage to appliance.
Proper relationship of utensil to burner improves
efficiency.
Never leave surface burners unattended
2.
— Boil-
over causes smoking and greasy spillovers that may
ignite.
Make sure reflector pans or drip bowls are in
3.
place
— Absence of these pans or bowls during
cooking may subject wiring or components under
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neath to damage.
Glazed cooking utensils
4.
— Only certain types of
glass, ceramic, earthware or other glazed utensils
are suitable for appliance service without breaking
due to sudden change in temperature.
Utensil handles should be turned inward and
5.
not extend over adjacent surface burners
— To
reduce the risk of burns, ignition of flammable ma
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terials and spillage due to unintentional contact with
utensil; the handle of a utensil should be positioned
so that it is turned inward and does not extend over
adjacent surface burners.
