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Cooktop
5 OPERATION
5.1 Operating/safety guidelines
BURN HAZARD, FIRE, EXPLOSION, AND/OR CARBON MONOXIDE HAZARD Failure to obey
the following warnings could result in damage, a burn hazard, possible explosion, carbon monoxide buildup,
serious injury, or death:
• Avoid negative dra or positive dra situations or the operation of this Cooktop during excessively windy
conditions. Negative dra caused by air moving across the Cooktop may blow out the burner ame or move
the ame into the Cooktop, resulting in damage, a burn hazard, possible explosion, carbon monoxide
buildup, injury, or death. Do not operate the Cooktop in excessively windy conditions as this may cause
a negative or positive dra. Doing so may blow out the top burner ame during use, and can result in an
explosion, re hazard, injury, or death.
• The Cooktop must be completely separated and/or sealed from other air moving or air-consuming devices
such as, but not limited to, furnaces, microwave ovens, clothes dryers, cooling fans, and doors or drawers
in common cabinets. Failure to do so can aect the appliance(s) combustion air supply by creating either a
negative or positive dra, which can result in serious injury or death.
• Do not use the Cooktop for space heating. Doing so may cause overheating of the Cooktop and/or could
cause carbon monoxide poisoning, resulting in serious injury or death.
• While operating the Cooktop, frequently check the temperature of contents within cabinet areas above the
Cooktop. Do not store ammable or combustible material in cabinets above, or above and adjacent to, the
Cooktop. Failure to follow this instruction could result in a re, serious injury, or death.
• Do not heat unopened containers. They could explode. The hot contents may cause burns and container
particles may cause injury.
• Do not store ammable materials on, in, or near Cooktop. Any fumes can create an explosion and/or re
hazard.
• Do not operate Cooktop if it is damaged or not working properly.
• Verify sucient gas supply before attempting to light any burner. Air in the gas supply line will signicantly
delay burner ignition, and a burner may light unexpectedly as the air in the line clears out and is replaced by
LP gas; this unexpected ignition may burn you. Air may be introduced into the supply line when the vehicle
gas bottle is replaced, during servicing of other gas appliances, etc.
• If any burner should extinguish (aer initially lighting or due to accidental blowout), turn all burner knobs
clockwise to OFF and WAIT 5 MINUTES before attempting to re-light the burner.
• Do not touch burners, burner grates, or areas near burners during and aer use. Do not let clothing or other
ammable materials contact burners or areas near burners until these areas have had sucient time to cool.
• Use large enough pans to cover the burner area and contain the cooked food. This will reduce or eliminate
heavy splattering or spills that can ignite and burn you.
• Be sure that glass cooking utensils are safe for use on the Cooktop. Only certain kinds of glass utensils are
suitable for surface or burner use without breaking due to sudden changes in temperature.
• Never leave burners unattended when in use, as pan contents may boil over, resulting in smoke or a grease
spill that may ignite.
• Turn pan handles inward, but not over other top burners. This reduces the chance of burns due to bumping a
pan.
• Because grease is ammable, never allow grease to collect around top burners or on the Cooktop surface.
Wipe up any grease spills immediately.
• Never use water on grease res, and never pick up a aming pan. Smother a aming pan with a tight-tting lid
or cookie sheet. Flaming grease outside of the pan can be extinguished with baking soda or a multipurpose
dry chemical or foam-type re extinguisher.
• Use care when lighting a burner by hand. If the burner lights unexpectedly, or your hand is close to the
burner, you may be burned.
• Burner ame should not extend beyond the edge of the cooking utensil. The ame could burn you and cause
poor cooking results.
• Control knobs must be turned OFF when not cooking. Someone could be burned or a re may start if a
burner is accidentally le ON.
