Whirlpool RF366PXY User manual

A Note To You 2
ImporQntSafety
lnsbuctions 3
Parts And Features 6
Using Your Range 7
Using The Setf-
Cleaning Cyde 18
Caring For
Your Range 21
If You Need Assistance
Or service 25
Warranty 28
1-800-253-1301
GA Us with qestions or comments.
SELF-CLEANING ELECTRIC RANGE
MODEL RF366PXY
b-9a

A Note To You
Thank you for buying a Whirlpool appliance.
You have purchased a quality, worldclass home appliance. Years of engineering experience have gone
into its manufacturing. To ensure that you will enjoy many years of trouble-free operation, we have
developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of valuable information on how to operate and maintain
your appliance properly and safely. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail the Owner-
ship Registration Card provided with your appliance. This will help us notify you about any new informa-
tion on your appliance.
Your safety is important to us.
This guide contains safety symbols and statements. Please pay special attention to these symbols and
follow any instructions given. Here is a brief explanation of the use of each symbol.
This symbol will help alert you to such dangers as
personal injury, burns, fire and electrical shock. This symbol will help you avoid actions which could cause product damage (scratches, dents,
etc.) and damage to your personal property.
Our Consumer Assistance Center number, l-800-253-1301,
is toll-free, 24 hours a day.
If you ever have a question concerning your appliance’s operation, or if you need service, first see “If
You Need Assistance Or Service” on page 25. If you need further help, feel free to call our Consumer
Assistance Center. When calling, you will need to know your appliance’s complete model number and
serial number. You can find this information on the model and serial number plate (see diagram on
page 6). For your convenience, we have included a handy place below for you to record these numbers,
the purchase date from the sales slip and your dealer’s name and telephone number. Keep this book
and the sales slip together in a safe place for future reference.
Model Number
Serial Number
Purchase Date
Dealer Name
Dealer Phone
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Important Safety Instructions
General
To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, injury to
persons, or damage when using the range, follow
basic precautions, including the following:
l Read all instructions before
using the range.
4nstall or locate the range only
in accordance with the pro-
vided Installation Instructions.
@Donot touch surface units,
areas near units, heating ele-
ments or interior surfaces of
oven. Surface units and heating
elements may be hot even
though they are dark in color.
Areas near surface units and
@WARNING: To reduce the risk interior surfaces of an oven
of tiP ping of the appliance, the become hot enou h to cause
app iance must be secured by burns. During anB after use, do
a proper1 not touch, or let clothing or
bracket. f! installed anti-tip o check if the bracket other flammable materials
is installed properly, see ‘The contact surface units, areas
anti-tip bracket” on page 17. near units, heatin elements or
interior surfaces 0 oven until
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@CAUTION: Do not store things
children miEl ht want above the they have had sufficient time to
cool. Other surfaces of the
range. Chil ren could be
burned or injured while climb- range may become hot enough
ing on it. to cause burns; such as, the
oven vent opening, the surface
@Donot leave children alone or near the vent opening, the
unattended in area where the cooktop, the oven door and
range is in use. They should window.
never be allowed to sit or stand
on an
could il part of the range. They e burned or injured.
l Do not operate the range if it
is damaged or not working
properly.
*Do not use the range for
warming or heatin
Persons could be urned or%
the room.
injured, or a fire could start.
@Donot wear loose or hanging
garments when using the
range. They could ignite if they
touch a hot surface unit and
you could be burned.
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4Jse only d potholders. Moist
or damp po holders on hot
r
surfaces ma result in burns
from steam. b 0 not let pot-
holder touch hot heating
elements. Do not use a towel
or bulk cloth for a potholder.
It coul J catch on fire.
*Keep range vents unobstructed.
*Do not heat unopened contain-
ers. They could explode. The
hot contents could cause burns
and container particles could
cause Injury.
@Donot store flammable materi-
als on or near the range. The
fumes can create an explosion
and/or fire hazard.
When using the cooktop
@Donot cook on a broken
cook-top. If cooktop should
break, cleaning solutions and
spillovers may penetrate the
broken cook-top and create a
risk of electrical shock. Contact
a qualified technician imme-
diately.
@Select a pan with a flat bottom
that is about the same size as
the surface unit. If pan is
smaller than the surface unit,
some of the heatin
@Check to be sure lass cook-
ing utensils are sa
9
e for use
on the range. Only certain
types of glass, glass-ceramic,
ceramic, earthenware or other
glazed utensils are suitable for
cooktops without breaking due
to the sudden change in
temperature.
*Never leave surface units
unattended at high heat set-
tings. A boilover could result
and cause smokin and
gmi..y spillovers tI!at may
.
*Turn pan handles inward, but
not over other surface units.
This will help reduce the
chance of burns, i niting of
flammable materia s,9 and
spills due to bumping of the
pan.
When usins the oven
@Always position oven rack(s)
in desired location while oven
is cool. If a rack must be
removed while oven is hot, do
not let potholder contact hot
heating element in oven.
*Use care when opening oven
door. Let hot air or steam
escape before removing or
replacing food.

Grease
l Grease is flammable. Do not
allow grease to collect around
cooktop or in vents. Wipe spill-
overs immediately.
@Donot use water on grease
fires. Never pick up a flaming
pan. Smother flaming pan on
range by coverin with a well-
fitted lid, cookie s eet or flat?l
tray. Flaming grease outside of
iian can be extin uished with aking soda or, i?available, a
multipurpose dry chemical or
foam-type extinguisher.
Care and cleaning
@Clean cooktop with care. Some
cleaners can produce noxious
fumes if applied to a hot sur-
face. If a wet paper towel is
used to wipe s
cooking area, g 111son a hot e careful to
avoid steam burns.
6mall amounts of formaldehyde
and carbon monoxide are iven
off in the Self-Cleaning cyc e9
from fiberglass insulatron and
food decomposition. Si nificant
exposure to these subs9 antes
can cause cancer or reproduc-
tive harm. Exposure can be
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minimized by venting with a
hood or open window and wip-
ing out excess food spills prior
to self-cleaning.
*Do not use oven cleaners. No
commercial oven cleaner or
oven liner rotective coating of
any kind sc:
ould be used in or
around any part of the oven.
@Before self-cleaning the oven.,
remove broiler an, broiler rid,
oven racks anB 9
other utensr s.
Do not use your oven to clean
miscellaneous parts unless you
are instructed to do so in this
Use and Care Guide.
@Donot clean door heat seal. It
is essential for a good seal.
Care should be taken not to
rub, damage or move the seal.
Clean only parts recommended
in this Use and Care Guide.
.Do not repair or replace any
part of the range unless specifi-
cally recommended in this
manual. All other servicing
should be referred to a qualified
technician.
l Disconnect the electrical supply
before servicing the range.
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