Frigidaire FFGC3613LW manual

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    T ABLE OF CONTENTS www .frigidaire.com USA 1 -800-944-9044 www .frigidaire.ca Canada 1 -800-265-8352 All a bout th e Us e & C ar e of y ou r Cook top W elcome & Congratulations ................................... 2 Important Safety I nstructions ................................. 3 Surface Cooking ............................................[...]

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    2 WELCOME & CONGRATULATIONS  NOTE Please attach sales receipt here f or future refer ence. Please record your model and serial numbers below for future reference. Model Number: Serial Number: Purchase Date: Congratulations on y our purchase of a new appliance! At Electrolux Home Products , we are very proud of our product and are completely [...]

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    3 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING This symbol will help alert you to situations that may cause serious bodily harm, death or property damage. WARNING Stepping or leaning on this cooktop can result in serious injuries and may also cause d amage to the cooktop. Do not allow children to climb or play around the cooktop. IMPORTANT IMPOR T ANT ind[...]

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    4 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE The California Safe Drinking W ater and T oxic Enforcement Act requires the Go vernor of California to publish a list of substances known to the state to cause cancer , birth defects or other reproductive harm, and requires businesses to warn customers of potential exposure to such substances.[...]

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    5 WARNING This appliance is equipped with a 3-prong grounding plug for your protection against shock hazar d and should be plugged directly into a properly grounded receptacle. DO NOT cut or remove the gr ounding prong from this plug. WARNING Personal injury or death f rom electrical shock may occur if the range is not installed by a qualied ins[...]

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    6   Cookware should hav e at bottoms that make good contact with the entire surface heating element. Check f or atness by rotating a ruler across the bot tom of the cookware (See Figure 2). Be sure to follow the r ecommendations for using coo[...]

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    7  CAUTION Canning can generate lar ge amounts of steam. Use extreme caution to prevent burns. Alw ays raise the lid to vent steam awa y from you. Prevent damage to cooktop and burner gr ates: 1. Do not use water bath or pressure canners that extend more than one inch beyond the edge of the burner grate.[...]

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    8 SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS IMPORTANT In the event of an electrical power outage, the surf ace burners can be lit manually . T o light a surface burner , hold a lit match to the burner head, then slowly turn the surface control knob to LITE. After burner lights turn the knob to desired setting. Use caution when lighting surface burners manually . IM[...]

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    9 CARE & CLEANING (Cleaning Chart)  Before cleaning any part of the cooktop , be sure all controls are turned OFF and the cooktop is COOL. REMOVE SPILLOVERS AND HEA VY SOILING AS SOON AS POS SIBLE. REGULAR CLEANING WILL REDUCE THE N[...]

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    10 CARE & CLEANING Burner grate can appear in diff erent shapes.  & GRATES The cooktop is designed to make cleaning easier . Because the gas Burners are sealed, cleanups are easy when spillovers are cleaned up immediately . The cooktop, Bur[...]

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    11 OCCURRENCE POSSIBLE CAUSE/SOLUTION Surface burners do not light. Surface Control knob has not been completely turned to LITE. Push in and turn the Surface Control knob to LITE until burner ignites and then turn control to desired ame siz e. Be sure gas supply valv e is open. Burner ports or slots are clogged. With the burner off , use a small[...]

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    12 MAJOR APPLIANCE WARRANTY This warranty does not cover the following: 1 Products with original serial numbers that have been r emoved, altered or cannot be readily determined. 2 Product that has been transf erred from its original owner to another part y or removed outside the USA or Canada. 3 Rust on the interior or exterior of the unit. 4 Produ[...]