Important Safety Instructions• Be sure your appliance is properly installed and grounded bya qualified technician in accordance with local codes and theprovided installation instructions.• Have the installer show you the location of the circuitbreaker or fuse. Mark it for easy reference.• Do not leave children alone—children should not be leftalone or unattended in an area where an appliance is in use.They should never be allowed to sit or stand on any part ofthe appliance.• Teach children not to play with the controls or any other partof the cooktop.• Do not allow anyone to climb, stand or hang on the cooktop.• CAUTION: Items of interest to children should notbe stored in cabinets above a cooktop—children climbing onthe cooktop to reach items could be seriously injured.• Always keep combustible wall coverings, curtains or drapes asafe distance from your cooktop.• Always keep dish towels, dishcloths, pot holders and otherlinens a safe distance away from your cooktop.• Always keep wooden and plastic utensils and canned food asafe distance away from your cooktop.• Never wear loose-fitting or hanging garments while usingthe appliance. Flammable material could be ignited ifbrought in contact with hot surface units and may causesevere burns.• Use only dry pot holders—moist or damp pot holders on hotsurfaces may result in burns from steam. Do not let potholders touch hot surface units. Do not use a towel or otherbulky cloth. Such cloths can catch fire on a hot surface unit.• For your safety, never use your appliance for warming orheating the room.• Do not use water on grease fires. Never pick up aflaming pan. Turn the controls off. Smother a flaming panon a surface unit by covering the pan completely with well-fitting lid, cookie sheet or flat tray. Use a multi-purpose drychemical or foam-type extinguisher.Flaming grease outside a pan can be put out by coveringwith baking soda or, if available, by using a multi-purpose drychemical or foam-type fire extinguisher.• Cook meat and poultry thoroughly—meat to at leastan INTERNAL temperature of 160°F and poultry to at leastan INTERNAL temperature of 180°F. Cooking to thesetemperatures usually protects against foodborne illness.5ge.comWARNING!For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of fire or explosion, electric shock, orto prevent property damage, personal injury, or loss of life.When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions should be followed, including the following:SAFETY PRECAUTIONS