GE JGP630ER, JGP631ER Use And Care Manual

Built-h Gas Cooktop

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Safety instructions ....................3-5

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Problem

Solver...............................l2

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GE Answer Center” 800.626.2000

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Operating Instructions, Tips

Appliance Registration ..................................2

Automatic Ignition .........................................7

Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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Consumer Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Model and Serial Numbers ..........................2

Cookware .....................................................8, 9

Warranty ........................................Back Cover

Using Your Cooktop ..................................7–9

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Care and Cleaning..................IO-l

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Models:

JGP630ER JGP631ER

GE Appliances

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HELP US HELP YOU...

Read this book carefully.

It

is

intended to

help you
operate and maintain your new
cooktop properly.

Keep it handy for answers to
your questions.

If you don’t understand something
or need more help, write (include

:~our

phone number):

Consumer Affairs
GE Appliances
Appliance Park
Louisville, KY 40225

Write down the model
and serial numbers.

You’ll find them on a label located

on

the underside of the cooktop.

These numbers are also on the
Consumer Product Ownership
Registration Card that came with
your cooktop. Before sending in
this card, please write these
numbers here:

Model Number

Serial Number

Use these numbers in any
correspondence or service calls
concerning your cooktop.

If you received a
damaged cooktop...

Immediately contact the dealer (or
builder) that sold you the cooktop.

Save time and money.
Before you request
service...

Check the Problem Solver in the
back of this guide. It lists causes of
minor operating problems that you
can correct yourself.

IF YOU NEED SERVICE

To

obtain

service, see the Consumer Services page

in

the

back

of this guide.

We’re proud of our service and want you to be
pleased. If for some reason you are not happy with
the service you receive, here are three steps to follow
for further help.

FIRST, contact the people who serviced your
appliance. Explain why you are not pleased. In most
cases, this

will soive

the problem.

NEXT, if you are still not pleased, write all the
details-including you phone number—to:

Manager, Consumer Relations
GE Appliances
Appliance Park

Louisville, KY 40225

FINALLY, if your problem is still not resolved, write:

Major Appliance Consumer Action Panel

20 North Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

WARNING: If the information in this manual is not followed exactly, a fire or explosion may
result causing property damage, personal injury or death.

—Do not store or use gasoline or other

●

Immediately call your gas supplier from

flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity

a neighbor’s phone. Follow the gas

of this or any other appliance.

supplier’s instructions.

—WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS

●

If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call

the fire department.

●

Do not try to

light

any appliance.

—Installation and service must be performed

●

Do not touch any electrical switch; do not

by a qualified installer, service agency or

use any phone in your building.

the gas supplier.

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fMPORTANT

SAFETY NOTICE

The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic
Enforcement Act requires the Governor

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.

Gas appliances can

cause

minor exposure to

fcmr of

these substances, namely benzene, carbon monoxide,
formaldehyde and soot, caused primarily by the
incomplete combustion of natural gas or LP

fuels.

Properly adjusted burners, indicated by a bluish
rather than a yellow flame, will minimize incomplete
combustion. Exposure to these substances

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be

minimized further by venting with an

open

window

or using a ventilation fan or

hood.

When You Get Your Cooktop

When you get your

moktop,

have the installer
show you the location of the gas cut-off valve
and how to shut it off if necessary.

—

Have your cooktop installed and properly
grounded by a qualified installer,

in accordance
with the Installation Instructions. Any adjustment
and service should be performed only by qualified
gas range installers or service technicians.

●

Do not attempt to

repair or

replace

any

part

of your cooktop unless it is

specif’kdly

recommended in this

guide.

All

other

servicing

should be referred to a qualified technician.

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Plug your cooktop into a 120-volt grounded

outlet only.

Do not remove the round

g~ounding

prong from the plug. If in doubt about the
grounding of the home electrical system, it

is

your

personal responsibility and obligation to

have an

ungrounded outlet replaced with a properly
grounded three-prong outlet in accordance with
the National Electrical Code.

DcI

not

u,se

an

extension cord with this appliance.

●

Be sure all packing materials arc removed

fmm

the cooktop

before operating it, to prevent fire or

smoke damage should the packing material ignite.

●

Be sure your cooktop is correctly adjusted by a

- qualified service technician or installer. This
counter unit, as shipped from the factory, can
only be operated with natural gas.

Do

not try
to operate it with LP (bottled) gas unless you
follow the Installation Instructions

packed

with

your cooktop. See LP Gas Adjustments.

●

Don’t attempt to repair or replace any

part of your cooktop unless it is specifically
recommended in this guide.

All other servicing

should be referred to a qualified technician.

Using Your Cooktap

●

Don’t leave

children

alone or

unattended

where a cooktop is hot or in operation. They

could be seriously burned.

*

CAUTION: ITEMS OF

E+JTEREST

TO
CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE STORED
IN CABINETS

ABOVE

A

COOKTOP—

CHILDREN CLIMBING ON THE

COUKTOP

TO

REACH

ITEMS

COULD

BE SERIOUSLY INJURED.

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Do nut operate or

clean

your cooktop if the

glass is broken or cracked.

Cleaning solutions

and

spillovers

could penetrate the broken cooktop
and create a risk of electric shock. Call for service
immediately if the cooktop glass breaks or cracks.

Q

Do not operate the burner without

all burner

parts in place.

*

Do not

ckean

the cooktop with flammable or

volatil~

cleaning fluids.

●

Do nut clean

the cooktop when

th~

appIiance is

in USC.

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Avoid scratching the cooktop

with sharp

implements,

or

with rings and other jewelry.

●

Never use the cooktop as a cutting

b~ard.

* Let

burner grates and other surfaces

cool

before touching them or leaving them where
children

can reach

them.

*’Never

wear

loose-fitting or hanging garments

while using the appIiance.

Be careful when
reaching for items stored in cabinets over the
cooktop. Flammable material could be ignited

if

brought in contact with flame or hot surfaces and

may

cause

severe bums.

@ Never use

your appliance for warming or

heating the

room.

Prolonged use of the cooktop

in this way can be hazardous.

●

Always keep combustible wall coverings, curtains

or drapes a safe distance from your cooktop.

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* Do

not

use

water on grease

fhes.

* Wa&h fti~ I@ngfried at ~ f?3tu&!3@l%&

.

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Never pick

up a

flami~g

pan. Turn

off burner, then smother flaming pan

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4 F@)dsfaF frying shuu!d

be

as’dry

as

possibie.’ ~~•

by covering pan completely with well-fitting

lid,

or tioisture on

fresh.

fOi@l

bd?b]e

Up

and.mwr

cookie sheet or flat tray, or

if available,

use a

dry

chemical or foam-type extinguisher.

sides’ of pan.

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,

Flaming grease outside a pan can be

put

out by

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use

lW$ posaihle alilmmt

of

fat for effective

covering with baking soda or if available a

rnulti-

sh@ow or

d&ey4at frying. I%@g KS pan too

fuil

of fat

can cause spillovemitihen fdis added.

purpose dry chemical or foam-type extinguisher,.

●

When

using

glass cookware

make sure

it is

●

M%

wnbhat.kw of oih m fats

will be

UM

designed for top-of-range

cooking,

in

frying$ stirtog~tkerbefoic heattig, or

as

%&s

melt

slowly,

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Do not store flammable

materiah

near the

*

MwqF$

hea#’fat

slmvly~.and watc~. w ithpaK

cooktop, Do

not store

or use gasoline or

other

.,

flammable vapors and liquids

in

the

~~•

s

Use

a

deep

fat

.

h

vicinity of this

or any other

.#ossiMe to prtivu’it

overheating fat

beyund the

Xi -’”,”

appliance.

smoking

point.

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Do not let cooking

grease or athe~

●

Us@

pr@er pan

i&m-Avr4d pttns

that

are

flammable materials accumulate in or near the

unstahlc or

easily

tippd+ Select

cookware

cooktop.

havirlg

fla~b~ttwm

larg~

●

Always use the LITE position when

co@aiB

food and

avoid Milowm

and

spillmwrs,

igniting top burners and make sure the

and large emmgtt tb

cover burner

grate. This will

burners have

ig~ited.

both

savecleanhgtim and

prevent hazardous

accumulations of

foe@,

spattering

o?

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● Never leave surface

bmmm

unattended at .

‘spillovers left cm imoktup can ignite. Use pans

high flame

settings.

Boilover

causes smoking

Wd

with

be.wily fl=ped

@d

:

greasy

spillovers

that may

ctttch cm fire.

remain cool.

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●

Adjust surface burner flame

* Do mot place hot

cookware on the

glass

size

so it does not

extend beyond

wmktop.

This

could cause glass

to

break.

the edge of the cookware.

Excessive flame is

hazardous+

●

Wheri using gbasa !mokwarq make

sure it is

desigrwd for

top-of

range

cooking.

●

Use only dry pot holders—moist or damp pot

~

holders on hot surfaces may result in burns from

o K~p/P ~ PIaS$iCS away from

top burnem.

steam. Do not

let

potholders

como

near

open ~.

* Nimix leave

jars or

cans of

fat UE

ur

flames when lifting cookware. Do not use a

towol

twr

your

c~qktop.

or other bulky cloth

ifl place

of a pot holder.

@ Alwttys

keep dishtowels, dish

cloth$,

pdt.

*

To

minimize the possibility of burns,

holders and

other linens

a safe distance from

ignition of flammable materials

and

spillage,

‘your cmktop.

turn cookware handles toward the

side

or

center of the cooktop without extending over

●

Always kekp wooden

and

plastic

utensils and

adjacent burner.

carmd food a safe distance away from your
wmktop.

*

Always turn surface burner to

OFF before

removing cookware.

●

Teach children not to

play

with the controls

or

any other part of the ranges.

●

Never leave the oven door

open

when

you ar~

not watching the range.

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●

To avoid the possibility of a

burn,

always

be

certain that the controls for all burners are at
OFF position and all grates are cool before
attempting to remove a grate.

●

If cooktop is located near a window, do not

use

long curtains which could blow over the

top

burners and create a fire hazard.

●

If you smell gas, turn

off the

gas to

the

cooktop
and call a qualified service technician. Never use
an open flame. to locate a

leak.

Q Don’t

use aluminum foil to line

burner

bowls.

Misuse could result in a fire hazard or damage to
the cooktop,

●

Do not cover or block the area around

the

cooktop knobs. This area must be kept clear for
proper ventilation and burner performance.

●

When cooking pork,

follow the directions

exactly and always cook the meat to an

internal

temperature of at least

170”F,

This assures that, in
the remote possibility that trichina may be present
in the meat, it will be killed and the meat will be
safe to eat.

●

Do not use a wok on the cooking surface if

the wok has a round

metal

ring which is placed

over the burner grate to support the wok.

This
ring acts as a heat trap which may damage the
burner grate and burner head. Also, it may cause
the burner to work improperly. This may cause a
carbon monoxide level above that allowed by
current standards, resulting in a health hazard.

●

Clean only parts listed in this Use and

Care Book.

LP

Conversion

Your ccmktop

is

shipp~d

from the factory set to

operate

ogly

with Natural Gas.

If

you wish to

use your cooktop

with Liquefied

Petroleum Gas,

you must follow

the Installation

Instructions

packed

with

ycwr Cooktop. Seo LP

Gas

Adjustments,

WARNING: These

adjustments

mustbe

made by a

qualifi~d smvice

technician in accordance with the

manufacturer’s instructions and all

codes

and

requirements of

the

authority having jurisdiction,

Failure to

follow these

instructions could

result

in

serious i@wy or

property damage. The qualified

agency perfor@ng thti work assnmes

responsibility

,for

the conversion.

SAVE

THESE

INSTRiWl?IONS

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