GE JP345R, JP343S, JP345S, JP346R, JP343P User Manual

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Operating Instructions, Tips

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

Canning Tips Controls Cooking Tips

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Care and Cleaning .................. IO,

Glass Ceramic

Removal of Packaging Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

instructions ....................3, 4

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Cooktop

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Cooktop

Problem Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

More questions

GE Answer

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

Important Phone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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

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

Models:

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JP343S JP346R JP345R JP346S

800.626.2000

JP343P JP345S

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YOU...

Before using your cooktop, read this book carefully.

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

your phone number):

Consumer Affairs

Appliances Appliance Park Louisville, KY 40225

Write down the model and serial numbers.

You’ll find them on a label under 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.

YOU

~ED

SERVICE...

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. minor operating problems that you can correct yourself.

lists causes of

If you need service...

T. obtain

Consumer Services page in the back of this book.

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

service, see the

for further help.

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

NEXT, if you are still not pleased, write all the details—including

vour ~hone

Manager, Consumer Relations GE Appliances

AQ~liance L&;isville.

‘

number—to:

Park

KY 40225

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

Major Appliance Consumer

Action Panel 20 North Chicago, IL 60606

Wacker

Drive

When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions should be followed, including the following:

●

Have the installer

circuit breaker

●

Use this appliance only for its intended use

showyou

orfuse.

the location of the

Mark it for easy reference.

as described in this manual.

●

Be sure your appliance is properly installed

and grounded

by a qualified technician in accordance with the provided installation instructions.

●

Do not attempt to repair or replace any

part of your cooktop unless it is specifically

All

recommended in this book.

other servicing

should be referred to a qualified technician.

●

Before performing any service, DISCONNECT

THE COOKTOP POWER SUPPLY AT THE HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION PANEL

REMOVING THE FUSE OR SWITCHING OFF

THE CIRCUIT BREAKER.

●

Do not leave children alone—

children should not be left alone or unattended in an area where an appliance is in use. They should never be allowed

to sit or stand on any part of the appliance.

●

Don’t allow anyone to climb, stand or hang on

the cooktop.

●

CAUTION: ITEMS OF INTEREST TO

CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE STORED IN CABINETS ABOVE A

COOKTOP—

CHILDREN CLIMBING ON THE COOKTOP TO REACH ITEMS COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED.

●

Never wear loose-fitting or hanging garmenk

while using the appliance.

Flammable material could be ignited if brought in contact with hot heating area and may cause severe burns.

●

Use only dry pot holders—

moist or damp pot holders on hot surfaces may result in burns from steam. Do not let

pot holders touch hot heating area. Do not use a towel or other bulky cloth in place of a pot holder, Such cloths can catch fire on a hot surface unit.

●

For your safety, never use your appliance for

warming or heating the room.

●

Do not store flammable materials near the

cooktop.

●

Do not store or use combustible materials,

gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance.

●

Keep hood and grease filters clean

to maintain

good venting and to avoid grease fires.

●

Do not let cooking grease or other flammable

materials accumulate on the cooktop.

4’,

.,.

●

Do not use water on grease fires.

Never pick up a flaming pan.

Smother flaming pan on surface unit by covering pan completely with well-fitting lid,

cookie sheet or flat tray, or if available, use dry chemical or foam-type extinguisher.

Flaming grease outside a pan can be put out by covering with baking soda or, if available, a multipurpose dry chemical or foam-type extinguisher.

●

Do not cook on a broken glass cooktop.

Spillovers

or cleaning solution may penetrate a broken cooktop and create a risk of electrical shock. Contact a qualified technician immediately should your cooktop become broken.

●

Never clean the cooktop surface

when it is hot.

Some cleaners produce

noxious fumes and wet cloths could

cause steam burns if used on a hot surface.

●

Use care when touching the cooktop.

The glass surface of the cooktop will retain heat after the controls have been turned off.

●

Do not touch surface units.

be hot enough to burn even though they are

These surfaces

mav

dar[

in color. During and after use, do not touch, or let clothing or other flammable materials contact

heating areas or areas nearby heating areas; allow

sufficient time for cooling, first. Potentially hot surfaces include the cooktop and

areas facing the cooktop.

●

When cooking pork,

follow the directions

exactly and always cook the meat to an internal

170°F.

temperature of at least

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.

●

Never leave surface units unattended at high heat settings.

greasy

spillovers

Boilover

causes smoking and

that may catch on fire.

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proper pan size

—This with one or more surface Select cookware haling to cover the surface units undersized

surfa~ 1; unit

ignition to

st~].face

the

(~ookin:; ‘rips

●

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try to move ~~

a deep

●

OJ.liy

certain earthenware or

sui~ble

because of

●

minimize

cookwure wiil expose

direct

contact and

of c]othln~. pro~~(:r

unit

will

also improve

section of the

~}a~] of hot fat, ~:;pccial lv

l-at fryer.

Wait until

ty~i~s

glass,

otht’r y,i.lA(A~l (“(~ilt;li.n(~l.s :irt~

t“or cook~~)p s’;.:! t~c(~; (]il~c[”s n~:kj hreak

tti~! sr.~ddeII

the possibilit~’ of

flammable materials and container

the cook[op witho[lt

should b(~ turned

extending

surface units.

app]i:incc

units of diffcrcl][

ilat bottot])~” l~irgc

heatil~: arc:(.

relationshtb

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glass/cerailli(’,

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burns,

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toward

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of”

● Always

curtains or drapes a

your counter

Always keep dish

holders

from your counter

●

Do not leave paper products,

or food on the

●

Avoid scratching the glass cooktop

instruments, or with rings or

●

Never

cutting

●

cooktop surface

●

Do not

utensils

use. They may

● Avoid heating

damage the

●

Keep the bottom of the

the cooktop

and

keep

combustible

uniL.

ar~d other

tow~ls,

linens a

unit.

w:~li co~crings$

salk

distance

dish

cl~)ihs, pot

saft; dis[~~ll:(: awLi!

cooking ~ltensils,

cooktop wilen not i~~

other jewelry.

use the glass cooktop surface as a

board.

not place or

place any

after u:~c [0 avl)id

store

items on top of

when

it is

not

spoons or other

glass cooktol:”

become

an emptv pail. [Ioi n:J s(; lliilj

c(oohtop and”thc i>u[l G

clean al~d

:iar-face

hot and

pan

dry.

!~’l”al~’ilc>

could ca~.l~e hur]ls.

and the s~~rfacc of

Wip: [I!, L. ,hI(I[ 1-:!’():.

/’l-!.Jli] cius

LI\IJay I’rom

use.

with

stlilrt-

tbr glas!;

USC

s~.ir~.i)~;;

t~l]un it is il:

‘~licl

gi’1

●

Do not

allow

remain on the

Always heat

Clean

only parts

water, other

li(luids

cookt!op or controt”

fat

slowly,

iisted

and WLI[

this bool~;.

grcas(’ [()

pa!!cl.

(:11 ai i I hci I

1s.

When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions should be followed, including the following:

● Have the installer show you the location of the

circuit breaker orfuse.

●

Use this appliance only for its intended use

as described in this manual.

●

Be sure your appliance is properly installed

and grounded

accordance with the provided installation instructions.

Do not attempt to repair or replace any

by a qualified technician in

Mark it for easy reference.

part of your cooktop unless it is specifically

recommended in this book.

should be referred to a qualified technician.

●

Before performing any service, DISCONNECT

All

other servicing

THE COOKTOP POWER SUPPLY AT THE

HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION PANEL

REMOVING THE FUSE OR SWITCHING OFF

THE CIRCUIT BREAKER.

●

Do not leave children alone—

not be left alone or unattended in an area where an appliance is in use. They should never be allowed to sit or stand on any part of the appliance.

●

Don’t allow anyone to climb, stand or hang on

children should

the cooktop.

“

CAUTION: ITEMS OF INTEREST TO

CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE STORED IN CABINETS ABOVE A

COOKTOP—

CHILDREN CLIMBING ON THE COOKTOP TO REACH ITEMS COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED.

●

Never wear loose-fitting or hanging garments

while using the appliance.

Flammable material could be ignited if brought in contact with hot heating area and may cause severe bums.

●

Use only dry pot holders—

moist or damp pot holders on hot surfaces may result in burns from steam. Do not let

pot holders touch hot heating area. Do not use a towel or other bulky cloth in place of a pot holder, Such cloths can catch fire on a hot surface unit.

●

For your safety, never use your appliance for

warming or heating the room.

●

Do not store flammable materials near the

cooktop.

●

Do not store or use combustible materials,

gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance.

●

Keep hood and grease filters clean

to maintain

good venting and to avoid grease fires.

●

Do not let cooking grease or other flammable

materials accumulate on the cooktop.

cookie sheet or flat tray, or if available, use dry chemical or foam-type extinguisher.

Flaming grease outside a pan can be put out by covering with baking soda or, if available, a multipurpose dry chemical or foam-type extinguisher.

●

Do not cook on a broken glass cooktop.

Spillovers or cleaning solution may penetrate

a broken cooktop and create a risk of electrical

shock. Contact a qualified technician immediately should your cooktop become broken.

.:i ‘:’,> :

. . .. .>,

cause steam burns if used on a hot surface.

●

Use care when touching the cooktop.

surface of the cooktop will retain heat after the

controls have been turned off.

●

be hot enough to bum even though they are dark in color. During and after use, do not touch, or let clothing or other flammable materials contact heating areas or areas nearby heating areas; allow

sufficient time for cooling, first.

Potentially hot surfaces include the cooktop and

areas facing the cooktop,

●

When cooking pork,

exactly and always cook the meat to an internal

temperature of at least the remote possibility that trichina may be present in the meat, it will be killed and the meat will be safe to eat.

●

Never leave surface units unattended at high

heat settings.

greasy spillovers that

●

Do not use water on grease fires.

Never pick up a flaming pan.

flaming pan on surface unit by covering pan completely with well-fitting lid,

Never clean the cooktop surface

when it is hot.

.$.

noxious fumes and wet cloths could

Some cleaners produce

not touch surface units.

follow the directions

170”F.

Boilover

causes smoking and

may’

catch on fire.

Smother

The glass

These surfaces may

This assures that, in

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