General Electric JGP630ER User Manual

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

Operating Instructions, Tips

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Built-h Gas Cooktop

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

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

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

Models:

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

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JGP630ER JGP631ER

GE Appliances

MNU116

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HELP US HELP YOU...

Read this book carefully.

intended to

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

help you

Write down the model and serial numbers.

You’ll find them on a label located

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 NEED SERVICE

obtain

service, see the Consumer Services page

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.

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.

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

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

—WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS

●

Do not try to

●

Do not touch any electrical switch; do not

light

any appliance.

use any phone in your building.

Immediately call your gas supplier from

a neighbor’s phone. Follow the gas supplier’s instructions.

●

If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call

the fire department.

—Installation and service must be performed

by a qualified installer, service agency or the gas supplier.

fMPORTANT

SAFETY NOTICE

The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act requires the Governor California to publish a list of substances known 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 minimized further by venting with an or using a ventilation fan or

hood.

open

WEI

window

When You Get Your Cooktop

When you get your 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,

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

●

Do not attempt to

of your cooktop unless it is recommended in this

should be referred to a qualified technician.

●

Plug your cooktop into a 120-volt grounded

outlet only.

Do not remove the round prong from the plug. If in doubt about the grounding of the home electrical system, it personal responsibility and obligation to ungrounded outlet replaced with a properly grounded three-prong outlet in accordance with the National Electrical Code. extension cord with this appliance.

●

Be sure all packing materials arc removed

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. to operate it with LP (bottled) gas unless you follow the Installation Instructions your cooktop. See LP Gas Adjustments.

moktop,

repair or

guide.

have the installer

in accordance

replace

any

part

specif’kdly

All

other

servicing

g~ounding

your

have an

DcI

not

u,se

fmm

not try

packed

with

●

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

COOKTOP—

CHILDREN CLIMBING ON THE

COUKTOP

REACH

ITEMS

COULD

BE SERIOUSLY INJURED.

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Do nut operate or

glass is broken or cracked.

and

spillovers

clean

your cooktop if the

Cleaning solutions

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

Do not operate the burner without

all burner

parts in place.

Do not

volatil~

●

Do nut clean

ckean

the cooktop with flammable or

cleaning fluids.

the cooktop when

th~

appIiance is

in USC.

Avoid scratching the cooktop

implements,

●

Never use the cooktop as a cutting

* Let

burner grates and other surfaces

with rings and other jewelry.

with sharp

b~ard.

cool

before touching them or leaving them where children

*’Never

while using the appIiance.

can reach

wear

loose-fitting or hanging garments

them.

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

brought in contact with flame or hot surfaces and

may

cause

severe bums.

@ Never use

heating the

your appliance for warming or

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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by covering pan completely with well-fitting cookie sheet or flat tray, or chemical or foam-type extinguisher.

Flaming grease outside a pan can be covering with baking soda or if available a

purpose dry chemical or foam-type extinguisher,.

●

When

designed for top-of-range

“

Do not store flammable

cooktop, Do

Xi -’”,”

flammable materials accumulate in or near the cooktop.

●

Always use the LITE position when

igniting top burners and make sure the burners have

● Never leave surface

high flame

greasy

* Do

~’

Never pick

off burner, then smother flaming pan

using

glass cookware

.>, .:

settings.

spillovers

not

use

water on grease

up a

flami~g

fhes.

pan. Turn

lid,

if available,

use a

put

out by

dry

rnulti-

make sure

it is

cooking,

materiah

not store

or use gasoline or

near the

flammable vapors and liquids vicinity of this

or any other

appliance.

Do not let cooking

grease or athe~

ig~ited.

Boilover

that may

bmmm

ctttch cm fire.

unattended at .

causes smoking

the

, . ‘ ,.”

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

4 F@)dsfaF frying shuu!d

or tioisture on

fOi@l

bd?b]e

sides’ of pan.

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other

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use

sh@ow or

fuil

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melt

MwqF$

lW$ posaihle alilmmt

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

of fat

wnbhat.kw of oih m fats

can cause spillovemitihen fdis added.

frying$ stirtog~tkerbefoic heattig, or

slowly,

Use

hea#’fat

.#ossiMe to prtivu’it

smoking

●

Us@

unstahlc or

havirlg

co@aiB

pr@er pan

easily

food and

point.

i&m-Avr4d pttns

and large emmgtt tb

both

savecleanhgtim and

accumulations of

‘spillovers left cm imoktup can ignite. Use pans

with

be.wily fl=ped

remain cool.

as’dry

possibie.’ ~~•

fresh.

overheating fat

tippd+ Select avoid Milowm

cover burner

and.mwr

~,.

fat for effective

will be

slmvly~.and watc~. w ithpaK

deep

fat

beyund the

that

are

cookware

fla~b~ttwm

and

spillmwrs,

grate. This will

prevent hazardous

foe@,

spattering

%&s

larg~

●

Adjust surface burner flame

size

so it does not

the edge of the cookware.

Excessive flame is

●

Use only dry pot holders—moist or damp pot

extend beyond

hazardous+

holders on hot surfaces may result in burns from steam. Do not flames when lifting cookware. Do not use a or other bulky cloth

minimize the possibility of burns,

ignition of flammable materials

turn cookware handles toward the

let

potholders

ifl place

of a pot holder.

como

and

spillage,

side

near

towol

open ~.

center of the cooktop without extending over adjacent burner.

Always turn surface burner to

OFF before

removing cookware.

●

Teach children not to

play

with the controls

any other part of the ranges.

●

Never leave the oven door

open

when

you ar~

not watching the range.

* Do mot place hot

wmktop.

●

Wheri using gbasa !mokwarq make

This

desigrwd for

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

* Nimix leave

twr

your

@ Alwttys

keep dishtowels, dish

holders and

cookware on the

could cause glass

top-of

jars or

c~qktop.

other linens

range

a safe distance from

cooking.

top burnem.

cans of

fat UE

cloth$,

glass

sure it is

‘your cmktop.

●

Always kekp wooden

and

plastic

utensils and

carmd food a safe distance away from your wmktop.

break.

pdt.

●

To avoid the possibility of a

burn,

always

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

long curtains which could blow over the

use

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

Q Don’t

use aluminum foil to line

leak.

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,

exactly and always cook the meat to an temperature of at least

follow the directions

internal

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.

Conversion

Your ccmktop

operate

you wish to Petroleum Gas, Instructions

Gas

Adjustments,

WARNING: These

qualifi~d smvice

manufacturer’s instructions and all requirements of Failure to

serious i@wy or agency perfor@ng thti work assnmes

,for

the conversion.

SAVE

shipp~d

ogly

with Natural Gas.

use your cooktop

from the factory set to

with Liquefied

you must follow

packed

with

ycwr Cooktop. Seo LP

adjustments

technician in accordance with the

the

authority having jurisdiction,

follow these

instructions could

property damage. The qualified

THESE

the Installation

mustbe

codes

responsibility

INSTRiWl?IONS

made by a

and

result

●

Do not use a wok on the cooking surface if

the wok has a round over the burner grate to support the wok.

metal

ring which is placed

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.

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