Whirlpool GL8856EB User Manual
Use And Care
GUIDE
A Note to You ........................ 2
Cooktop Safety ..................3-5
Parts and Features ............... 6
Using Your Cooktop ............. 7
Caring for Your
Cooktop ...............................10
GAS SEALED BURNER GLASS COOKTOP
TO THE INSTALLER: PLEASE LEAVE THIS
INSTRUCTION BOOK WITH THE UNIT.
TO THE CONSUMER: PLEASE READ AND KEEP
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Troubleshooting ................. 13
Requesting
Assistance
or Service ............................ 14
Warranty .............................. 16
In the U.S.A. for assistance or service,
call the Consumer Assistance Center.
1-800-253-1301
www.whirlpool.com
MODEL GL8856EB
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A Note to You
Thank you for buying a WHIRLPOOL® appliance.
The Whirlpool Brand is committed to designing quality products that consistently perform for you to make your
life easier. To ensure that you enjoy years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is
full of valuable information about how to operate and maintain your appliance properly and safely. Please read it
carefully.
Also, please complete and mail the Product Registration Card provided with your appliance. The card helps us
notify you about any new information on your appliance.
Please record your model’s information.
Whenever you call to request service for
your appliance, you need to know your
complete model number and serial number.
You can find this information on the model
and serial number label/plate (see diagram in the
“Parts and Features” section).
Please also record the purchase date of
your appliance and your dealer’s name,
address, and telephone number.
Keep this book and the sales slip together in a safe place for future reference.
It is important for you to save your sales receipt showing the date of purchase.
Proof of purchase will assure you of in-warranty service.
Model Number ___________________________________
Serial Number ___________________________________
Purchase Date ___________________________________
Dealer Name ____________________________________
Dealer Address __________________________________
Dealer Phone ____________________________________
Our Consumer Assistance Center number is
toll-free.
To find detailed product information, the location of the nearest Whirlpool dealer or authorized servicer,
to pruchase an accessory item, or register your appliance on-line, please visit our Web site at
1-800-253-1301
www.whirlpool.com
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Cooktop Safety
Your safety and the safety of others is very important.
We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and
obey all safety messages.
This is the safety alert symbol.
This symbol alerts you to hazards that can kill or hurt you and others.
All safety messages will be preceded by the safety alert symbol and the word “DANGER” or
“WARNING.” These words mean:
You will be killed or seriously injured if you don’t
wDANGER
wWARNING
All safety messages will identify the hazard, tell you how to reduce the chance of injury, and tell you what can
happen if the instructions are not followed.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
follow instructions.
You can be killed or seriously injured if you don’t
follow instructions.
Gas cooktops have been thoroughly tested for safe and efficient operation. However, as with any appliance,
there are specific installation and safety precautions which must be followed to ensure safe and satisfactory
operation.
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 light any appliance.
• Do not touch any electrical switch; do not 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.
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Cooktop Safety
General
• Install or locate the cooktop only in accordance
with the provided Installation Instructions. The
cooktop must be installed by a qualified installer.
The cooktop must be properly connected to the
proper gas supply and checked for leaks. The
cooktop must also be properly connected to the
electrical supply and grounded.
• Gas fuels and their use in appliances can cause
minor exposures to benzene, formaldehyde,
carbon monoxide, and soot, primarily from incomplete combustion. Significant exposure to these
substances could cause cancer or reproductive
harm. Properly adjusted burners with a blue, rather
than a yellow, flame will minimize incomplete
combustion. Venting with a hood or an open
window will further minimize exposure.
• Do not store things children might want above the
cooktop. Children could be burned or injured while
climbing on it.
• Do not leave children alone or unattended in the
area where the cooktop is in use. They should
never be allowed to sit or stand on any part of the
cooktop. They could be burned or injured.
• Do not operate the cooktop if it is damaged or not
working properly.
• Do not use the cooktop for warming or heating the
room. Persons could be burned or injured, or a fire
could start.
• Use the cooktop only for its intended use as
described in this manual.
• Do not touch surface burners or areas near
surface burners. Areas near surface burners
become hot enough to cause burns. During and
after use, do not touch, or let clothing or other
flammable materials contact surface burners or
areas near surface burners until they have had
sufficient time to cool.
• Do not wear loose or hanging garments when
using the cooktop. They could ignite if they touch
an open flame and you could be burned.
• Use only dry pot holders. Moist or damp pot
holders on hot surfaces could result in burns from
steam. Do not let pot holder touch an open flame.
Do not use a towel or bulky cloth for a pot holder.
It could catch on fire.
• Do not heat unopened containers. They could
explode. The hot contents could cause burns and
container particles could cause injury.
• Do not store flammable materials on or near the
cooktop. The fumes could create an explosion
and/or fire hazard.
• Never use a match or other flame to look for a gas
leak. Explosion and injury could result.
• Know where your main gas shutoff valve is
located.
When using the cooktop
• Make sure the cookware you use is large enough
to contain food and avoid boilovers and spillovers.
Heavy splattering or spillovers left on a cooktop
could ignite and burn you. Pan size is especially
important in deep fat frying.
• Check to be sure glass cookware is safe for use
on the cooktop. Only certain types of glass, glassceramic, ceramic, earthenware, or other glazed
cookware are suitable for cooktops without
due to the sudden change in temperature.
• Never leave surface burners unattended at high
heat settings. A boilover could result and cause
smoking and greasy spillovers that could ignite.
breaking
• Turn pan handles inward, but not over other
surface burners. This will help reduce the chance
of burns, igniting of flammable materials, and spills
due to bumping of the pan.
• Do not use decorative covers or trivets over the
surface burners.
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Cooktop Safety
Grease
• Grease is flammable. Do not allow grease to
collect around cooktop. Wipe spillovers
immediately.
• Do not use water on grease fires. Never pick up
a flaming pan. Smother flaming pan by covering
with a well-fitting lid, cookie sheet, or flat tray.
Flaming grease outside of pan can be extinguished
with baking soda or , if available, a multipurpose dry
chemical or foam-type extinguisher.
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Care and cleaning
• Do not repair or replace any part of the cooktop
unless specifically recommended in this manual.
All other servicing should be referred to a qualified
technician.
• Any additions, changes, or conversions required in
order for this appliance to satisfactorily meet the
application needs must be made by a Whirlpool
service company or Qualified Agency.
• Disconnect the electrical supply and the gas supply
at the shutoff valve near the cooktop before servicing
the cooktop.
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