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chemical or foam type extinguisher,
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Write down the model and serial numbers.
You’ll find them on a label on the left inside wall of the
hood. These numbers are also on the Consumer Product
Ownership Registration Card that came with your hood.
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 hood.
LAMP SHIELD
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GREASE
LABEL
FILTERS
Your hood is equipped with two grease filters.
When the fan is operated, air is drawn through the two
filters and discharged to the outside.
CAUTION-before operating the hood:
●
Remove the tape that holds the grease filters in place
during shipment.
●
Remove the lamp shield, install the lamp bulbs (not
provided), and replace the lamp shield. See on page 2.
firn
page for Operating and
Cleaning imtructiom.
A Quality Product of GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
To Operate
Care and Cleaning
BLOWER CONTROLS.
A slide control lets
you
turn
GREASE FILTERS.
Hood efficiency depends on
the blower on and off. An infinite-speed slide
;ontrol
lets you select blower speed. Setting “l” provides
lowest speed, “6” provides highest. When the blower
goes off, the blower speed control stays at the selected
setting until you reset it.
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LIGHT CONTROL.
A three-position slide control
lets you turn the light on and off. First position turns
on both bulbs for normal
lighting.
Second position
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turns off the left-hand
bulb~so
i~it’s
a 75-watt bulb and
the other one is a 25-watt bulb, you have a night light
system. Third position turns both bulbs off.
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To install bulbs:
Disconnect power to hood by
removing fuse or switching circuit breaker off. Press
sides of flexible lamp shield to release the locking tabs
and allow the shield to swing down. After installing
bulbs, push lamp shield up and press sides until tabs
lock into slots above. Then reconnect power to hood.
Do not install bulbs rated higher than 75 watts.
CAUTION:
Let the lamp cool completely before
removing. A warm or hot bulb may break if
touched with a moist cloth or hand.
clean filters. Frequency of cleaning
depen-ds
on the
type of cooking you do, but GREASE FILTERS
SHOULD BE CLEANED AT LEAST ONCE A
MONTH.
Never operate hood without filters in place.
To remove:
Grasp filter tab and (1) lift filter up into
recess at top of
filter
channel, (2) swing bottom of
filter out and (3) remove filter.
To
clean:
Soak and then agitate in a hot detergent
solution. Brush lightly to remove
imbedded soil.
Rinse, shake and remove moisture before replacing.
To replace:
With filter tab toward outside and bottom,
grasp tab, fit filter into channel and swing it into place.
HOOD.
Clean grease laden surfaces frequently with a
warm detergent solution. Use a mild detergent solution
to clean
Dainted
surfaces. DO NOT USE ABRASIVE
CLtiH;
STEEL WOOL PADS, OR SCOURING
POWDERS. Vacuum blower to clean it—never
immerse it in water.
CAUTION:
Be certain you do not touch lamp
bulb with either a moist cloth or wet hand. A
warm or hot lamp bulb may break if touched
with a moist surface. ALWAYS let lamp cool
COMPLETELY before cleaning around it.
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toll free:
GE Answer Center”
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If You Need Service
To obtain service, see your warranty on the back page 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 follow 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 your phone number—to:
Manager, Consumer Relations
GE Appliances
Appliance
%rk
Louisville, Kentucky 40225
FINALLY, if your problem is still not resolved, write:
Major Appliance
Consumer Action
Rnel
20 North
Wacker
Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
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YOUR RANGE HOOD
WARRANTY
Save proof of original purchase date such as your sales slip or
cancelled
check to establish warranty period.
WHAT IS COVERED
FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY
For one year from date of original
purchase, we will provide, free of
charge, parts and service labor
in your home to repair or replace
any
pati
of
the hood
that fails
becadse
of a manufacturing defect.
This warranty is extended to
the original purchaser and any
succeeding owner for products
purchased for ordinary home use
in the 48 mainland states, Hawaii
and Washington,
D.C.
In Alaska the
warranty is the same except that it is
LIMITED because you must pay to
ship the product to the service shop
or for the service technician’s travel
costs to your home.
All warranty service will be provided
by our Factory Service Centers or
by our authorized Customer Care”
servicers during normal working
hours.
Look in the White or Yellow Pages
of your telephone directory for
GENERAL
ELE~RIC
COMPANY,
GENERAL ELECTRIC FACTORY
SERVICE, GENERAL
ELECTRIC-
HOTPOINT FACTORY SERVICE or
GENERAL ELECTRIC CUSTOMER
CARE” SERVICE.
WHAT IS
N~
COVERED ● ServicetriPsto Yourhometo
. Replacement of house fuses or
teach you how to use the product.
resetting of circuit breakers.
Read your Use and Care material.
If you then have any questions
● Failure of the product if it is used
about operating the product,
for other than its intended purpose
Dlease
contact
your
dealer or our
or used commercially.
Consumer Affairs office at the
. Damage to product caused
address
below, or call, toll
free:
by accident, fire, floods or acts
GE Answer
CenteP
of God.
800.626.2000
consumer information service
WARRAN~R
IS
NOT
RESPONSIBLE
FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
● Improper installation.
If you have an installation problem,
contact
your dealer or installer.
You are responsible for providing
adequate electrical, gas, exhausting
and other connecting facilities.
Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion
may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.
To know what your legal rights are in your state, consult your local or state consumer affairs office or your state’s Attorney General.
Warrantor: General Electric Company
If further help is needed concerning this warranty, write:
Manager—Consumer Affairs, GE Appliances, Louisville, KY 40225
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