MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETYYour safety and the safety of others are very important.We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and obey allsafety messages.This is the safety alert symbol.This symbol alerts you to potential hazards that can kill or hurt you and others.All safety messages will follow the safety alert symbol and either the word "DANGER" or"WARNING." These words mean:You can be killed or seriously injured if you don'timmediately follow instructions.You can be killed or seriously injured if you don'tfollow instructions.All safety messages will tell you what the potential hazard is, tell you how to reduce the chance of injury, and tell youwhat can happen if the instructions are not followed.IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONSWhen using electrical appliances basic safety precautions should be followed, including the following:WARNING: To reduce the risk of burns, electric • Do not operate the microwave oven if it has ashock, fire, injury to persons, or exposure to excessivemicrowave energy:• Read all instructions before using the microwaveoven.• Read and follow the specific "PRECAUTIONS TOAVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVEMICROWAVE ENERGY" found in this section.• The microwave oven must be grounded. Connectonly to properly grounded outlet. See "GROUNDINGINSTRUCTIONS" found in this section and in the pro-vided Installation Instructions.• Install or locate the microwave oven only inaccordance with the provided Installation Instructions.• Some products such as whole eggs in the shell andsealed containers - for example, closed glass jars -may explode and should not be heated in themicrowave oven.• Use the microwave oven only for its intended use asdescribed in this manual. Do not use corrosivechemicals or vapors in the microwave oven. This typeof oven is specifically designed to heat, cook, or dryfood. It is not designed for industrial or laboratory use.• As with any appliance, close supervision is necessarywhen used by children.damaged cord or plug, if it is not working properly, orif it has been damaged or dropped.• The microwave oven should be serviced only byqualified service personnel. Call an authorizedservice company for examination, repair, oradjustment.• See door surface cleaning instructions in the"Microwave Oven Care" section.• To reduce the risk of fire in the oven cavity:- Do not overcook food. Carefully attend themicrowave oven if paper, plastic, or othercombustible materials are placed inside the ovento facilitate cooking.- Remove wire twist-ties from paper or plastic bagsbefore placing bags in oven.- If materials inside the oven should ignite, keep ovendoor closed, turn oven off, and disconnect thepower cord, or shut off power at the fuse or circuitbreaker panel.- Do not use the cavity for storage purposes. Do notleave paper products, cooking utensils, or food inthe cavity when not in use.SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS4