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Thisappliancemustbegrounded.
Intheeventofanelectricalshort
circuit,groundingreducestherisk
ofelectricshockbyprovidingan
escapewirefortheelectriccurrent.
Thisapplianceisequippedwitha
powercordhavingagrounding
wirewithagroundingplug.The
plugmustbepluggedintoanoutlet
thatisproperlyinstalledand
grounded.(Fig. 1)
WARNING-~rnproWr
useofthegroundingplugcan-result
inariskofelectricshock.
Consulta qualifiedelectricianor
servicetechnicianifthegrounding
instructionsarenotcompletely
understood,orifdoubtexistsasto
whethertheapplianceis properly
grounded.
Wherea standardtwo-prongwall
receptacleisencountered,itis
$ourpersonalresponsibilityam.i
tohaveitreplacedwith
*properly
wdl
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w or
@’01##)
Xlmg
fromthepowercord.
UseofAtipterPlugs
UsageSituationswhere
q@iance9spowercordwill
bedisconnectedinfrequently.
Becauseofpotentialsafetyhazards
undercertainconditions,we
stronglyrecommendagainstthe
useofanadapterplug.However,
ifyoustillelecttouseanadapter,
wherelocalcodespermit,a
TEMPORARYCONNECTKIN
maybemadetoaproperlygrounded
Usagesituationswhere
appliance%powercordwill
bedisconmctedfquently,
130Wusean
wiapterpluginthese
situationsbecausedisconnectingof
thepowercordplacesunduestrain
ontheadapterandleadstoeventual
fhilurvoftheadaptergroundterminal.
Youshouldhavethetwo-prongwall
receptaclereplacedwithathree-
prong(grounding)receptaclebya
two-prongwallreceptaclebytheuse
qualifiedelectricianbeforeusing
ofa ULlistedadapter(Fig.2)
whichisavailableatmostlocal
hardwarestores.
theappliance.
UseofExtensionCords
TEMPORARYMETHOD
ADAPTERPLUGSNOT
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Fig.
Thelargerslotintheadaptermust
bealignedwiththehugerslotinthe
wallreceptacletoprovideproper
polarity
inthe ofthe
pavercord.
theadapter
groundterminaltothewall
receptaclecoverscrewdoesnot
theapplianceunlessthe
coverscrewismetal.andnot
andthewail
is thehouse
Youshouldhwe thecircuit
checkedbya electrician
tomakesurethe is
When thepower
cord
fromtheadapter,alwayshold
theadapterwithonehand.Ifthis
isnot
done,theadapterground
terminalisverylikelytoImei.tkwith
repeateduse.Shouldthi~happen,
DON(YI”USEthe until
a propergroundhasagainbeen
Becauseofpotentialsafetyhazards
undercertainconditions,westrongly
recommendagainsttheuseofan
extensioncord. However,if itis
necessaryto useanextensioncord,
useonlya 3-wireextensioncord
thathasa 3-bladegroundingplug,
anda 3-slotreceptaclethatwill
accepttheplugontheappliance,
Themarkedratingoftheextension
cordshallbeequaltoor greater
thantheekxtricalratingofthe
appliance(15amperes).
Suchextensioncordsareobtainable
throughGeneralElectricservice.
Efymldo
usem exttnsioncord
withyourmicrowaveoven,the
interiorlightmayflickerandthe
Mowersoundmayva9 whenoven
isinuse.Cooktimesmaybelonger
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