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Thisappliancemustbegrounded.
Intheeventofanelectricalshort
circuit,groundingreducestherisk
ofelectricshockbyprovidingan
escapewirefortheelectriccurrent.
Thisapplianceisequippedwitha
powercordhavingagrounding
wire with agroundingplug.The
plugmustbepluggedintoanoutlet
thatisproperlyinstded and
grounded,(Fig.1)
WARNIN’G-improper
useofthegroundingplugcanresult
ina riskofelectricshock.
Consulta qualifiedelectricianor
servicetechnicianif thegrounding
instructionsarenotcompletely
understood,or ifdoubtexistsasto
whethertheapplianceis properly
grounded.
Whereastandardtwo-prongwall
receptacleisencountered,itis
yourpersonalresponsibilityand
obligationtohaveit replacedwith
aproperlygroundedthree-prong
wallreceptacle.
Donotunderanydrmmiances
cutm removethethird (ground)
prongfromthepowercord.
UseofklapterPlugs
Usage situationswhere
appliance’spowercordwil~
bedisconnectedinfkeq
uently.~ÿ€•ÿ
Becauseofpotentialsafetyhazards
undercertainconditions,we
stronglyrecommendagainstthe
useofanadapterplug.However,
ifyoustillelecttousean adapter,
wherelocalcodespermit,a
TEMPORARYCONNECTION
maybemadetoaproperlygrounded
two-prongwallreceptacl~6ytheuse
ofa ULlistedadapter(Fig.2)
whichisavailable-atmos~loc’al
hardwarestores.
i
TEMPORARYMETHOD
(ADAPTERPLUGSNOT
PERMilTEDINCANADA)
P o
(
ALIGNLARGE
PRONGS/SLOTS-~
Thelargerslot.intheadaptermust
bealignedwiththelargerslotinthe
wallreceptacletoprovideproper
polarityintheconnectionofthe
powercord.
@.Bt~on: Attachingtheadapter
groundterminaltothewall
receptaclecoverscrewdoesnot
groundtheapplianceunlessthe
coverscrewismetal,andnot
insulated,andthewallreceptacle
isgroundedthroughtheho~se
wiring.Youshouldhavethecircuit
checkedbya qualifiedelectrician
to makesurethereceptacleis
properlygrounded.
Whendisconnectingthepower
cordfromtheadapter,alwayshold
theadapterwithonehand.If this
isnotdone,theadapterground
terminalisverylikelytobreak with
repeateduse. ~hotdd-thishappen,
DONOTUSE theapplianceuntil
a propergroundhasagainbeen
established.
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Usagaituationswhere
appliancesPowercordwill
bedisconnectedfrequently.
DOnotm mMf@4W@tig
inthaw
situationsbecause
disconnectingof
thepowercordplacesunduestrain
onthe
adapterandleadstoeventual
I%ilureoftheadaptergmundtermind.
Youshouldhavethetwo-prongwall
receptaclereplacedwithathr*-
prong(grounding)rtweptaclebya
qualifiedelectricianbeforeusing
theappliance.
UseOflEkdenskmCords
Becauseofpotentialsafetyhazards
undercertainconditions,westrongly
recommendagainsttheuseofan
extensioncord,However,ifitis
necessaryto usean extensioncord,
useonlya 3-wireextensioncord
thathasa 3-bladegroundingplug,
anda3-slotreceptaclethatwill
accepttheplugontheappliance.
Themarkedratingoftheextension
cordshallbeequaltoor greater
thantheelectricalratingofthe
appliance(15ampere’s).
Suchextensioncordsareobtainable
throughGeneralElectricservice.
Myumdo useanextensioncord
withyourmicrowaveoven,the
interiorlightmayflickerandthe
blowersoundmayvarywhenoven
isinuse.Cooktimesmaybe longer
aswell.
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