Safety Instructions - GE 36" Owner's Manual

READ AND SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
appliance, always exercise basic safety
precautions, including the following:
• Use this appliance only for its intended
• This refrigerator/freezer must be properly
• Do not allow children to climb, stand or hang
• Do not touch the cold surfaces in the freezer
• Do not store or use gasoline or other
DANGER: RISK OF CHILD ENTRAPMENT
Child entrapment and suffocation are not
problems of the past. Junked or abandoned
refrigerator/freezers are still dangerous...even
if they will sit for "just a few days." If you are
getting rid of your old refrigerator/freezer,
please follow the instructions below to help
prevent accidents.
REFRIGERANTS
All refrigeration products contain refrigerants,
which under federal law must be removed prior
to product disposal. If you are getting rid of an old
refrigeration product, check with the company
handling the disposal about what to do.
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WARNING–
When using this
purpose
installed in accordance with the Installation
Instructions before it is used.
on the shelves in the refrigerator/freezer.
They could damage the refrigerator/freezer
and seriously injure themselves.
compartment when hands are damp or wet.
Skin may adhere to these extremely cold
surfaces.
flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity
of this or any other appliance.
• Your freezer has an automatic icemaker
avoid contact with the moving parts of the
ejector mechanism, or with
the heating element located on the bottom
of the icemaker. Do not place fingers or hands
on the automatic icemaking mechanism while
the freezer is plugged in.
• Unplug your refrigerator/freezer
before cleaning and making repairs.
NOTE: We strongly recommend that
any servicing be performed by a qualified
individual.
• Before replacing a burned-out light bulb,
the refrigerator/freezer should be unplugged in
order to avoid contact with a live wire filament.
(A burned-out light bulb may break when being
replaced.) NOTE:
not remove power to the light circuit.
• Do not refreeze frozen foods which have
thawed completely.
Before You Throw Away Your Old Refrigerator/
Freezer or Freezer:
• Take off the doors.
• Leave the shelves in place so that children may
not easily climb inside.