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Monogram.™
Use and Care
& Installation Guide
for ZGU650
ZGU651
36† Gas Cooktop
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Introduction Your new Monogram cooktop makes an eloquent statement of style, convenience and kitchen planning flexibility. Whether you chose it for its purity of design or the assiduous attention to detail, you’ll find that your Monogram cooktop’s superior blend of form and function will delight you for years to come. The ZGU650 and the ZGU651 Monogram cooktops were designed to provide the flexibility to blend in with your kitchen cabinetry. Its sleek design can be beautifully integrated into th
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Before using your cooktop, read this guide carefully. It is intended to help you operate and maintain your new cooktop properly. Keep it handy for answers to your questions. If you don’t understand something or need more help, call: ® GE Answer Center 800.626.2000 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Write down the model and serial numbers. You’ll find them on a label located on the underside of the cooktop. These numbers are also on the Consumer Product Ownership Registration Card that came with your
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all instructions before using this appliance. IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE Using Your Cooktop • The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic • Do not leave children alone or unattended Enforcement Act requires the Governor of where a cooktop is hot or in operation. They California to publish a list of substances known to could be seriously burned. the state to cause cancer, birth defects or other • CAUTION: Items of interest to children reproductive harm and requi
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• Do not store flammable materials near the • Use proper pan size—Avoid pans that are cooktop. Do not store or use gasoline or other unstable or easily tipped. Select cookware flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of having flat bottoms large enough to properly this or any other appliance. contain food and avoid boilovers and spillovers, and large enough to cover burner grate. This will • Do not let cooking grease or other both save cleaning time and prevent hazardous flammable materials
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FEATURES OF YOUR COOKTOP 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 2 Models ZGU650 and ZGU651 1. Spillproof Burners 3. Glass Cooktop Surface 5. Cast-Iron Burner Grates 2. High Power Spillproof Burners 4. Surface Unit Controls Electric Ignition Auto Relight All of the burners on this cooktop are equipped The burners on this cooktop relight automatically with electric igniters that eliminate the need for if the flame goes out. This helps prevent the standing pilot lights. inconvenience of having to manually relight a burner
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HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE TO YOUR OLD ONE? Your new cooktop has gas burners. If you are used The best types of cookware to use, plus heat-up and to cooking with induction or other electric surface cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner or surface unit you have. units, you will notice some differences when you use gas burners. The following chart will help you to understand the differences between gas burner cooktops and any other type of cooktop you may have used in the past. Type
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USING YOUR COOKTOP (continued) To Light a Burner • The center and 2 rear burners are best for smaller Push the control knob in and turn it pans and cooking operations requiring carefully controlled simmering conditions. The 2 front counterclockwise to the desired position burners are the high power burners for larger pans from HIGH to LO. and fast boiling operations. • Do not operate a burner for an extended period of time without cookware on the grate. The finish on the grate may chip withou
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Wok Cooking Do not use woks that We recommend that you use only a flat- have support rings. Use of
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CARE AND CLEANING (continued) Burner Assembly The burner assemblies should be wiped clean often. Turn all controls OFF before removing burner parts. Burner The electrode of the spark igniter is exposed Grate when the top of the burner is removed. Be careful not to push in any surface unit controls while the top of a burner is removed. A slight electrical shock might result which could cause you to knock Burner Cap over hot cookware. CAUTION: DO NOT OPERATE THE BURNER WITHOUT ALL BURNER PARTS I
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE YOU BEGIN • Installation of this cooktop must conform with local codes, or in the absence of local codes, with Read these instructions completely and the National Fuel Gas Code. ANSI Z223.1–Latest carefully. Edition. IMPORTANT–OBSERVE ALL GOVERNING • Disconnect electrical supply before servicing. CODES AND ORDINANCES. • Make sure the wall coverings around the NOTE TO INSTALLER: Be sure to leave cooktop can withstand heat generated by the these instructions with t
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS (continued) STEP 1 STEP 2 PREPARING THE COUNTERTOP PREPARING FOR INSTALLATION 36† min 7 4 ⁄16† 13† 5 18 ⁄16† 25† 7 34 ⁄16† 30† 18† min 8† min 13 13 1 8 ⁄16† min. 8 ⁄16† min. Not less than 2 ⁄4† to wall cut-out to wall cut-out to wall 8† min 25† Countertop cut-out dimensions to wall Cut out the opening as shown in the diagram. Measure carefully when cutting the countertop, making sure the sides of the opening are parallel 36† and the front and rear cuts are exactly per
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STEP 4 STEP 6 GAS CONNECTION PROVIDE ADEQUATE GAS SUPPLY Install the supplied pressure This cooktop is designed to operate on natural regulator and nipple in the gas gas at 4† of water column pressure or on LP gas line as close to the cooktop inlet at 10† of water column pressure. It is shipped as possible, making sure the from the factory set for natural gas. If you decide regulator is installed in the right to use this cooktop with LP gas, conversion direction. adjustments must be made by a
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS (continued) STEP 7 STEP 8 CHECK IGNITION ELECTRICAL CONNECTION Top Grate Assemble burners Electrical requirements: as shown. All 120 volt, 60 Hertz, individual, properly parts are keyed grounded branch circuit protected by and only fit one a 15 amp circuit breaker or time delay fuse. way. Push in one GROUNDING knob and turn to HIGH position, IMPORTANT: (Please read carefully.) (90° from OFF). FOR PERSONAL SAFETY, THIS APPLIANCE Burner Grate The igniter will MUST BE P
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CONVERTING TO LP GAS or Converting Back to Natural Gas from LP This cooktop leaves the factory set for use with natural gas. If you convert to LP gas, keep these 2 CONVERT THE SURFACE KNOBS instructions and orifices in case you want to convert 1. Remove the knobs and back to natural gas. lift off the microswitch The conversion should be done by a qualified operating cams from Cam technician or installer. the valve shafts. Valve Shaft PARTS: Check the contents of the kit, which should contain the
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CONVERTING TO LP GAS or Converting Back to Natural Gas from LP 4 5 CONVERT THE PRESSURE REGULATOR CHECK FOR LEAKS When all connections have been made, make WARNING: Do not remove the pressure sure all cooktop controls are in the OFF position regulator from the cooktop. and turn on the main gas supply valve. Use a liquid leak detector at all joints and connections 1. Locate the pressure regulator under the rear of to check for leaks in the system. the cooktop. 2. Use an adjustable wrench to remo
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QUESTIONS? USE THIS PROBLEM SOLVER PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE BURNERS DO NOT • Make sure electrical plug is plugged into a live power outlet. LIGHT • Slot in burner base may be clogged. Remove the obstruction. • Burner parts not replaced correctly. • Hole in burner cap behind igniter may be clogged. BURNERS HAVE YELLOW OR YELLOW-TIPPED FLAMES (A) Yellow flames — (B) Yellow tips on outer (C) Soft blue flames — Call for service cones — Normal for Normal for LP gas natural gas • If burner flame loo
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We ’ll Be There With the purchase of your new Monogram appliance, receive the assurance that if you ever need information or assistance from GE, we ’ll be there. All you have to do is call—toll-free! GE Answer Center® 800.626.2000 Whatever your question about any Monogram major appliance, GE Answer Center® information service is available to help. Your call—and your question— will be answered promptly and courteously. And you can call any time. GE Answer Center® service is open 24 hours a day, 7
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Staple sales slip or cancelled check YOUR MONOGRAM COOKTOP here. Proof of original purchase date is needed to obtain service WARRANTY under warranty. FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY This warranty is extended to WHAT IS COVERED the original purchaser and any For one year from date of original succeeding owner for products purchase, we will provide, free of purchased for ordinary home use charge, parts and service labor in in the 48 mainland states, Hawaii your home to repair or replace and Washington, D
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Pub. No. 49-8714 Part No. 183D5580P002 10-95 CG TM Printed in Mexico Monogram. General Electric Company Louisville, KY 40225
