Servicing Notes - Rangemaster 90 User Manual

Disconnect from electricity and gas before servicing. Check ap pli ance is safe when you have finished.

Servicing Notes

When servicing or replacing gas carrying components
disconnect from gas before commencing operation
and check appliance is gas sound after completion.
When checking for gas leaks use a liquid leak detector
at all joints and connections to check for leaks in the
system. Use a product specifi cally manufactured for
leak detection. In GB refer to BS 6891; in IE refer to the
current edition of IS 813.
Leak testing of the appliance shall be conducted in
accordance to the manufacturer's instructions.
CAUTION: DO NOT USE A FLAME TO CHECK
FOR GAS LEAKS.
Do not use re-conditioned or unauthorised gas controls.
Disconnect from electricity supply before commencing
servicing, particularly before removing any of the
following: control panel, side panels, cooktop tray, or
any of the electrical components or cover boxes. Before
electrical reconnection check that the appliance is
electrically safe.
1. To Remove the Handrail
Remove the handrail plastic blanking plugs and remove
the 2 end bracket fi xing screws.
2. To Remove Control Panel
Disconnect from electricity supply.
Pull off all the control knobs. Remove the handrail (see
2) Remove the 2 cross headed screws that were hidden
by the handrail end brackets.
Open the grill door and R H oven door and remove the 2
screws underneath the control panel.
Pull the control panel forward and support so that the
wires are not strained.
Reassemble in reverse order. When replacing leads
refer to the wiring diagram. Check operation of timer,
ignition, and oven light switches.
3. To Remove the Hotplate top
Disconnect from electricity supply.
Remove the pan supports, cooktop burner caps and
tops. If there are screws holding the cooktop burners to
the cooktop, remove them (not the spark electrode fi xing
screws).
SERVICING - WARNING
A Hotplate front fi xing screws
B Hotplate rear fi xing screws
Remove the 4 rear cooktop fi xing screws (B) and the 4
front cooktop fi xing screws (A).
Remove the screws holding the fl ue grille stays.
Lift the cooktop clear of the appliance. Replace in
reverse order.
Reassemble in reverse order ensuring that the leads are
reconnected.
Check for correct burner operation.
4. To Remove a Side Panel
Disconnect from electricity supply.
Remove control panel (see 2). Pull the cooker forward.
Remove the 4 retaining screws for each panel (2 at the
front and 2 at the rear). The lower front retaining screws
(one each side) are situated beneath the lower edge at
the front corners of the side panels
Reassemble in reverse order.
5. To Remove Oven Light Switch
Remove control panel (see 2).
NB The old switch may be destroyed during removal.
Remove switch button and old switch from its bezel by
gripping the switch body behind the control panel and
twisting sharply.
The switch bezel can then be removed by folding back
its locking wings and pushing forward. Fit the new bezel
to the control panel by fi rst lining up the raised key on its
body with the cutout in the control panel and pushing it
in from the front. Assemble the new switch to the bezel
by lining up the key sections and pushing home. Fit the
new button by pushing in from the front.
Replace control panel in reverse order and test for
correct operation.
6. To Remove Electronic Timer
Disconnect from electricity supply.
Pull off the timer control buttons and remove the control
panel (See 2). Remove the timer/mounting bracket
assembly from the control panel by removing the two
fi xing screws. Remove the timer from its mounting
bracket by depressing the plastic lugs on the timer case,
at the same time pulling the unit forward.
Reassemble in reverse order. When replacing leads
refer to the wiring diagram. Check operation of timer.
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