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Using Your Oven
OVEN VENT
OVEN THERMOSTAT
The oven vent is located at the base of
The oven thermostat knob is used to se-
the backguard. When the oven is in use,
lect and maintain the oven temperature.
this area may feel warm or hot to the
Always turn this knob just to the desired
touch.
To prevent
problems
do not:
temperature - not to a higher tempera-
Block the vent opening, touch the area
ture and then back. This provides more
near the opening or place utensils near
accurate oven temperatures. Turn this
the vent opening,
knob to OFF whenever the oven is not in
use.
OVEN
BURNER
IGNITION SYSTEM
The size and appearance of a properly
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adjusted oven burner flame should be as
Your appliance will feature either pilot
shown:
ignition (a standing pilot lights the oven
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burner) or pilotless ignition (a glo bar
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lights the oven burner).
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Be sure oven control is set in the OFF
position prior to supplying gas to the ap-
pliance.
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THERMOSTAT
PILOT IGNITION
On some models, there is an indent at
the 350°F setting.
To light oven pilot: When cool, remove
oven racks and oven bottom. With the
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oven thermostat knob in the OFF posi-
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tion, hold a lighted match to the pilot Io-
cated at the back end ofthe oven burner.
The oven temperature is maintained by
Once pilot lights, replace oven bottom
and racks,
cycling the burner on and off. After the
oven temperature has been set, there
will be about a 45 second delay before
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the burner ignites. This is normal and no
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gas escapes during this delay.
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PILOTLESS IGNITION
With this type of ignition system, the
oven will not operate during a power fail-
ure or if oven is disconnected from the
wall outlet, No attempt
should
be
made to operate oven during a power
fail ure.
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