Surface Cooking; Ignition System; Pilot Ignition; Pilotless Ignition - Magic Chef 3126SRA Owner's Manual

Surface Cooking
IGNITION SYSTEM TO LIGHT SURFACE BURNER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Your range will feature either pilot igni- 1. Place utensil on burner grate. * When the range is first installed,the
tion (a standing pilot lights the burner) or pilots may be difficult to light due to air
pilotless ignition (a spark from the igni- 2. Push in and turn knob to the LITE inthegasline.Tobleedoffairfromthe
tor lights the burner), position. After the burner lights, turn line, hold a lighted match next to the
the knob to the desired flame size. burner and turn knob on. When the
PILOT IGNITION burner lights, turn the knob off and
To light pilot: Raise cooktop and hold - proceed as directed.
a lighted match near the pilot ports. I • Be sure all surface controls are set
There are two pilot ports. _ in the OFF position prior to supplying
I_ 1 _ gas to the appliance.
• CAUTION: If flame should go out
during a cooking operation, turn the
burner off. If gas has accurnulated
and a strong gas odor is detected,
NOTE: The knob on your appliance wait 5 minutes for the gas to dissi-
may not look like the knob in this il- pate before relighting burner.
lustration, but it will operate as de- • You may hear a"popping" sound on
scribed in this booklet. LP gas when the surface burner is
turned off. This is a normal operating
PILOTLESS IGNITION sound of the burner.
Tooperatesurfaceburnerduringa pow- • If a knob is turnedvery quickly from
er failure: HI toLO setting,theflamemay goout,
1. Hold a lighted matchto the desired particularlyifthe burneriscold.
surface burner head.
2. Push in and turn knob to the LITE ._ _[_ J-
position. The burner will then light.
3. Adjust knob to obtain the desired ABOUT THE SURFACE
flame size. BURNER FLAME
• A properly adjustedburnerwith clean
portswilllightwithina few seconds.
• On naturalgas,the flame willbe blue
witha deeperbluecore;thereshouldbe
notrace of yellowin the flame.
Ifthisoccurs,turntheknobtothe OFF
A yellow flame indicatesan improper position.Wait several seconds, then
mixtureof air/gas. This wastes fuel, so lightthe burneragain.
have a servicemanadjustthe mixture if
a yellowflame occurs.
• On LP gas, some yellowtippingis ac-
ceptable.Thisis normaland adjustment
is not necessary.
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