Before You Call For Service - Whirlpool RF4900XL Use & Care Manual

40-inch free-standing electric range
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If you need service or help, we suggest you
follow these three steps:
1 a
BEFORE YOU CALL
FOR SERVICE"':
If your range
does not seem to be operat-
ing properly,
check
the following
before
calling
for service.
If nothing
operates:
l
Is the range
plugged
into on operating
outlet or wired
into a live circuit
with the
proper
voltage?
[See Installation
Instructions.)
l
Hove you checked
the main fuse or circuit-
breaker
box?
If the right oven will not operate:
l
Is the Right Oven Selector
turned
to a setting
(BAKE or BROIL, but not TIMED BAKE)?
l
Is the Right Oven Temperature
Control
turned
to a temperature
setting?
l
Is the Stop Time Knob pushed
in?
Is the left oven will not operate:
l
Is the Left Oven Control
turned
to CI setting?
If surface
units will not operate:
l
Are surface
units plugged
in all the way?
l
Do the control
knobs turn?
If surface
unit control
knob or knobs will not
turn:
l
Did you push in before
trying to turn?
l
Is the spring
replaced
OS shown on page
13?
If soil is visible
on the continuous-cleaning
left oven finish:
l
The special
finish is designed
to gradually
reduce
oven soil during
normal
baking
or roasting.
It is not designed
to keep your
oven spotless...only
presentably
clean.
l
If you broil often, you may see oven soil.
l
The door is coolerthan
oven walls. Soil will
be more visible
on the door than other
areas in the oven. See page
16, "Hand
Cleaning.'
If the Right Oven Self-Cleaning
Cycle
will
nOf
operate:
l
Are the Oven Selector
and the Oven Tem-
perature
Control
set to "CLEAN?"
l
Does the Start Time Dial show the correct
time of day?
l
Is the Stop Time Dial set ahead
to the time
you wont the cleaning
cycle
to stop?
If cooking
results aren't
what you expect:
l
Is the range
level?
l
Are you using pans recommended
in the
Cooking
Guide?
l
If baking,
hove you allowed
I1/Z to 2 inches
(4-5 cm) on all sides of the pans for air
circulation?
l
Do the oven temperatures
seem too low or
too high? See page
8, "Adjusting
the Oven
Temperature
Controls."
l
Hove you preheated
the oven as the recipe
tolls
for?
l
Are the pans the size called
for in the
recipe?
l
Are you following
a tested
recipe
from a
reliable
source?
l
Do the cooking
utensils hove smooth, flat
bottoms?
l
Do the cooking
utensils fit the surface
unit
being
used?
See the Cooking
Guide
for more information
on cooking
problems
and how to solve them.
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