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GE J2B912 Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions

GE J2B912 Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions

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Safety Instructions
. . . . . .2–7
Operating Instructions
Aluminum Foil . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Clock and Timer . . . . . . .16, 17
Oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11–28
Baking and Roasting . . .13, 14
Broiling, Broiling Guide . . .15
Oven Control . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Power Outage . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Sabbath Feature . . . . . . .22, 23
Self-Cleaning . . . . . . . . .27, 28
Shelves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Special Features . . . . . . .19–21
Thermostat Adjustment . . . .24
Timed Baking
and Roasting . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Surface Cooking . . . . . . . . .8–10
Griddle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Warming Drawer . . . . . . .25, 26
Care and Cleaning
Broiler Pan and Grid . . . . . . .33
Burner Assembly . . . . . . . .29, 30
Burner Grates . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Control Panel and Knobs . . . .32
Cooktop Surface . . . . . . . . . .31
Door Removal . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Drawer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Griddle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Oven Bottom . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Oven Light Replacement . . . .34
Oven Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Self-Cleaning . . . . . . . . . .27, 28
Shelves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Stainless Steel Surfaces . . . . . .31
Write the model and serial
numbers here:
Model # ______________________
Serial # ______________________
You can find them on a label
on the front of the range behind
the warming drawer.
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Installation
Instructions
. . . . . . . . . .36–47
Air Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Anti-Tip Device . . . . . . . . .39, 47
Assemble Surface Burners . . .44
Checking Burner
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Connecting the Range
to Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40–42
Dimensions and Clearances . .38
Electrical Connections . . .43, 44
Leveling the Range . . . . . . . .46
LP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Troubleshooting
Tips
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48–51
Accessories
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Consumer Support
Consumer Support . .Back Cover
Product Registration . . . . .53, 54
Warranty for Customers
in Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Warranty for Customers
in the U.S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
183D5580P171
Owner's Manual
& Installation
Instructions
J2B912
49-85085 06-05 JR

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  • Page 1 Anti-Tip Device ..39, 47 Clock and Timer ..16, 17 Assemble Surface Burners . . .44 J2B912 Oven ....11–28 Checking Burner Baking and Roasting .

  • Page 2: Important Safety Information

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of fire or explosion, electric shock, or to prevent property damage, personal injury, or loss of life. WARNING: If the information in this manual is not followed exactly,...

  • Page 3: Safety Precautions

    WARNING! IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act requires the Governor of California to publish a list of substances known to the state to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm, and requires businesses to warn customers of potential exposure to such substances.
  • Page 4 IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ■ ■ Locate the range out of kitchen traffic path Never wear loose fitting or hanging garments and out of drafty locations to prevent poor while using the appliance. Be careful when air circulation.

  • Page 5: Surface Burners

    WARNING! SURFACE BURNERS Use proper pan size—avoid pans that are unstable or easily tipped. Select cookware having flat bottoms large enough to cover burner grates. To avoid spillovers, make sure cookware is large enough to contain the food properly. This will both save cleaning time and prevent hazardous accumulations of food, since heavy spattering or spillovers left on range can ignite.
  • Page 6 IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. ELECTRIC WARMING DRAWER ■ ■ The purpose of the warming drawer Do not touch the heating element or the is to hold hot cooked foods at serving interior surface of the drawer. These temperature.
  • Page 7 OVEN Stand away from the range when opening the door of a hot oven. The hot air and steam that escape can cause burns to hands, face and eyes. ■ ■ Do not use the oven for a storage area.
  • Page 8 Using the gas surface burners. Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model. Before Lighting a Gas Burner After Lighting a Gas Burner ■ ■ Make sure all burners are in place. Do not operate the burner for an extended period of time without ■...
  • Page 9 Top-of-Range Cookware Aluminum: Medium-weight cookware is Glass: There are two types of glass recommended because it heats quickly cookware—those for oven use only and and evenly. Most foods brown evenly in an those for top-of-range cooking (saucepans, aluminum skillet. Use saucepans with tight- coffee and teapots).

  • Page 10: Griddle

    Using the griddle. Your non-stick coated griddle provides NOTE: Your griddle will discolor over time as it an extra-large cooking surface for meats, becomes seasoned with use. pancakes, or other food usually prepared in a frying pan or skillet. How to Insert the Griddle CAUTION: Place and remove the griddle only when all grates and griddle are cool...

  • Page 11: Oven Control

    Using the oven controls. ge.com Oven Control, Clock and Timer Features BAKE Pad COOKING TIME Pad Touch this pad to select the bake function. Touch this pad and then touch the number pads to set the amount of time you want your NOTE: For gas only baking hold the BAKE pad for food to cook.

  • Page 12: Power Outage

    Using the oven. To avoid possible burns, place the shelves in the desired position before you turn the oven on. Before you begin… The shelves have stop-locks, so that when To remove a shelf, pull it toward you, tilt the placed correctly on the shelf supports (A front end up and pull it out.

  • Page 13: Aluminum Foil

    How to Set the Oven for Baking or Roasting Your oven is not designed for open-door cooking. Type of Food Shelf Position Touch the BAKE pad. Frozen pies (on cookie sheet) B or C Angel food cake Touch the number pads to set the desired temperature.

  • Page 14: Using The Oven

    Using the oven. How to Set the Oven for Gas Only Baking or Roasting Your oven is not designed for open-door cooking. Type of Food Shelf Position Hold the BAKE pad for 3 seconds. Frozen pies (on cookie sheet) B or C Angel food cake, Touch the number pads to set the Bundt or pound cakes...

  • Page 15: Broiling Guide

    How to Set the Oven for Broiling Place the meat or fish on the broiler When broiling is finished, touch the grid in the broiler pan. CLEAR/OFF pad. Follow suggested shelf positions in the Serve the food immediately, and leave the Always use the broiler pan and grid that came with your oven.

  • Page 16: Clock And Timer

    Using the clock and timer. To Set the Clock The clock must be set to the correct time of If number pads are not touched within one day for the automatic oven timing functions minute after you touch the CLOCK pad, the HOLD 3 SEC.
  • Page 17 To Reset the Timer If the display is still showing the time If the remaining time is not in the display remaining, you may change it by touching (clock, delay start or cooking time are in the TIMER/CLOCK pad, then touch the...

  • Page 18: And Roasting

    Using the timed baking and roasting features. NOTE: Foods that spoil easily—such as milk, eggs, fish, stuffings, poultry and pork—should not be allowed to sit for more than 1 hour before or after cooking. Room temperature promotes the growth of harmful bacteria. Be sure that the oven light is off because heat from the bulb will speed harmful bacteria growth.

  • Page 19: Special Features Of Your Oven Control

    Special features of your oven control. ge.com Your new touch pad control has additional features that you may choose to use. The following are the features and how you may activate them. The special feature modes can only be activated while the display is showing the time of day. They remain in the control’s memory until the steps are repeated.
  • Page 20 Special features of your oven control. Primary Bake Mode Select The oven control is set to use the electric bake and Touch the BAKE and SELF CLEAN pads broil elements while baking. It can be changed to at the same time. The display will show use only the gas bake burner.
  • Page 21 Control Lockout Your control will allow you to lock out the touch To unlock the control, touch the pads so they cannot be activated when touched or 9 and 0 touch pads at the same time cleaning the glass panel.

  • Page 22: Using The Sabbath Feature

    Using the Sabbath Feature. (Designed for use on the Jewish Sabbath and Holidays) The Sabbath feature can be used for baking/roasting only. It cannot be used for broiling, self-cleaning or Delay Start cooking. NOTE: The oven light comes on automatically when the door is opened and goes off when the door is closed. The bulb may be removed.
  • Page 23 How to Exit the Sabbath Feature Touch the CLEAR/OFF pad. Tap the DELAY START pad until 12 shdn or no shdn appears in the display. 12 shdn indicates that the oven If the oven is cooking, wait for a...
  • Page 24 Adjust the oven thermostat—Do it yourself! You may find that your new oven cooks differently than the one it replaced. Use your new oven for a few weeks to become more familiar with it. If you still think your new oven is too hot or too cold, you can adjust the thermostat yourself. Do not use thermometers, such as those found in grocery stores, to check the temperature setting of your oven.
  • Page 25 Using the electric warming drawer. ge.com The warming drawer will keep hot, cooked foods at serving temperature. Always start with hot food. Do not use to heat cold food other than crisping crackers, chips or dry cereal. To Use the Warming Drawer Touch the WARMING DRAWER pad.
  • Page 26 Using the electric warming drawer. Temperature Selection Chart To keep several different foods hot, set Food Type Control Setting the control to the food needing the highest Bacon setting. Breads ■ The temperature, type and amount of Casserole food, and the time held will affect the Chicken, fried quality of the food.

  • Page 27: Using The Self-Cleaning Oven

    Using the self-cleaning oven. ge.com The oven door must be closed and all controls set correctly for the cycle to work properly. Before a Clean Cycle For the first self-clean cycle, we recommend Do not clean the gasket. The fiberglass...
  • Page 28 Using the self-cleaning oven. The oven door must be closed and all controls set correctly for the cycle to work properly. How to Delay the Start of Cleaning Make sure the clock shows the correct time Touch the START pad. of day.

  • Page 29: Griddle

    Care and cleaning of the range. ge.com Be sure electrical power is off and all surfaces are cool before cleaning any part of the range. If your range is removed for cleaning, servicing or any reason, be sure the anti-tip device is re-engaged properly when the range is replaced.

  • Page 30: Care And Cleaning

    Care and cleaning of the range. Burner Caps and Heads Burner caps After cleaning Lift off when cool. Wash burner caps Before putting the burner caps and heads in hot, soapy water and rinse with clean back, shake out excess water and then dry water.

  • Page 31: Burner Grates

    Burner Grates Your range has three professional-style Do not operate a burner for an extended double grates. These grates are position- period of time without cookware on the specific. For maximum stability, these grates grate. The finish on the grate may chip should only be used in their proper without cookware to absorb the heat.

  • Page 32: Care And Cleaning

    Care and cleaning of the range. Oven Air Vents Never block the vents (air openings) of the range. They provide the air inlet and outlet that are necessary for the range to operate properly with correct combustion. Air openings are located at the rear of Vent appearance and location vary.

  • Page 33: Broiler Pan And Grid

    Lift-Off Oven Door ■ The oven door is removable, but it is heavy. You may The area outside the gasket can be need help removing and replacing the door. cleaned with a soap-filled plastic scouring pad. To remove the door, open it a few inches to...

  • Page 34: Oven Light Replacement

    Care and cleaning of the range. Oven Shelves and Drawer Racks If your oven is equipped with nickel oven shelves, they should be removed from the oven before beginning the self-clean cycle. To clean the nickel shelves, use an abrasive cleanser.

  • Page 35: Drawer

    Removable Warming Drawer To replace the drawer: NOTE: Before performing any adjustments, cleaning or service, disconnect the range electrical Place the left drawer rail around the power supply at the household distribution panel inner left rail guide and slide it in by removing the fuse or switching off the circuit slightly to hook it.

  • Page 36: For Your Safety

    Installation Range Instructions In the Commonwealth FOR YOUR SAFETY of Massachusetts Do not store or use combustible materials, gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of • This product must be installed by a licensed this or any other appliance. plumber or gas fitter.

  • Page 37: Safety Instructions

    Installation Instructions ■ Avoid placing cabinets above the range. To reduce WARNING! the hazard caused by reaching over the open flames of operating burners, install a ventilation INSTALLATION SAFETY hood over the range that projects forward at least 5″ beyond the front of the cabinets. INSTRUCTIONS ■...

  • Page 38: Dimensions And Clearances

    Installation Instructions DIMENSIONS AND CLEARANCES Provide adequate clearances between the range and adjacent combustible surfaces. These dimensions must be met for safe use of your range. The location of the electrical outlet and pipe opening (see Gas Pipe and Electric Outlet Locations) may be adjusted to meet specific requirements.

  • Page 39: Installation Instructions

    Installation Instructions WARNING! LOCATION ANTI-TIP DEVICE Do not locate the range where it may be subject to strong drafts. Any openings in the floor or wall behind the range should be sealed. Make sure the openings All ranges can tip and injury could around the base of the range that supply fresh air for result.
  • Page 40 Installation Instructions PROVIDE ADEQUATE GAS CONNECT THE RANGE TO GAS SUPPLY Shut off the main gas supply valve before disconnecting the old range and leave it off until the new hook-up has Your range is designed to operate at a pressure of 5″ of been completed.
  • Page 41 Installation Instructions GAS PIPE AND ELECTRICAL OUTLET LOCATIONS 30” 4” 4” 4” 24” Recommended area for 120V outlet on rear wall and area for through-the-wall connection of pipe stub and shut-off valve. 2” 9” 3” Recommended area for through-the-floor connection of pipe stub and shut-off valve...
  • Page 42 Installation Instructions FLEXIBLE CONNECTOR HOOKUP Gas Flow into Range Pressure regulator Adapter Flex connector (6 ft. max.) Adapter Installer: Inform the shut-off consumer of the 1/2″ or 3/4″ valve location of the gas Gas pipe shut-off valve. RIGID PIPE HOOKUP OPTIONS Alternate Hookup Gas Flow into Range Adapter...

  • Page 43: Electrical Connections

    Installation Instructions ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS (CONT.) Electrical Requirements A. Usage Situations where Appliance Power Cord will be Disconnected Infrequently. You must use a 120-volt, 60 Hertz, properly grounded dedicated circuit protected by a 15-amp or 20-amp An adapter may be used only on a 15-amp circuit. circuit breaker or time delay fuse.

  • Page 44: Assemble Surface Burners

    Installation Instructions ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS (CONT.) ASSEMBLE SURFACE BURNERS B. Usage Situations where Appliance Power Cord will Assemble the side burners as shown. be Disconnected Frequently. Do not use an adapter plug in these situations because Side disconnecting of the power cord places undue strain on Grate the adapter and leads to eventual failure of the adapter ground terminal.

  • Page 45: Ignition

    Installation Instructions CHECK IGNITION OF OVEN BURNER CHECK IGNITION OF SURFACE BURNERS The oven is designed to operate quietly and automatically. To operate the oven, touch the BAKE pad and then touch Operation of all cooktop and oven burners should be the number pads until 350°...

  • Page 46: Air Adjustment

    Installation Instructions ADJUST OVEN BURNER AIR LEVELING THE RANGE ADJUSTMENT SHUTTER IF A. Install the oven shelves in the oven and position the NECESSARY range where it will be installed. Raise Lower range Lower Air adjustment shutter for the bottom burner regulates range range the flow of air to the flames.
  • Page 47 Installation Instructions INSTALLING THE ANTI-TIP INSTALLING THE ANTI-TIP DEVICE DEVICE (CONT.) Wallboard Back of range WARNING! ■ Range must be secured with an approved Anti- Anti-Tip device Tip device. ■ Unless properly installed, the range could be Wood screw tipped by you or a child standing, sitting or leaning on an open door.

  • Page 48: Tips

    Before you call for service… Troubleshooting Tips Save time and money! Review the charts on the following pages first and you may not need to call for service. Problem Possible Causes What To Do • Make sure electrical plug is plugged into a live, properly Plug on range is not completely Top burners do not light inserted in the electrical outlet.
  • Page 49 Problem Possible Causes What To Do Control signals after • Touch the BAKE pad and desired temperature or You forgot to enter a bake entering cooking time the SELF CLEAN pad and desired clean time. temperature or cleaning time.

  • Page 50: Troubleshooting

    Before you call for service… Troubleshooting Tips Problem Possible Causes What To Do Oven light does • Tighten or replace the bulb. Light bulb is loose or defective. not work Plug on range is not completely • Make sure electrical plug is plugged into a live, properly inserted in the electrical outlet.
  • Page 51 Problem Possible Causes What To Do Display goes blank • Replace the fuse or reset the circuit breaker. A fuse in your home may be blown or the circuit breaker tripped. • See the Special features of your oven control section.

  • Page 52: Accessories

    Accessories. Looking For Something More? You can find these accessories and many more at ge.com (U.S.) or www.GEAppliances.ca (Canada), or call 800.626.2002 (U.S.) or 888.261.3055 (Canada) (during normal business hours). Have your model number ready. Grates Surface Burner Caps Broiler Pan...
  • Page 53 You can rest easy, knowing that all your valuable household products are protected against expensive repairs. 800.626.2224 Place your confidence in GE and call us in the U.S. toll-free at for more information. *All brands covered, up to 20 years old, in the continental U.S.

  • Page 54: Model Number

    FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS CARD DOES NOT DIMINISH YOUR WARRANTY RIGHTS. GE Consumer & Industrial Appliances For information about GEA’s privacy and data usage policy, go to ge.com and click on “Privacy Policy” General Electric Company Louisville, KY 40225 or call 800.626.2224.
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  • Page 58 Any part of the range which fails due to a defect in materials or workmanship. During this From the date of the full one-year warranty, GE will also provide, free of charge, all labor and in-home service to original purchase replace the defective part.

  • Page 59: In Canada

    GE Gas Range Warranty. (For customers in Canada) All warranty service provided by our Factory Service Centers Staple your receipt here. or an authorized Customer Care ® technician. For service, Proof of the original purchase call 1.800.361.3400. date is needed to obtain service under the warranty.

  • Page 60: Product Registration

    In the U.S.: If you are not satisfied with the service you receive from GE, contact us on our Website with all the details including your phone number, or write to: General Manager, Customer Relations GE Appliances, Appliance Park Louisville, KY 40225 In Canada: www.GEAppliances.ca, or write to: Director, Consumer Relations, Camco, Inc.

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