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AUTOMATIC
OVENTIMERS. Check to be certain
step-by-step directions were followed correctly.
Review pages on use of timer.
BAKING.Check material and size of bakinguten-
sil; placement of shelf and food in oven. If the
oven was used for broiling, just before baking a
food, turn the oven completely off and open the
door wide so it can cool (5 or 10 minutes). Then
oven may be used for baking.
BROILING.Be sure OVEN TEMP is set at
a
ROIL. If there was excessive smoking and
attering: Were shelf and broiler pan at posi-
on suggested on broiling chart? If aluminum
—
foil was used on broil rack, was it handled ac-
cording to directions?
SURFACE UNITS.
If lights on range are working
but the oven or surface units do not heat, call
serviceman.
CAN'TLATCH DOOR.Check the step by step di-
rectionsfor latchingdoor: (a) Did you push and
hold in latch release while moving latch? (b)
Turn Oven Set knob to CLEAN. Glowing Lock
Light after knob is turned shows oven is too hot
from previous oven use and door won't latch.
Open door wide so oven can cool, then latch
can be moved. (c) Be sure the door shield is in
up position and is firmly in place. (d) Oven Set
must be at"CLEAN or OFF before latch can be
moved.
ODOR, S OUNIIS.Check More Information on the
Self-C'leaningOven, Care Section.
OVEN
DOESN'T CLEAN.
Check the directions to
be certain ALL operations were done correctly
for startingthe cleaning cycle. Clean light should
come on,
Possible causes of the problem: (a) Failure to
set proper Automatic Timer dial. The STOP dial
must be set and advanced beyond the time noted
on range clock. (b) The STOP dial was not ad-
vanced for long enough time. (c) A thick pile of
spilloverwhen cleaned leavesa heavy layer of ash
a
" spots which could have insulatedthe area from
rtherheat. See page 27 concerningash. (d) Both
VEN SET and OVEN TEMP must be at
CLEAN setting.
SMOKING. Cooking utensils and excessive
amounts of spillovers and liquid grease not
baked on were not removed before starting
SELF-CLEANING OVEN.
If oven and surface units do not heat, and lights
on the range are not working, check first to see
that the three-pronged plug connected on back
of range is fully inserted in wall receptacle.
Range House Fuse
The difficulty might also be in the main distri-
bution panel of your house by a blown oven
circuit fuse, a tripped oven circuit breaker, the
main fuse, or the main circuit breaker, depend-
ing upon the nature of the power supply. If a
circuit breaker is involved, reset it. If the con-
trol box employs fuses, the oven fuse (a car-
tridge-type) should be changed. BUT ONLY
BY SOMEONE FAMILIAR
WITH ELEC-
TRICAL CIRCUITS.
Apartment tenants and condominium owners
should requesttheir buildingmanagementto per-
form this check before calling for service.
If after replacing the oven circuit fuse or re-
setting the circuit breaker, the fuse blows or
circuit breaker trips open again, call your serv-
iceman.
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