Surface Cooking - Magic Chef 3442XRA Repair Manual

Surface C ooking
SYSTEM TO LIGHT SURFACE BURNER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ]
IGNITION
Yourrange features pilotless ignition. A 1. Place utensi_on burner grate. • When the range is first installed,the /
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spark from the ignitor will light the burn- pilots may be difficult to light due to airI
er. 2. Push )n and turn knob to the LITE inthegasline.TobleedoffairfromtheJ
position. After the burner lights, turn line, hold a lighted match next to the/
ABOUT THE SURFACE
the knob to the desired flame size. burner and turn knob on. When the
BURNER FLAME burner lights, turn the knob off and
• A properlyadjustedburnerwithclean proceed as directed.
p0rtswill light withina few secends. __. Be sure all surfacecontrolsare set
in the OFF positionpriorto supplying
• On naturalgas, the flame will be blue gas to the appliance.
with a deeper blue core; there should be c_
notrace of yellowin the flame. • CAUTION: If flame should go out
during a cookingoperation, turn the
A yellow flame indicatesan improper burner off. If gas has accumulated
mixtureof air/gas. This wastes fuel, so
have a servicemanadjustthe mixtureif and s strong gas odor is detected,
wait 5 minutes for the gas to dissi-
a yellowflame occurs.
NOTE: The knob on your appliance pate before relightin9 burner.
• On LP gas, someyellowtippingis ac- may not look like the knob in this il- • You may heara "popping"soundon
ceptable.This isnormalandadjustment lustration,but it will operate as de- LP gas when the surface burner '
is not necessary, scribedin this booklet, turnedoff. This is a normaloperating'
soundofthe burner.
• If a knob isturnedvery quicklyfrom
HI to LO setting,theflamemay go out,
particularly ifthe burneris cold.
To operate surface burner during a _.;_ _;__ _
power failure:
1. Hold a lighted match to the desired
surfaceburnerhead.
2. Push in and turn knob to the LITE
position. T he burnerwillthen light.
3. Adjust knob to obtain the desired Ifthisoccurs,turntheknobtotheOFF
flame size. position.Wait several seconds,then
lightthe burneragain.
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