Hotpoint RGH647GEJ Use And Care Manual page 20

Minor Adjustments You Can Make
Oven Thermostat
Adjustment
The temperature control in
new oven has been carefully adjusted
to provide accurate temperatures.
However, if this oven has replaced
one you have used for several years,
you may notice a difference in the
degree of browning or the length of
time required when using your
favorite recipes. Oven temperature
controls have a tendency to "drift"
over a period of years and since
this drift is very gradual, it is not
readily noticed. Therefore, you
may have become accustomed to
your previous oven which may
have provided a higher or lower
temperature than you selected.
Before attempting to have the
temperature of your new oven
changed, be sure you have followed
the baking time and temperature of
the recipe carefully. Then, after
you have used the oven a few times
and you feel the oven is too hot
or too cool, there is a simple
adjustment you can make yourself
on the OVEN TEMP knob.
Pull the knob off the control shaft
and look at the back side. There is
a disc in the center of the knob skirt
with a series of marks opposite a
pointer.
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Loosen only th(
locking screws
pointer to marks
before adjustment
your Note to which mark the pointer is
pointing. To make an adjustment,
carefully loosen (approximately
one turn), but do not completely
remove the two screws that hold the
skirt to the knob. Hold the knob
blade in one hand and the outer
skirt in the other hand.
To raise the oven temperature,
move the pointer in the direction of
the arrow for RAISE. To lower the
temperature, move the pointer in
the direction of arrow fc~r LOWER.
Each mark will change the oven
temperature approximately 20°F.
We suggest that you make the
adjustment one mark from the
original setting and check oven
performance before making any
additional adjustments.
After the adjustment is made,
press skirt and knob together and
but be careful not to overtighten.
check perfbrrnance.
Note: After an adjustment has
been made to the lower OVEN
TEMP knob, the OFF and BROIL
positions will not line up with the
indicator mark on the control panel
as they previously did. This
condition is normal and will not
create a problem.
Note: Whenever knobs have been
removed from oven control panel,
be sure to reinstall the knob with
BROIL printed on it to the lower
oven knob stem at the bottom of the
upper control panel.