Cleaning And Caring For Your Range; Removing And Replacing Control Knobs - Whirlpool RJE-320-B Use And Care Manual

30" free-standing electric range
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Cleaning
and caring for your range
Your range is designed to be easy to clean. You will usually wipe off
spills and spatters when they happen, but you will sometimes want to
clean under and behind the control knobs and surface units. This section
will tell you how to remove those, and what to use when cleaning.
Removing and replacing surface unit control knobs:
1. Be sure the control knobs are set to "OFF."
2. Pull the black knobs straight off.
3. If the control has a chrome trim rins. oull it straiaht off.
Pull knob and trim ring
straight
out. Remember
how the spring goes.
To remove surface
unit, lift and pull
straight
out.
4. Wash the knobs (and trim rings) in&m,
sudsywater.
5. Replace the trim rings first. If the control spring was removed, put
it back exactly as shown on the left.. . small end first.
6. Hold the black knob so it points to "OFF." Push it straight back on.
Removing and Replacing Oven Control Knobs:
1. Be sure the knobs are set to "OFF."
2. Pull each knob straight off.
3. Wash the knobs in warm, sudsy water.
4. The knobs are not interchangeable. Make sure you put the adjust-
able Oven Temperature Control Knob on the right place, and the
nonadjustable
Oven Selector Knob on the other.
Removincl surface units and reflector bowls:
Firs< be sure the Surface Unit Controls are all "OFF" and that the
surface units are cool.
Lift each surface unit about an inch (2.5 cm) at the edge away from the
plug-in (receptacle). Pull the unit straight away from the plug-in. Do
not
wash
surface units: they will burn themselves clean during normal
use.
Lift out the reflector bowls.
Hold surface unit level
when replacing.
Replacing reflector bowls and surface units:
1. Be sure the surface unit controls are on "OFF."
2. Put the reflector bowls back into their places. Make sure you can see
the plug-ins (receptacles) for the surface units through the square
hole in the side of each bowl.
3. Hold the surface unit level with the prongs (terminals) pointing at
the plug-in.
4. With the prongs started in the plug-in, start pushing in on the surface
unit. At the same time, lift a little on the side of the surface unit that's
by the plug-in.
5. Make sure the surface-unit prongs are pushed into the plug-in as far as
they will go. The surface unit should fit into the reflector bowl and be
level.
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