Troubleshooting Tips - GE JBS03 Owner's Manual

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Radiant Cooktops
Surface units will not
maintain a rolling boil
or cooking is not
fast enough
Possible Causes
Improper cookware
being used.
What To Do
• Use pans which are flat and match the diameter
of the surface unit selected.
Surface units do A fuse in your home may be • Replacethe fuse or reset the circuit breaker.
not work properly blown or the circuit breaker
tripped.
Cooktop controls • Check to see the correct control is set for the surface
improperly set. unit you ore using.
Scratches (may appear
as cracks) on cooktop
glass surface
Incorrect cleaning methods
being used.
Coekwere with rough bottoms
being used or coarse particles
(suit or send} were between
the cookware and the surface
of the cooktop.
Cookware has been slid
across the cooktop surface.
• Scratches ore not removable. Tiny scratches will become
less visible in time as o result of cleaning.
• To ovoid scratches, use the recommended cleaning
procedures. Make sure bottoms of cookwore ore cleon
before use, and use cookwore with smooth bottoms.
Areas of discoloration Food spillovers not cleaned • See the Cleaning the gloss cooktop section.
on the cooktop before next use.
Hot surface on e model • This is normal. The surface may appear discolored
with e light-colored glass when it is hot. This is temporary and will disappear
cooktop, as the gloss cools.
Plastic melted to Hot cooktep came into • See the Gloss surface potential for permanent damage
the surface contact with plastic placed section in the Cleaning the gloss cooktop section.
on the hot cooktop.
Pitting (or indentation) Hot sugar mixture spilled • Coil o qualified technician for replacement.
of the cooktop on the cooktop.
•
Use only flat cookwore to minimize cycling. Improper cookware
offandonof being used.
Surface units
at functioning
roperly
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The surface units ore not
plugged in solidly.
The surface unit controls
im properly set.
With the controls off, check to make sure the surface
unit is plugged completely into the receptacle.
• Checkto see the correct control is set for the surface
unit you ore using.
The drip pens are not set securely • With the controls off, check to make sure the drip pan is
in the cooktop, in the recess in the cooktop and that the opening in the
pan lines up with the receptacle.
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