Usingthe Self-Cleaning Oven - GE J2S968 Owner's Manual

Usingthe self-cleaning oven. geoom
The oven door must be closed and all controls set correctly for the cycle to work properly.
Before a Clean Cycle
We recommend venting your kitchen
wkb an open window or using a
ventilation fan or hood during the
first self-clean cycle.
Remove racks, broiler pan, broiler grid,
probe, all cookware and any aluminum
foil flom the oven.
Do not clean die gasket. The fiberglass
material of file oven door gasket cannot
withstand abr_tsion. It is essential for the
gasket to remain intact. If you no6ce it
becoming worn or drayed, replace it.
Wipe up any heaxy spillove_s on tile oven
bottom.
Wipe up heavy soil on the oven
bottom.
The shiny, siNe>colored oven racks
(on some models) can be self-cleaned,
but flley Mll darken, lose their luster
and become hard to slide.
Soil on file flont flame of file range and
outside the gasket on the door will need
m be cleaned by hand. Clean these areas
with hot wam_, soap-filled or plastic
scouting pads or cleansers such as
Soft Scrubq Rinse well with clean wamr
and d_y.
Make sure the oven light bulb cover is in
place and tile oven light is off:
IMPORTANT'. The healfll of some birds
is exuemely sensitive m the flmles gdven
off during file self-cleaning cycle of any
xvmge. Move birds to another well-
ventilated room.
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How to Set the Oven for Cleaning
[77 Touch tile SELF CLEAN LO/STDpad
once for a 4-hour clean time or
twice for a 3-hour clean time.
A [ghour self-clean dine is
recommended for use when
cleaning small, contained spills. A
self-clean time of 4 hours or longer
is recommended for a dirtier oven.
If a time other than 3 houis or
4 hours is needed, use tile number
pads and enter the desired clean
time.
You can change the clean time to any
time between 3 hours and 5 hours,
depending on how dirty your oven is.
[_ Touch tile
START
pad.
The door locks automatically: The display
Mll show die clean time remaining. It Mll
not be possible to open the oven door
until the temperature drops below the
lock tempe_vmlre and tile LOCKED light
goes off:
X_qlen tlle LOCKEDlight goes off; you will
be able to open the (loot.
The word LOCKED Mll flash and file
oven control will sigmMif you set the
clean cycle and forget m close the oven
dooi.
To stop a clean cycle, touch file
CLEAR/OFFpad.When the LOCKED light
goes off'indicating the oven has cooled
below the locking temperature, you
will be able to open the dooL
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