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GE J2B915 Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions

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Safety Instructions
. . . . . . .2–8
Operating Instructions
Convection Oven . . . . . .18–22
Roasting Guide . . . . . . . . . .21
Timed Convection Baking . .22
Gas Surface Burners . . . . .9, 10
Oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11–26
Aluminum Foil . . . . . . . . . .13
Baking or Roasting . . . . . . .13
Broiling Guide . . . . . . . . . .14
Clock and Timer . . . . . . . . .15
Oven Controls . . . . . . . . . . .11
Preheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Probe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 20
Sabbath Feature . . . . . . . . .25
Self-Cleaning . . . . . . . . .29, 30
Special Features . . . . . .23, 24
Timed Baking and
Roasting Features . . . . . . . .16
Thermostat . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Warming Drawer . . . . . . .27, 28
Care and Cleaning
Broiler Pan and Grid . . . . . .34
Burner Assembly . . . . . . . . . .31
Burner Grates . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Burner Heads and Caps . . . .32
Control Panel and Knobs . . .36
Cooktop Surface . . . . . . . . . .33
Lift-Off Oven Door . . . . . . . .34
Oven Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . .36
Oven Heating Elements . . . .34
Oven Light Replacement . . .37
Oven Shelves . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Stainless Steel Surfaces . . . . .33
Self-Cleaning . . . . . . . . . .29, 30
Warming Drawer . . . . . . . . . .35
Write the model and serial
numbers here:
Model # ______________________
Serial # ______________________
You can find them on a label on
the front of the range behind the
warming drawer.
Installation
Instructions
. . . . . . . . . . .38–51
Anti-Tip Device . . . . . . . . . . .51
Check Ignition of
Surface Burners . . . . . . .49, 50
Connect Range
to Electric . . . . . . . . . . . .43, 45
Connect Range to Gas . . .42, 44
Dimensions and
Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Electrical Connections . . .46–48
Level the Range . . . . . . . . . .50
Location Guidelines . . . . . . .41
LP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Safety Instructions . . . . . .38, 39
Accessories
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Troubleshooting Tips
. .52–55
Consumer Support
Consumer
Support . . . . . . . . . .Back Cover
Product Registration . . . .57, 58
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
183D5580P159 49-85072-1 05-05 JR
Owner's Manual
& Installation
Instructions
J2B915

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  • Page 1 Electrical Connections . . .46–48 Clock and Timer ..15 Level the Range ..50 Oven Controls ...11 Location Guidelines .

  • Page 2: Important Safety Information

    WARNING! ANTI-TIP DEVICE ALL RANGES CAN TIP INJURY TO PERSONS COULD RESULT INSTALL ANTI-TIP DEVICES PACKED WITH RANGE SEE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS WARNING: If the information in this manual is not followed exactly, a fire or explosion may result causing property damage, personal injury or death.
  • Page 3 If you pull the range out from the wall for any reason, make sure the device is properly engaged when you push the range back against the wall. If it is not, there is a possible risk of the range tipping over and causing injury if you or a child stand, sit or lean on an open door.

  • Page 4: Safety Precautions

    SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Have the installer show you the location of the range gas shut-off valve and how to shut it off if necessary. Have your range installed and properly grounded by a qualified installer, in accordance with the Installation Instructions.
  • Page 5 CAUTION: Items of interest to children should not be stored in cabinets above a range or on the backsplash of a range—children climbing on the range to reach items could be seriously injured. For your safety, never use your appliance for warming or heating the room.

  • Page 6: Surface Burners

    To avoid spillovers, make sure cookware is large enough to contain the food properly. This will both save cleaning time and prevent hazardous accumulations of food, since heavy spattering or spillovers left on range can ignite. Use pans with handles that can be easily grasped and remain cool.

  • Page 7: Electric Warming Drawer

    ELECTRIC WARMING DRAWER The purpose of the warming drawer is to hold hot cooked foods at serving temperature. Always start with hot food; cold food cannot be heated or cooked in the warming drawer. Do not use the warming drawer to dry newspapers.
  • Page 8 OVEN Stand away from the range when opening the door of a hot oven. The hot air and steam that escape can cause burns to hands, face and eyes. Do not use the oven for a storage area.

  • Page 9: Using The Gas Surface Burners

    The extra large burner (right front) is the maximum output burner. Like the other three burners, it can be turned down from HI to LO for a wide range of cooking applications; however, this burner is designed to quickly bring large amounts of liquid to a boil.
  • Page 10 In Case of Power Failure In case of a power failure, you can light the gas surface burners on your range with a match. Hold a lit match to the burner, then push in and turn the control knob to the LITE position.

  • Page 11: Oven Controls

    Using the oven controls. Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model. Oven Control, Clock and Timer Features and Settings SELF CLEAN Pad Touch this pad to select the self-cleaning function. See the Using the self-cleaning oven section. PROBE Pad (on some models) Touch this pad when using the probe to cook food to the desired internal...

  • Page 12: Using The Oven

    Oven Vent Your oven is vented through ducts at the rear of the range. Do not block these ducts when cooking in the oven—it is important that the flow of hot air from the oven and fresh air to the oven burner be uninterrupted.

  • Page 13: Baking Or Roasting

    How to Set the Oven for Baking or Roasting The word ON and 100° will be displayed. As the oven heats up, the display will show the changing temperature. When the oven reaches the temperature you set, a tone will sound. The oven has a special low shelf (R) position just above the oven bottom.

  • Page 14: Broiling Guide

    Using the oven. How to Set the Oven for Broiling—Close the oven door Place the meat or fish on the broiler grid in the broiler pan. Always use the broiler pan and grid Follow suggested shelf positions in that came with your oven. It is the Broiling Guide.

  • Page 15: Clock And Timer

    Using the clock and timer. Not all features are on all models. To Set the Clock The clock must be set to the correct time of day for the automatic oven timing functions to work properly. The time of day Make sure the clock is set to the cannot be changed during a timed baking correct time of day.

  • Page 16: Roasting Features

    Using the timed baking and roasting features. NOTE: Foods that spoil easily—such as milk, eggs, fish, stuffings, poultry and pork—should not be allowed to sit for more than 1 hour before or after cooking. Room temperature promotes the growth of harmful bacteria. Be sure that the oven light is off because heat from the bulb will speed harmful bacteria growth.

  • Page 17: Using The Probe

    Using the probe. (on some models) For many foods, especially roasts and poultry, internal food temperature is the best test for doneness. The temperature probe takes the guesswork out of roasting by cooking foods to the exact doneness you want. Use of probes other than the one provided with this product may result in damage to the probe.

  • Page 18: Using The Convection Oven

    Using the convection oven. The convection oven fan shuts off when the oven door is opened. DO NOT leave the door open for long periods of time while using convection cooking. To help you understand the difference between convection bake and roast and traditional bake and roast, here are some general guidelines.
  • Page 19 Cookware for Convection Cooking Before using your convection oven, check to see if your cookware leaves room for air circulation in the oven. If you are baking with several pans, leave space between them. Also, be sure the pans do not touch each other or the walls of the oven.
  • Page 20 Using the convection oven. How to Set the Oven for Convection Roasting when Using the Probe (on some models) The display will flash PROBE and the oven control will signal if the probe is inserted For best results when roasting large into the outlet, and you have not set turkeys and roasts, we recommend using the probe included in the...

  • Page 21: Roasting Guide

    Convection Roasting Guide—Suggested Settings Meats Beef Rib (3 to 5 lbs.) Boneless Rib, Top Sirloin Beef Tenderloin Pot Roast (2 ⁄ to 3 lbs.) chuck, rump Pork Bone-in (3 to 5 lbs.) Boneless (3 to 5 lbs.) Pork Chops ( ⁄...

  • Page 22: Timed Convection Baking

    Using the timed convection baking features. You will hear a fan while cooking with this feature. The fan will stop when the door is opened but the heat will not turn off. NOTE: Foods that spoil easily–such as milk, eggs, fish, stuffings, poultry and pork–should not be allowed to sit for more than 1 hour before or after cooking.

  • Page 23: Special Features Of Your Oven Control

    Special features of your oven control. Your new touch pad control has additional features that you may choose to use. The following are the features and how you may activate them. The special feature modes can only be activated while the display is showing the time of day. They remain in the control’s memory until the steps are repeated.
  • Page 24 Special features of your oven control. Control Lockout Your control will allow you to lock out the touch pads so they cannot be activated when touched or cleaning the panel. To lock the controls: 12 Hour, 24 Hour or Clock Black-Out Your control is set to use a 12 hour clock.

  • Page 25: Sabbath Feature

    Using the Sabbath Feature. (Designed for use on the Jewish Sabbath and Holidays) The Sabbath feature can be used for baking/roasting only. It cannot be used for convection, broiling, self-cleaning, or Delay Start cooking. NOTE: The oven light comes on automatically (on some models) when the door is opened and goes off when the door is closed.

  • Page 26: Thermostat

    Adjust the oven thermostat—Do it yourself! You may find that your new oven cooks differently than the one it replaced. Use your new oven for a few weeks to become more familiar with it. If you still think your new oven is too hot or too cold, you can adjust the thermostat yourself.

  • Page 27: Warming Drawer

    Using the electric warming drawer. The warming drawer will keep hot, cooked foods at serving temperature. Always start with hot food. Do not use to heat cold food other than crisping crackers, chips or dry cereal. Control Knob WARMING DRAWER Push and turn the control knob to any desired setting.

  • Page 28: Warming Drawer

    Using the electric warming drawer. Temperature Selection Chart To keep several different foods hot, set the knob to the food needing the highest setting. The temperature, type and amount of food, and the time held will affect the quality of the food. Food in heat-safe glass and glass-ceramic utensils may need a higher setting as compared to food in metal utensils.

  • Page 29: Using The Self-Cleaning Oven

    The oven shelves can be self-cleaned, but they will darken, lose their luster and become hard to slide. Soil on the front frame of the range and outside the gasket on the door will need to be cleaned by hand. Clean these areas...
  • Page 30 Using the self-cleaning oven. The oven door must be closed and all controls set correctly for the cycle to work properly. How to Delay the Start of Cleaning Make sure the clock shows the correct time of day. Touch the SELF CLEAN pad. Using the number pads, enter the desired clean time.

  • Page 31: Care And Cleaning Of The Range

    Care and cleaning of the range. Be sure electrical power is off and all surfaces are cool before cleaning any part of the range. If your range is removed for cleaning, servicing or any reason, be sure the anti-tip device is re-engaged properly when the range is replaced. Failure to take this precaution could result in tipping of the range and cause injury.
  • Page 32 Care and cleaning of the range. Burner Caps and Heads NOTE: Before removing the burner caps and heads, remember their size and location. Replace them in the same location after cleaning. Burner caps Lift off when cool. Wash burner caps in hot, soapy water and rinse with clean water.

  • Page 33: Burner Grates

    NOTE: Do not lift the cooktop. Lifting the cooktop can lead to damage and improper operation of the range. (on some models) dishwashing liquid and water prior to using the CERAMA BRYTE Appliance Cleaner.

  • Page 34: Broiler Pan And Grid

    Care and cleaning of the range. Lift-Off Oven Door The oven door is removable, but it is heavy. You may need help removing and replacing the door. Do not lift the door by the handle. Make sure the oven is completely cool.

  • Page 35: Warming Drawer

    Removable Warming Drawer (on some models) NOTE: Before performing any adjustments, cleaning or service, disconnect the range electrical power supply at the household distribution panel by removing the fuse or switching off the circuit breaker. Make sure the warming drawer heating element is cool.

  • Page 36: Control Panel And Knobs

    Air openings are located at the rear of Vent appearance and location vary. the cooktop, at the top and bottom of the oven door, and at the bottom of the range, under the warming drawer. Upper Control Panel Lock out the touch pads before cleaning.

  • Page 37: Oven Light Replacement

    Oven Light Replacement CAUTION: oven light bulb, disconnect the electrical power to the range at the main fuse or circuit breaker panel. Be sure to let the light cover and bulb cool completely. Wire cover holder. The oven light bulb is covered with a removable glass cover that is held in place with a bail-shaped wire.

  • Page 38: For Your Safety

    3 feet. BEFORE YOU BEGIN Installation of this range must conform with local codes, or in the absence of local codes, with the National Fuel Gas Code, ANSI Z223.1/NFPA.54, latest edition. This range has been design-certified by CSA International according to ANSI Z21.1, latest edition.
  • Page 39 (See the Dimensions and Clearances illustration in this section.) CAUTION: Items of interest to children should not be stored in cabinets above a range or on the backsplash of a range—children climbing on the range to reach items could be seriously injured.

  • Page 40: Clearances

    Provide adequate clearances between the range and adjacent combustible surfaces. These dimensions must be met for safe use of your range. The location of the electrical outlet and pipe opening (see Gas Pipe and Electric Outlet Locations) may be adjusted to meet specific requirements.

  • Page 41: Location Guidelines

    LOCATION GUIDELINES Do not locate the range where it may be subject to strong drafts. Any openings in the floor or wall behind the range should be sealed. Make sure the openings around the base of the range that supply fresh air for combustion and ventilation are not obstructed by carpeting or woodwork.
  • Page 42 Provide Adequate Gas Supply Your range is designed to operate at a pressure of 4″ of water column on natural gas or, if designed for LP gas (propane or butane), 10″ of water column. Make sure you are supplying your range with the type of gas for which it is designed.
  • Page 43 60 Hz., and connected to an individual, properly grounded branch circuit protected by a circuit breaker or time-delay fuse (40 amp). The receptacle must be NEMA 14-50R to accept the 4-prong plug supplied with the range. 30” Recommended acceptable electrical outlet area. Orient 3”...
  • Page 44 Connect the Range to the Gas Supply Shut off the main gas supply valve before disconnecting the old range and leave it off until the new hookup has been completed. Don’t forget to relight the pilot on other gas appliances when you turn the gas back on.
  • Page 45 4-conductor connection to an electric range. Replace the Power Cord (Optional) Perform this step only if the power cord shipped on the range does not match your wall receptacle. Remove the wire cover (on the back of the range) by removing two (2) screws using a 1/4”...
  • Page 46 Installation of the range. Read these instructions completely and carefully. Replace the Power Cord (Optional) Continued Perform this step only if the power cord shipped on the range does not match your wall receptacle. 3-Wire Power Cord Installation Option WARNING: of the power cord must be connected to the neutral terminal located in the center of the terminal block.
  • Page 47 Replace the Power Cord (Optional) Continued Perform this step only if the power cord shipped on the range does not match your wall receptacle. 3-Wire Conduit Installation Option Locate the copper ground strap on the lower back of the range.
  • Page 48 Read these instructions completely and carefully. Replace the Power Cord (Optional) Continued Perform this step only if the power cord shipped on the range does not match your wall receptacle. 4-Wire Conduit Installation Option Remove the strain relief clamp from the bracket.
  • Page 49 Seal the Openings Seal any openings in the wall behind the range and in the floor under the range when hookups are completed. Assemble Surface Burners Assemble burner as shown. Grate Burner cap Burner head Electrode Cooktop CAUTION: Do not operate the cooktop without all burner parts and grates in place.

  • Page 50: Level The Range

    Use an open-end or adjustable wrench to adjust the leveling legs until the range is level. After the range is level, slide the range away from the wall so that the Anti-Tip device can be installed.
  • Page 51 Converting to LP Gas (or converting back to natural gas from LP) This range leaves the factory set for use with natural gas. If you want to convert to LP gas, the conversion must be performed by a qualified LP gas installer.

  • Page 52: Burner Assembly

    Lever is shown closed. PULL TO OPEN. • If range is connected to LP gas, contact the person who installed your range or made the conversion. • Touch the BAKE pad and desired temperature or the SELF CLEAN pad and desired clean time.
  • Page 53 • Tighten or replace the bulb. • Make sure electrical plug is plugged into a live, properly grounded outlet. • Allow the range to cool to room temperature and reset the controls. • See the Using the self-cleaning oven section.

  • Page 54: Before You Call For Service

    • Touch the CLEAR/OFF pad. Allow the oven to cool for one hour. Put the oven back into operation. • Disconnect all power to the range for 5 minutes and then reconnect power. If the function error code repeats, call for service.
  • Page 55 • Fan will start automatically once the preheat temperature is reached. • Fully extend the drawer and push it all the way in. See the Care and cleaning of the range section. • Reduce weight. Redistribute drawer contents. • Replace the fuse or reset the circuit breaker.

  • Page 56: Accessories

    (during normal business hours). Have your model number ready. Warming Drawer Pan Oven Racks Tired of discolored racks? Wishing you had extra-heavy-duty oven racks? GE’s innovative, self-cleanable porcelain-coated oven racks! Visit www.GEAppliances.com (U.S.) or www.GEAppliances.ca (Canada) for more information. Grates...
  • Page 57 You can rest easy, knowing that all your valuable household products are protected against expensive repairs. Place your confidence in GE and call us in the U.S. toll-free at for more information. *All brands covered, up to 20 years old, in the continental U.S.
  • Page 58 Year * Please provide your e-mail address to receive, via e-mail, discounts, special offers and other important communications from GE Appliances (GEA). Check here if you do not want to receive communications from GEA’s carefully selected partners. FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS CARD DOES NOT DIMINISH YOUR WARRANTY RIGHTS.

  • Page 59: Warranty

    Any part of the range which fails due to a defect in materials or workmanship. During this From the date of the full one-year warranty, GE will also provide, free of charge, all labor and in-home service to original purchase replace the defective part.

  • Page 60: Product Registration

    Caution must be exercised, since improper servicing may cause unsafe operation. Contact Us If you are not satisfied with the service you receive from GE, contact us on our Website with all the details including your phone number, or write to: General Manager, Customer Relations Register Your Appliance Register your new appliance on-line—at your convenience! Timely product registration will allow for...

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