How The Self-Clean Cycle Works - Whirlpool SELF-CLEANING SLIDE-IN GAS RANGES Manual

HOW THE SELF-CLEAN CYCLE WORKS

The Self-Clean cycle uses high heat to burn
away soil and grease from inside the oven.
During this cycle, the oven will get much hot-
ter than it does under normal baking and broil-
ing conditions (see the following chart).
FIRST 30-MINUTES OF CLEAN
L1
MICROCOMPUTER
P2-2
AFTER 30-MINUTES OF CLEAN
L1
MICROCOMPUTER
P2-3
The oven is preset for a 3-1/2 hour Self-Clean
cycle. However, you can adjust this cycle time
to between 2-1/2 and 4-1/2 hours. The chart
shows a normal 3-1/2 hour Self-Clean cycle.
Note that although the heating turns off after
3-hours, the door will remain locked for an ad-
ditional 1/2 hour so the oven can cool suffi-
ciently.
During the Self-Clean cycle, the broil burner is
on for the first 30-minutes (see Figure 3-6A).
The rest of the clean cycle is completed using
the bake burner only (see Figure 3-6B). If the
door latch switch is not activated during the
clean operation, the cycle is terminated and
the display will show "close door."
BROIL
IGNITOR
P2-1
Figure 3-6A
BAKE
IGNITOR
P2-4
Figure 3-6B
3-6
BROIL
VALVE
BAKE
VALVE
N
N