Hotpoint RGB501 Use And Care & Installation page 42

BEFORE YOU CALL FOR SERVICE...
PROBLEM
CLOCK DOES NOT WORK
OVEN LIGHT DOES NOT
COME ON
OVEN TEMPERATURE
TOO HOT OR TOO COLD
FOOD DOES NOT ROAST
OR BAKE PROPERLY
FOOD DOES NOT
BROIL PROPERLY
OVEN WILL NOT WORK
STRONG ODOR
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POSSIBLE CAUSE
• Range electrical plug must be securely seated in a live power outlet. Check for
blown fuse or tripped circuit breaker.
• Bulb may be loose or burned out.
• Electrical plug must be plugged into a live power outlet.
• The OVEN CONTROL knob needs adjustment. See the Adjust the
Oven Thermostat—Do It Yourself section.
• Oven controls not properly set. See the Baking or Roasting section.
• Shelf position is not correct.
• Incorrect cookware or cookware of improper size is being used.
• Oven thermostat needs adjustment. See the Adjust the Oven Thermostat—
Do It Yourself section.
• Aluminum foil used improperly in the oven.
• Oven bottom not securely seated in position.
• Oven controls not properly set. See the Broiling section.
• Oven door and/or broiler drawer not closed.
• Improper shelf position being used. See the Broiling section.
• Food is being cooked on a hot pan.
• Cookware is not suited for broiling.
• Aluminum foil used on the broiler pan grid has not been fitted properly
and slit as recommended.
• Oven bottom not securely seated in position.
• Plug on the range is not completely inserted in the electrical outlet.
• Pilot(s) is (are) not lit (on standing pilot models). See the Lighting Instructions
for Standing Pilot Models section in Using Your Oven.
• The circuit breaker in your house has been tripped, or a fuse has been blown.
• Oven controls not properly set.
• Improper air/gas ratio in oven. Adjust oven burner air shutter.
• An odor from the insulation around the oven liner is normal for the first few
times oven is used. This is temporary.