Self-Cleaning - GE Appliances CS980 Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions

Using the self-cleaning upper oven.
The oven door must be closed and all controls set correctly for the cycle to work properly.
Wipe up heavy soil on the oven
bottom.
Before a Clean Cycle
For the first self-clean cycle, we recommend
venting your kitchen with an open window or
using a ventilation fan or hood.
Remove the racks, any broiler pan, broiler grid,
probe, all cookware and any aluminum foil from
the oven.
The oven racks 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 with hot
water, soap-filled scouring pads or cleansers
such as Soft Scrub1 Rinse well with clean
water and dry.
Do not clean the gasket. The fiberglass material
of the oven door gasket cannot withstand
abrasion. It is essential for the gasket to remain
intact. If you notice it becoming worn or frayed,
replace it.
Wipe up any heavy spillovers on the oven
bottom.
Make sure the oven light bulb cover is in place
and the oven light is off.
IMPORTANT: T he health of some birds is
extremely sensitive to the fumes given off
during the self-cleaning cycle of any range.
Move birds to another well-ventilated room.
NOTE:Use caution when opening the upper
oven after the self-clean cycle has ended. The
oven may still be hot.
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How to Set the Upper Oven for Cleaning
Turn off all surface burners.
NOTE:The surface burners will not
function during the self-clean cycle.
[] Touch the SELFCLEAN pad.
r_ using the number pads, enter the desired
clean time, if a time other than 4 hours is
needed.
Clean cycle time is normally 4 hours. You can
change the clean time to any time between
3 hours and 5 hours, depending on how dirty
your oven is.
r_ Touch the STARTpad.
NOTE:Thesurface units should be turned
off during the self-clean cycle.
The door and control will lock automatically.
The display will show the clean time remaining.
It will not be possible to open the oven door
until the temperature drops below the lock
temperature and the LOCKEDDOOR light
goes off.
[] When the LOCKEDDOOR light is off, the
door will unlock automatically.
The words LOCKDOOR will flash and the
oven control will signal if you set the clean
cycle and forget to close the oven door.
To stop a clean cycle, touch the CLEAR/OFF
pad. When the LOCKEDDOOR light goes
off indicating the oven has cooled below
the locking temperature, you may open the
door.
Do not use the lower oven drawer during a
self-clean cycle.
The words ERR and TURNSURFACE
BURNERS OFFwill flash and the control will
signal if you set the clean cycle and forget to
turn the surface burners off.
The oven shuts off automatically when the
clean cycle is complete.
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