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Owner’s Manual
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GE Quality Product
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Part No. 164D3333P184 184-6C097 Pub. No. 49-8954-1 02-01 JR
Front
oven surface Rear
Rear
Oven
20 and 24 Electric
Ranges
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Congratulations! Safety Information You Are Now Part of Our Family. Anti-Tip Device . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Safety Precautions . . . . . . . 3, 4 Welcome to the family. We’re proud of our quality products and we are committed to providing dependable service. You’ll see it in this easy-to-use Owner’s Manual and Oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 you’ll hear it in the friendly voices of our customer service department. Surface Cooking Units . . . . . . 5 Best of all, you’ll experien
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of fire or explosion, electric shock, or to prevent property damage, personal injury, or loss of life. WARNING ANTI-TIP DEVICE All ranges can tip and injury could result. To prevent accidental tipping of the range
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! SAFETY PRECAUTIONS n Keep hood and grease filters clean to n Do not touch heating elements or interior maintain good venting and to avoid surface of oven. These surfaces may be hot grease fires. enough to burn even though they are dark in color. During and after use, do not n Do not let cooking grease or other touch, or let clothing or other flammable flammable materials accumulate in or materials contact surface units,
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service SURFACE COOKING UNITS Use proper pan size—This appliance is equipped with one or more surface units of different size. Select cookware having flat bottoms large enough to cover the surface unit heating element. The use of undersized cookware will expose a portion of the heating element to direct contact and may result in ignition of clothing. Proper relationship of cookwar
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Using the surface units. Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model. Surface Cooking Controls Your surface units and controls are designed In a quiet kitchen, you may hear slight to give you a variety of heat settings for surface clicking sounds during cooking, unit cooking. indicating heat settings selected are being maintained. At both OFF and HI positions, there is a slight niche so control clicks at those Switching heats to higher settings always positions; HI m
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Using the oven. The OVEN TEMP knob is located on the control panel on the front of the range. Oven Temperature Control To use the oven, simply turn the knob to The Oven Cycling Light glows until the oven reaches your selected temperature, then goes off the desired cooking temperatures, which and on with the oven unit(s) during cooking. are marked in 25°F. increments on the
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Using the oven for baking or roasting. To avoid possible burns, place the shelves in the desired position before you turn the oven on. How to Set Your Oven for Baking or Roasting Position the shelf or shelves in the Place food in oven on center of shelf. oven. If cooking on two shelves at the Allow at least 2 inches between edge same time, stagger the pans for best of bakeware and oven wall or heat circulation. adjacent cookware. Close oven door. Turn OVEN TEMP Check food for doneness at knob cl
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Using the oven for broiling. Broiling may be slightly different from any previous broiling you may be acquainted with, so be sure to read this section completely. How to Set Your Oven for Broiling Broiling is cooking food by intense radiant heat Close the door. Always broil with the VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: from the upper element in the oven. Most fish door closed. To reset th
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Using the oven for broiling. Questions and Answers When broiling, is it necessary to Why are my meats not turning out as always use a grid in the pan? brown as they should? Yes. Using the grid suspends the In some areas, the power (voltage) to meat over the pan. As the meat the range may be low. In these cases, cooks, the juices fall into the pan, preheat the broil element for 10 thus keeping meat drier. Juices are minutes before placing broiler pan protected by the grid and stay cooler, with fo
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Care and cleaning of the range. Be sure electrical power is off and all surfaces are cool before cleaning any part of the range. Proper care and cleaning are important so your range will give you efficient and satisfactory service. Follow these directions carefully in caring for your range to assure safe and proper maintenance. If your range is removed for cleaning, servic
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Care and cleaning of the range. Lift-Off Oven Door (on some models) The oven door is removable (on some To replace the door: models) but it is heavy. You may need Position the slots in the bottom of help removing and replacing the door. the door squarely over the hinges. To remove the door: Then lower the door slowly and evenly over both hinges at the Open the door to the full open same time. position. Open the door to the full open Locking mechanism lever Raise the locking mechanism by positi
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Control Knobs The control knobs may be removed for easier To remove a knob, pull it straight off the cleaning. stem. Before removing the knobs for cleaning, Wash the knobs in soap and water but do please note that the knobs are in the not soak. Avoid getting water down in the proper OFF position. When replacing the knob stem holes. knobs, check the OFF position to insure
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Installation of the range. Read these instructions completely and carefully. WARNING! Anti-Tip Bracket • ALL RANGES CAN TIP • INJURY COULD RESULT • INSTALL ANTI-TIP DEVICE PACKED WITH RANGE • SEE INSTRUCTIONS Tools You Will Need n Phillips head screwdriver 3 n 1 ⁄8† or adjustable wrench n Flat blade screwdriver Anti-Tip Bracket Installation Instructions Anti-tip bracket attaches to the floor to hold either rear Screw the bracket securely to the floor with range leg. When fastening to the floor,
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Read these instructions completely and carefully. Electrical Connection We recommend that you have the electrical hookup of your If you fail to wire your range in accordance with range done by a qualified electrician. Have the electrician governing codes, you may create a hazardous show you where your range disconnect is located. condition. Call your Electric Company and a
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Installation of the range. Read these instructions completely and carefully. Three-Wire Cord Connection If local codes require an ungrounded neutral: Junction block on range back Follow steps 1 through 5. Black Red Junction block on range back Black Top nut Red Ground strap White lead Ground wire Top nut Black lead Ground Red lead strap White lead Black lead Strain relief clamp Red lead Remove the top nuts on the junction block studs. Strain relief clamp Tighten the back nuts. Then loosen the s
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Read these instructions completely and carefully. Dimensions and Clearances n To eliminate the risk of burns or fire when IMPORTANT: Save these instructions for the reaching over hot surface elements, cabinet local electrical inspector’s use. storage space above the cooktop should be n See the illustration below for all rough-in and avoided. If cabinet storage space is to
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Installation of the range. Read these instructions completely and carefully. Protect Your Floor Your range, like many other household items, is The range should be installed on a sheet of heavy and can settle into soft floor coverings such as plywood (or similar material) as follows: When cushioned vinyl or carpeting. When moving the the floor covering ends at the front of the range, range on this type of flooring, use care, and it is the area that the range will rest on should be built recommen
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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Installation Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Read these instructions completely and carefully. Leveling the Range For proper cooking and baking the range must be leveled. Leveling legs are located on each corner at the base of the range. Install the oven shelves (see use and care section for instructions). Put a spirit level or a glass measuring cup partially filled with water on one of the oven shelves. 3 Use a 1 ⁄
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Before You Call For Service… Troubleshooting Tips Save time and money! Review the chart on this page first and you may not need to call for service. Problem Possible Causes What To Do Surface units not The surface units are • With the controls off, check to make sure the surface functioning properly not plugged in solidly. unit is plugged completely into the receptacle. The surface unit controls • Check to see the correct control is set for the surface improperly set. unit you are using. The
