GE Monogram Stainless Steel Professional 30 Range manual Do not Light

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	The Problem Solver
		Stainless Steel Range
PROBLEM	POSSIBLE CAUSE
SURFACE BURNERS	• Burners assembled incorrectly after cleaning. Make sure the burner
DO NOT LIGHT	assembly is put together correctly and that the port ring is aligned.
	• Clean the ignitor orifice.
	• Inspect the manual cut-off valve to insure that it is not closed.
	• Make sure the electrical plug is plugged into a live power outlet.
	• Check for a power outage.
SURFACE BURNER	• Improper LP gas connection. See the Installation Instructions.
FLAMES VERY
LARGE OR YELLOW
TICKING SOUND OF	• The spark ignitor is not deactivated. Turn the burner OFF and
SPARK IGNITOR	relight. Some ticking is normal. If ticking is excessive call for service.
AFTER SURFACE
BURNER LIGHTS
STRONG ODOR	• Improper air/gas ratio in surface burners. Adjust the air shutters.
OVEN LIGHT	• The light bulb is loose or defective. Tighten or replace the bulb.
DOES NOT WORK	• The switch operating light is broken. Call for service.
FOOD DOES NOT	• The oven controls are improperly set. See the “How to set your oven
BAKE OR ROAST	for baking or roasting” section.
PROPERLY	• Incorrect cookware or cookware of improper size being used.
	See the “How to set your oven for baking or roasting” section.
	• Use a foil tent to slow down browning during roasting.
FOOD DOES NOT	• The oven control is not set at BROIL.
BROIL PROPERLY	• The oven door is not open to the broil stop position as recommended.
	• Improper shelf position being used. See the Broiling Guide.
	• Food is being cooked in a hot pan.
	• Cookware is not suited for broiling. Use the broiling pan and grid
	that came with your range.
	• Aluminum foil used on the broiling pan and grid has not been fitted
	properly and slit as recommended.
	• In some areas the power (voltage) may be low. Preheat the broil
	element for 10 minutes. Broil for the longest period of time
	recommended in the Broiling Guide.
OVEN WILL NOT	• Plug on the range is not completely inserted in the electrical outlet.
WORK	• A fuse in your home may be blown or the circuit breaker tripped.
	• The oven controls are not properly set.
	• The oven controls are set for cleaning. If necessary, allow the oven to
	cool then open the door.
OVEN WILL NOT	• The oven temperature is too high to set a self-clean operation.
SELF CLEAN	Allow the range to cool to room temperature and reset the controls.
	• The controls are not properly set.
	• The self-clean cycle will not start until the shelf slide assemblies have
	been removed.
“CRACKING” OR	• This is normal. This is the sound of the metal heating and cooling
“POPPING” SOUND	during both the cooking and cleaning functions.
DURING CLEANING
EXCESSIVE SMOKING	• Excessive soil. Press the OFF selector button. Open the windows to
OCCURS DURING	rid the room of smoke. Wait until the DOOR LOCKED light goes
CLEANING	off. Wipe up excess soil and reset the clean cycle.
OVEN NOT CLEAN	• The oven was heavily soiled. Clean up heavy spillovers before starting
AFTER A CLEAN	the clean cycle. Heavily soiled ovens may need to self-clean again.
CYCLE	• The oven controls are not properly set. See the Self-Cleaning section.

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