GE JB870, JB850, PB950 owner manual For service

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Troubleshooting tips (Cont.) ... Before you call for service

Problem

Possible Cause

What To Do

“F— and a number

You have a function error code.

Press the Cancel/Off pad. Allow the oven to cool for one

or letter” flash in the

 

hour. Put the oven back into operation.

display

If the function code repeats.

Disconnect all power to the oven for at least 30 seconds and

 

 

 

then reconnect power. If the function error code repeats, call

 

 

for service.

Display goes blank

A fuse in your home may be blown or

Replace the fuse or reset the circuit breaker.

 

the circuit breaker tripped.

 

 

The clock is turned off.

See the Special features section.

 

Oven is in Sabbath Mode.

Verify that the oven is not in Sabbath Mode. See the Special

 

 

Features section.

Power outage, clock

Power outage or surge

Reset the clock. If the oven was in use, you must reset it by

flashes

 

pressing the Cancel/Off pad, setting the clock and resetting

 

 

any cooking function.

“Burning” or “oily” odor

This is normal in a new oven and will

To speed the process, set a self-clean cycle for a minimum of

emitting from the vent

disappear in time.

3 hours. See the Cleaning the Oven section.

Strong odor

An odor from the insulation around

This is temporary and will go away after several uses or a

 

the inside of the oven is normal for

self-clean cycle.

 

the first few times the oven is used.

 

Fan noise

A convection fan may automatically

This is normal. The fan is designed to operate intermittently to

(on some models)

turn on and off.

maximize cooking evenness. The convection fan will operate

 

 

during preheat of the bake cycle. The fan will turn off after the

 

 

oven is heated to the set temperature. This is normal.

My oven door glass

No. The inner oven glass is coated

This is normal. Under certain light or angles, you may see this

appears to be "tinted"

with a heat barrier to reflect the heat

tint or rainbow color.

or have a "rainbow"

back into the oven to prevent heat

 

color. Is this defective?

loss and keep the outer door cool

 

 

while baking.

 

Sometimes the oven

Cookware or food in oven.

The cookware or food in the oven will cause the oven to take

takes longer to

 

longer to preheat. Remove items to reduce preheat time.

preheat to the same

 

 

Number of racks in oven.

Adding more racks to the oven will cause the oven to take

temperature

 

longer to preheat. Remove some racks.

 

 

 

Different cooking modes.

The different cooking modes use different preheat methods

 

 

to heat the oven for the specific cooking mode. Some modes

 

 

will take longer than others (i.e. convection bake).

Display flashes

Power failure.

Reset the clock.

Unable to get the

Oven control pads were not touched

The BROIL HI/LO and BAKE pads must be touched at the

display to show “SF”

properly.

same time and held for 3 seconds.

Control signals after

You forgot to enter a bake

Touch the BAKE pad and desired temperature or the SELF

entering cooking time

temperature or cleaning time.

CLEAN pad and desired clean time.

or start time

 

 

Oven racks are difficult

The shiny, silver-colored racks were

Apply a small amount of vegetable oil to a paper towel and

to slide

cleaned in a self-clean cycle.

wipe the edges of the oven racks with the paper towel. Do not

 

 

spray with Pam® or other lubricant sprays.

Steam from the vent

When using the ovens, it is normal

This is normal.

 

to see steam coming out of the

 

 

oven vents. As the number of racks

 

 

or amount of food being cooked

 

 

increases, the amount of visible

 

 

steam will increase.

 

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