GE JGBC16 Convert TOP Burner Valves, Adjust the Surface Burner Pilots, Check Quality of Fues

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HOW TO CONVERT THE RANGE FOR USE

WITH 1P GM OR NATURAL GAS (continued)

❑CONVERT TOP BURNER VALVES

N~: Only valves with these types of knobs are adjustable.

1. Turn all top burners to LOW.

 

2. Remove all four knobs. ‘

 

3. With a small flat blade

\

screwdriver, turn the

 

 

 

valve set screws

<+k.

clockwise to decrease flame

 

size, counterclockwise to increase - flame size. Adjust until the flame is

about the same height as the top \ i// of the burner.

4. Replace the knobs.

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5.Check for flame outage by opening and closing the oven door several times. If the flame goes out, increase the flame size.

❑ADJUST THE SURFACE BURNER PILOTS

(for Models Equipped with Standing Pilots)

small hole near the center of the manifold panel.

3.To adjust, use a blade-~pe screwdriver with a shaft diameter of less than 3/16”. Turn pilot adjustment screw until pilot is 5/16” high. Do not reduce the flame to less than 5/16” or pilot outage may occur. A pilot flame burning higher than recommended may generate soot (carbon black) on the bottom of your cooktop.

I ❑ CHECK QUALITY OF FUES

The combustion quality of burner flames needs determined visually.

(A) Yellow flames— Call for service

(B) Yellow tips on outer cones— Normal for LP gas

(C) ~fi blue tie~ Normal for natural gas

If burner flames look like (A), call for service. Normal burner flames should look like (B) or (C), depending on the type of gas you use.

With LP gas, some yellow tipping on outer cones is normal.

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Contents Safe~ instructions.,..................2-5 Operating Instructions Tips~ YOU Need Service What to do if YOU Smell GASThey could be seriously burned ~PORTANT Safety NoticeMen You &t Your Wnge ~PORTANT Safeh ~STRUCmONS Surface CootingCleaning Your Range Baking, Broiling and RoastingThey may melt if lefi Too close to the vent Escapes can cause burns to hands, face and eyesStandard Twin Burners Features of Your RangeSealed Burners Oven Light OtiOff Switch on some models Air Vent in Oven Door Located at top of Oven DoorClock Am T~ER SU~ACE COOmG Lighting Instructions for Electric Ignition ModelsLighting Instructions for Standing Pilot Models Surface Burner ControlsBefore Lighting a Burner To Light a Surface BurnerTop-of-Range Cookware Do not use woks that have support rings. Use of theseTo light the oven pilot Before Using Your OvenPower Outage Oven Shelves Shelf PositionsOven Vents Oven MoistureHow to Set Your Range for Baking Pan PlacementBAmNG PreheatingBaking Guides CookiesAluminum Foil CakesTo Adjust the Thermostat Do IT YourselfDual Shelf Cooking Use of Aluminum FoilQuestions and Answers ROASTmGROASTmG GU~E Frozen RoastsWhy are my meats not turning out as brown as they should? BRO~mGBRO~mG GU~E Beef Steaks~Grate Sealed Burner Assemblies on some modelsCAW Am CLEA~G Standard win Burners on some modelsIf SO Equipped in Place For more stubborn shins, use aOven Bottom Burner GratesCooktop Sutiace CAM Am CLEAN~G Oven Light Bulb on some modelsControl Panel and Knobs Removable Broiler Drawer on some modelsOven Air Venti Removable Storage Drawer on some modelsRemovable Kick Panel on some models To remove the storage drawerCAm Am CLEA~G Lift-Off Oven DoorTo remove the door Inside of doorOven bottom has a porcelain enamel finish For Your Safety Imwrtant Safety Instructions General PROVIDE Adequate GAS Supply Connect the Range to GASConnect the Wnge to GN Rigid Pipe Hookup for Models Equipped with Sealed BurnemGrounding For Personw SWETY, this APPL~CE Must be Propemy GroundedELECTRlaL Connections Electric DisconnectSeal the Openings Light the PilotsLight the Sutiace Burner Pilots Adiust the Surface Burner Pilots if Necessa~Light the tilots Check Ignition of Surface BurnersSurface Burner Ignition Normal for LP gasTo remove tie oven botiom To remove tie burner btifle on some modelsAdjusting the AIR Adjustment To remove the oven bottomInstall the oven shelves in the oven and position Installing the AHTI-TIP DeviceRemove the storage drawer, broiler drawer or kick panel Leveling the RangeConvert the Pressure Reguutor WM~G Do not remove the pressure regulator from the rangeTools Required Orifice Spuds for Converting to 1P Gas OrifiCeSpudsfor Converting to Hatural GasAdjust Oven Thermostat For Models Equipped with Standing PilotsConvert AIR Adjustment Shutter About 2 turnsScrewfull open position. With Cohvert the Oven Burner OrificesCheck Quality of Fues Adjust the Surface Burner PilotsConvert TOP Burner Valves Oven will not Work Yellow tipson outer C Soft blue fiamesSurface Burners Light RUT OvenDoes not Oven controls not properly set. See the Broiling sectionIndividu& qdfied to service their own appliances User maintenance instructions contained in this boo~et80~EARES80W32-273fl 80f162R2000JGBS12 JGBS17 JGBS19JGBS06 JGBS16 JGSS05

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