Americana Appliances ABS200 Oven temperature too, Hot or too cold, Clock and timer, Do not work

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Consumer Support Troubleshooting Tips Care and Cleaning Operating Instructions Safety Instructions

Before you call for service…

Troubleshooting Tips

Problem

 

Possible Causes

What To Do

 

 

 

 

Oven temperature too

 

Oven thermostat

See the Adjust the oven thermostat–Easy to do

hot or too cold

 

needs adjustment.

yourself! section.

 

 

 

 

Clock and timer

 

Plug on range is not completely

Make sure electrical plug is plugged into a live, properly

do not work

 

inserted in the electrical outlet.

grounded outlet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A fuse in your home may be

Replace fuse or reset circuit breaker.

 

 

blown or the circuit breaker

 

 

 

tripped.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oven controls improperly set.

See the Using the clock and timer section.

 

 

 

 

Display goes blank

 

A fuse in your home may be

Replace the fuse or reset the circuit breaker.

 

 

blown or the circuit breaker

 

 

 

tripped.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The clock is turned off from

See the Using the clock and timer section.

 

 

showing in the display.

 

 

 

 

 

Oven door is crooked

 

The door is out of position.

Because the oven door is removable, it sometimes gets

 

 

 

out of position during installation. To straighten the

 

 

 

door, push down on the high corner.

 

 

 

 

Oven makes

 

This is the sound of the

This is normal.

clicking noise

 

heating element turning

 

 

 

off and on during

 

 

 

cooking functions.

 

 

 

 

 

“F—and a number

 

You have a function error code.

Press the CLEAR/OFF pad. Put the oven back

or letter” flash in

 

 

into operation.

the display

 

 

 

 

If the function code repeats:

Disconnect all power to the range for at least 30

 

 

 

 

 

seconds and then reconnect power. If the function

 

 

 

error code repeats, call for service.

 

 

 

On self-cleaning models, if a function error code

 

 

 

appears during the self-cleaning cycle, check the oven

 

 

 

door latch. The latch may have been moved, if only

 

 

 

slightly, from the locked position. Make sure the latch

 

 

 

is moved to the right as far as it will go. Press the

 

 

 

CLEAR/OFF pad. Allow the oven to cool for one hour.

 

 

 

Put the oven back into operation.

 

 

 

 

Power outage

 

Power outage or surge.

Some models will automatically resume their setting once

 

 

 

the power is restored. On models with a clock, you must

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

pressing the CLEAR/OFF pad, setting the clock and

 

 

 

resetting any cooking function.

 

 

 

 

Display flashes

 

Power failure.

Reset the clock.

 

 

 

 

Unable to get the display

 

Oven control pads were not

The BAKE and BROIL HI/LO pads must be pressed

to show “SF”

 

pressed properly.

at the same time and held for 3 seconds.

 

 

 

 

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