Troubleshooting Procedures
!WARNING
To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury or death; disconnect power and shut off gas to unit before servicing, unless testing requires power.
Problem | Possible Cause | Correction |
| No voltage to control | • Check for 120 VAC at control. If |
No oven operation in bake or |
| no voltage is present, Replace |
| control. | |
broil. |
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| • Verify all connections are clean | |
| Loose wire connection or broken wire | |
| and tight, replace broken wire. | |
| Failed ignitor | • Check ignitor current draw. |
| Gas pressure too high | Replace ignitor if it fails test. |
| • Check for correct gas pressure. | |
No gas flows to burner. |
| Natural gas pressure should be |
| 4" WCP and LP gas pressure | |
Ignitor glows red. |
| |
| should be 10" WCP. | |
| Failed gas valve | |
| • Check gas valve for continuity | |
| Loose wire connection or broken wire | |
| • Verify all connections are clean | |
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| and tight, replace broken wire. |
| Ignitor positioned too far from burner | • Reposition ignitor closer to |
| Dirt or grease in orifice or burner | bake/broil burner. |
| • Clean orifice or burner. | |
| Insufficient gas pressure | • Check for correct gas pressure. |
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Gas flows to bake/broil |
| Natural gas pressure should be |
| 4" WCP and LP gas pressure | |
burner, but burner does not |
| |
| should be 10" WCP. | |
light. |
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| • Verify power is present at unit. | |
| Power outage | |
| Verify that the circuit breaker is | |
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| |
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| not tripped. |
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| • Replace household fuse, but do |
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| not fuse capacity. |
| Failed oven lamp | • Check lamp and replace is |
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| necessary. |
Oven light does not operate. | Failed wiring | • Check for broken, loose or dirty |
| connections. | |
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| Failed light socket | • Check light socket for continuity. |
| Failed light plunger | • Check plunger for continuity. |
| Normal | • Minor smoking or order is normal |
Oven smokes/odor first few |
| the first few times of oven usage. |
times of usage |
| • Ventilate area well and perform |
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| No power to fan motor | • Check for 120 VAC supplied at |
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| fan motor. If no voltage is |
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| present, check for broken or |
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| loose wiring between fan motor |
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| and relay board. If voltage is |
Fan motor does not operate. |
| present at fan motor, go to the |
| next step. | |
| Failed fan motor or winding or frozen shaft. | |
| • Check motor winding for | |
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| continuity. Check for a frozen |
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| motor shaft. Check for broken |
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| wiring between motor and neutral |
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| terminal block. |
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