To Remove a Side

WARNING - SERVICING TO BE CARRIED OUT ONLY BY AN AUTHORISED PERSON

Disconnect from electricity before servicing. Check appliance is safe when you have finished.

Servicing Notes

Disconnect from electricity supply before commencing servicing, particularly before removing any of the following: control panel, side panels, ceramic hob, or any of the electrical components or cover boxes. Before electrical reconnection check that the appliance is electrically safe.

1.To Remove a Side Panel

Disconnect from electricity supply.

Pull the cooker forward.

Pull off the push fit control panel end caps at each end and remove the end fixing screws under the end cap.

Remove the retaining screws for each panel (1 at the front and 2 at the rear). The lower front retaining screws (one each side) are situated beneath the lower edge at the front corners of the side panels

Reassemble in reverse order.

2. To Lift up the Ceramic Hob

Pull the cooker forward.

Unscrew the 2 screws which are loacted at the rear of either side of the cooker underneath the grill trim

Push the hob backwards to release the front catchment bracket.

Lift the hob.

Hold the hob in place using the rod attached to the underside of the hobplate, by locating the loose end into the central hole in the top of the inner control panel.

Caution

The ceramic hob material is much more sensitive to scratches on the underside than the top.

Lift up the ceramic hob at the front and prop in position with a non-metallic prop.

Take care not to touch or scratch the underside of the ceramic as this will weaken the material and cause the top to shatter.1.

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3. To replace a hob element.

Lift up the ceramic hob see 2. The elements are now accessible.

4To Remove the Control Panel

Disconnect from electricity supply.

Remove the handrail by removing the 2 end bracket fixing screws.

Pull off the push fit control panel end caps at each end and remove the end fixing screws under the end cap.

Pull off all the control knobs. Open the grill and oven doors and remove the control panel fixing screws underneath the control panel. The screws directly below the clock are for the clock fixing bracket - don’t remove them at this stage.

Lift the control panel, pull forward and disconnect the wiring from the rear.

Reassemble in reverse order. When replacing leads refer to the wiring diagram. Check operation of timer.

5. To Remove Oven Light Switch

Remove control panel (see 4).

NB The old switch may be destroyed during removal.

Remove switch button and old switch from its bezel by gripping the switch body behind the control panel and twisting sharply.

The switch bezel can then be removed by folding back its locking wings and pushing forward. Fit the new bezel to the control panel by first lining up the raised key on its body with the cut-out in the control panel and pushing it in from the front. Assemble the new switch to the bezel by lining up the key sections and pushing home. Fit the new button by pushing in from the front.

Replace control panel in reverse order and test for correct operation.

6.To Remove Electronic Timer

Disconnect from electricity supply.

Pull off the timer control buttons and remove the control panel (See 4). Remove the timer/mounting bracket assembly from the control panel by removing the two fixing screws. Remove the timer from its mounting bracket by depressing the plastic lugs on the timer case, at the same time pulling the unit forward.

Reassemble in reverse order. When replacing leads refer to the wiring diagram. Check operation of timer.

7. To Remove a Thermostat

Lift up the ceramic hob top (see 2). Remove control panel (see 4). Open appropriate oven door and remove oven furniture.

RH oven

Remove thermostat phial cover (2 screws). Unclip the thermostat phial from the clips in the oven back.

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Rangemaster U109720 - 01 manual Servicing Notes