Siemens 5551 manual Home troubleshooting, Whats wrong? Cause Probable Solution

Home troubleshooting

You do not always need to call the technical assistance service. In many cases, you can solve problems on your own. The following table contains useful advice.

Important:

Only authorized personnel from our Technical Service can perform the necessary tasks relative to the gas and electrical systems.

What's wrong?	Cause Probable	Solution
The general electrical	-Defective fuse.	- Check the fuse in the
system is malfunctioning		general fuse box, and replace
	-The automatic circuit breaker has	it if faulty.
		- Check the general incoming
	tripped or a fuse has blown.	cabinet for a tripped automatic
		circuit breaker or blown fuse.
The electric ignitor does	-There is food or cleaning	- The space between the
not work	product residue between the	ignitor and the burner must be
	ignitor and the burner.	cleaned carefully.
	-The burners are wet.	-Dry the burner covers carefully.
	-The burner caps are not set	- Ensure that the covers have
	correctly.	been correctly set.
The flames on the	-The different parts of the burner	- Correctly set the various parts.
burners are not uniform	have been set incorrectly.
	- The grooves on the burners'	- Clean the grooves on the
	gas outlets are dirty.	burners' gas outlets.
	-The burners may not be totally	- Proceed with thorough drying
	dry.	(take special care with
		monoblock burners).
The gas flow does not	-The gas mains are turned off	- Open possible mid-pipe
appear to be normal or	through a mid-pipe valve.	valves.
no gas comes out	- If the gas comes from a gas	-Replace the gas bottle with a
	bottle, it may be empty.	full one.
There is a smell of gas	-A gas valve has been left on.	-Check to see if any gas valve
in the kitchen area		is on.
	-There may be a leak from the	- Ensure that the coupling has
	coupling to the gas bottle.	been made correctly.
The safeties of the	- The control knob has not been	- Once the burner is lit, keep
various burners do not	held down long enough.	the control knob pressed for a
work		few more seconds.
	-The grooves on the burners' gas	- Clean the grooves on the
	outlets are dirty.	burners' gas outlets.

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