GE JGBP34GEP Range User Manual


 
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Normal Cleaning Time: 4 hours
Before a Clean Cycle
Quick Reminder:
1. Prepare the oven for cleaning.
2. Close and latch the oven door.
3. Press the CLEAN pad.
4. Press the INCREASE pad.
If you wish to change preset clean time of 4 hours,
press the INCREASE or DECREASE pad until
desired stop time appears in the display.
1.
Remove the broiler pan, broiler rack, all cookware
and any aluminum foil from the oven—they cannot
withstand the high cleaning temperatures. (Oven
shelves may be left in oven. NOTE: Shelves will
discolor after the self-clean cycle.)
2. Wipe up heavy soil on the oven bottom. If you use
Clean top, sides and outside front of oven door with
soap and water. Do not use abrasives or oven cleaners.
Do not rub or clean the door gasket (B)—the
fiberglass material of the gasket has an extremely low
resistance to abrasion. An intact and well-fitting oven
door gasket is essential for energy-efficient oven
operation and good baking results. If you notice the
gasket becoming worn, frayed or damaged in any way
or if it has become displaced on the door, you should
have it replaced.
Step 4: Close and latch the door. Make sure the oven
light (C) is off.
Oven shelves may be cleaned in the self-cleaning oven.
However, they will darken, lose their luster and become
hard to slide. Wipe the shelf supports with cooking oil
after self-cleaning to make shelves slide more easily.
Caution: Drip pans should never be cleaned in the
soap, rinse thoroughly before self cleaning to prevent
self-cleaning
ti~en.
staining.
Front Frame
Door Gasket
Light
3.
Clean spatters or spills on the oven front frame (A)
and only that area on
the
oven door that is outside the
gasket (B). Do not clean the gasket. Use detergent and
hot water with a soap-filled steel wool pad, then rinse
well with a vinegar and water mixture. This will help
prevent a brown residue from forming when
the
oven
is heated. Buff these areas with a dry cloth. Never use
a commercial oven cleaner in or around the
self-
cleaning oven.
Do not use commercial oven cleaners or oven
protectors in or near the self-cleaning oven.
A
combination of any of these products plus the high
clean
cycle
temperatures may damage the porcelain
finish of the oven.
Important
The oven door must be closed and latched and all
controls must be set correctly for the clean cycle to
work properly.
How
to Set Oven for Cleaning
1. Follow steps above to prepare the oven
for cleaning.
2. Close the oven door and slide the latch handle to
the right as far as it will go.
Never force the door latch handle. Forcing the
handle may damage the door lock mechanism.
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3. Press the CLEAN pad.
4. Press the INCREASE or
CLEAN
DECREASE pad until desired
Clean Time is displayed.
Clean Time is normally 4 hours. You can change the
Clean Time to anywhere between 2 and 4 hours,
depending on how dirty the oven is. The self-clean
cycle will automatically begin within a few seconds
after the word “CLEAN” is displayed and the word
“ON” appears on the display. When the oven heats to
a high temperature, the word “LOCK” will be
displayed and, a short time later, the door latch handle
will be locked in position. It will not be possible to
open the oven door until the temperature drops below
the lock temperature.
5. When the LOCK light is off, slide the latch handle to
the left as far as it will go and open the door.
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