- General Electric Range User Manual

OvenThermosbt
Adjmtment
The temperaturecontrolin your
newovenhasbeen carefi~y adjusted
toprovideaccurate temperatures.
However,if this ovenhasreplaced
oneyouhaveused for severalyears,
youmay notice a differencein the
degree ofbrowningor the length of
time required when usingyour
favoriterecipes. Oven temperature
controlshavea tendencyto “drift”
overa period of years and since
thisdrift is very gradual, it is not
readily noticed. Therefore, you
mayhavebecome accustomedto
yourpreviousoven which may
haveprovided a higher or lower
temperature than you selected.
Beforeattemptingto havethe
temperature of your new oven
changed, be sure youhavefollowed
the bakingtime and temperature of
the recipe carefuliy.Then, afier
you haveused the ovena fewtimes
and you feel the oven is too hot
or too cool, there is a simple
adjustmentyou can make yourself
on the OVEN TEMP knob.
Pull the knob off the control shafi
and look at the back side. There is
a disc in the center of the knob skirt
with a series ofmarks opposite a
pointer.
Loosen only the
locking screws
Note to which mark the pointeris
pointing.To makean adjustment,
carefullyloosen (approximately
one turn), but do notcompletely
removethe two screwsthatholdthe
skirt to the knob. Holdthe knob
blade in one hand andthe outer
skirt in the other hand.
Toraise the oventemperature,
movethe pointer in the directionof
the arrow for RAISE. Tolowerthe
temperature, movethe pointerin
the direction of arrow for LOWER.
Each mark will changethe oven
temperature approximately20°F.
Wesuggestthat youmake the
adjustmentone mark from the
original settingand check oven
performance beforemaking any
additionaladjustments.
After the adjustmentis made,
press skirt and knobtogether and
retighten screws sothey are snug,
but be carefil not to overtighten.
Re-installknob on range and
check performance.
Note: After an adjustmenthas
been made, the OFF and BROIL
positionswill not line up with
the indicator mark on the control
panel as they previouslydid. This
condition is normal and will not
create a problem.
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