Service This manual is to be used by qualified appliance technicians only. Maytag does not assume any responsibility for property damage or personal injury for improper service procedures done by an unqualified person. This manual replace RS2240001 Revision 2.
Important Information Important Notices for Servicers and Consumers Maytag will not be responsible for personal injury or property damage from improper service procedures. Pride and workmanship go into every product to provide our customers with quality products. It is possible, however, that during its lifetime a product may require service.
Table of Contents Important Information .................................................. 2 Important Safety Information ....................................... 4 Grounding Instructions ............................................ 7 Servicing of Grounded Products ............................... 8 Wiring .................................................................... 8 Proper Grounding and Polarization of 120 Volts Wall Outlets ......................................... 8 Explanation ...................
Important Safety Information ! WARNING Read the following information to avoid possible exposure to microwave radiation: The basic design of the Amana Microwave Oven makes it an inherently safe device to both use and service. However, there are some precautions which should be followed when servicing the Radarange to maintain this safety. These are as follows: 1. Always operate the unit from an adequately grounded outlet. Do not operate on a two-wire extension cord. 8.
Important Safety Information Recognize this symbol as a SAFETY message ! WARNING When using electrical equipment, basic safety precautions should be followed to reduce the risk of burns, electrical shock, fire, or injury to persons. 1. READ all instructions before using equipment. 2. READ AND FOLLOW the specific “PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY”. 3. This equipment MUST BE GROUNDED. Connect only to properly GROUNDED outlet. See “GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS”. 4.
Important Safety Information ! CAUTION To avoid risk of personal injury or property damage, observe the following: 1. Briskly stir or pour liquids before heating with microwave energy to prevent spontaneous boiling or eruption. Do not overheat. If air is not mixed into a liquid, liquid can erupt in oven or after removal from oven. 7. Do not use regular cooking thermometers in oven. Most cooking thermometers contain mercury and may cause an electrical arc, malfunction, or damage to oven. 8.
Important Safety Information ! Grounding Instructions WARNING Precautions to be observed before and during servicing to avoid possible exposure to excessive microwave energy, or electrical shock disconnect power to oven. • Do not operate or allow oven to be operated with door open.
Important Safety Information Servicing of Grounded Products Explanation The standard accepted color coding for grounding wires is GREEN or GREEN WITH YELLOW STRIPE. These ground leads are NOT to be used as current carrying conductors. It is extremely important that the technician replace any and all grounds prior to completion of the service call. Under no condition should ground wire be left off causing a potential hazard to technicians and consumer.
General Information Unpacking Equipment Radio Interference • Inspect equipment for damage such as dents in door or dents inside oven cavity. • Report any dents or breakage to source of purchase immediately. Do not attempt to use oven if damaged. • Remove all materials from oven interior. Microwave operation may cause interference to radio, television, or similar equipment.
General Information Model Identification Parts and Accessories Complete registration card and promptly return. If registration card is missing: Purchase replacement parts and accessories over the phone. To order accessories for your product call: • For Amana product call 1-800-843-0304 or visit the Web Site at www.amana.com • For Maytag product call 1-800-688-9900 or visit the Web Site at www.maytag.com • For Jenn-Air product call 1-800-536-6247 or visit the Web Site at www.jennair.
Component Specifications ! WARNING To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury or death; disconnect power to oven and discharge capacitor before servicing, unless testing requires power. Illustration Component Thermal cutout Diode Testing Disconnect all wires from TCO. Measure resistance across terminals. Cavity TCO Magnetron TCO Magnetron TCO Discharge Capacitor Remove diode lead from capacitor and connect ohmmeter. Reverse leads for second test.
Component Specifications ! WARNING To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury or death; disconnect power to oven and discharge capacitor before servicing, unless testing requires power. Illustration Component Interlock switch assembly 7 8 2 3 5 4 7 8 2 3 5 4 Testing Disconnect wires to switch.
Component Specifications ! WARNING To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury or death; disconnect power to oven and discharge capacitor before servicing, unless testing requires power. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 The following are Hidden Keypads: ENABLE SECONDS HOLD/MIN Keyboard assembly Continuity is indicated as 100 Ω and below.
Component Specifications ! WARNING To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury or death; disconnect power to oven and discharge capacitor before servicing, unless testing requires power. Power Test (Traditional Test Method) Test equipment required is Amana power test kit R0157397(Fahrenheit), or Menumaster power test kit M95D5 (Celsius). 1. Fill the plastic container to the bottom of the 1000 ml. line with cool tap water. 2.
Service Information ! WARNING To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury, or death, disconnect power to oven and discharge capacitor before servicing, unless testing requires it. Proper Handling of Magnetron Tubes ! CAUTION A magnetron tube, like a radio or television tube must be handled with a reasonable amount of care. When handling a tube, always handle by the housing only. Use caution not to touch or strike the ceramic portion at the top.
Radiation Leakage Testing ! WARNING To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury, or death, disconnect power to oven and discharge capacitor before servicing, unless testing requires it. ! Measurement with the Outer Panel Removed WARNING Check for radiation leakage after servicing. Should the leakage be more than 4 mW/cm2 inform Maytag immediately. After repairing or replacing any radiation safety device, keep a written record for future reference, as required by D.H.H.S. and HEW regulations.
Troubleshooting ! WARNING To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury, or death, disconnect power to oven and discharge capacitor before servicing, unless testing requires it. Operating Instructions for the Narda 8110B Radiation Monitor Purpose of the monitor is to check radiation leakage around the microwave oven door and other places where radiation could possibly occur. Radiation Monitor This instrument measures radiation leakage in milliwatts per square centimeters (mW/cm2).
Troubleshooting ! WARNING To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury, or death, disconnect power to oven and discharge capacitor before servicing, unless testing requires it. Operating Instructions for the Holaday HI1501, HI1510, and HI1710 Purpose of these monitors is to check radiation leakage around microwave oven door or other places where radiation could possibly occur. Instrument measures radiation leakage in milliwatts per square centimeters (mW/cm2).
Troubleshooting Guide ! CAUTION All repairs as described in this section are to be performed only after the listed caution procedures listed below have been followed. • • • • Check grounding before checking for trouble. Be careful of the high voltage circuit. Discharge high voltage capacitor by shorting across terminals with screwdriver.
Troubleshooting Guide 4. Condition Oven light, triac, timer, and blower motor operate. Oven does not cook. No voltage at power transformer primary leads (120V). See NOTE. Caution: All other transformer leads are high voltage. 5. Same condition as # 4, but voltage is available at power transformer primary (120 VAC). See NOTE. 6. All oven components operate, unit cooks slowly, all modes. 7. Oven cooks food unevenly. 8. Control will not accept input. 9. Unit thumps at reduced power levels.
Disassembly Procedures ! To avoid the risk of electrical shock, personal injury, or death, disconnect power to oven and discharge the capacitors before following any disassembly procedure. WARNING Outer Case Removal Control Assembly (painted models) 1. Remove screws securing outer case to the oven. 1. Disconnect power to oven and open door. 2. Using the Amana R0193557 escutheon removal tool, insert the right angle edge under the left side of the control escutcheon 1.
Disassembly Procedures ! To avoid the risk of electrical shock, personal injury, or death, disconnect power to oven and discharge the capacitors before following any disassembly procedure. WARNING Removal of H.V. Transformer, Capacitor, Diode (Rectifier), Magnetron 10.Reverse procedure to reassemble. 1. Remove outer case. Ground magnetron terminals to magnetron housing with an insulated handle screwdriver by touching the metal shaft first to the magnetron housing, then to the magnetron tube terminals.
Disassembly Procedures ! To avoid the risk of electrical shock, personal injury, or death, disconnect power to oven and discharge the capacitors before following any disassembly procedure. WARNING 2. Remove two mounting nuts on top of oven cavity to remove cradle. Support cradle before removing mounting nuts to avoid damage to antenna assembly. Larger end of cradle goes to left rear side of cavity.
Disassembly Procedures ! To avoid the risk of electrical shock, personal injury, or death, disconnect power to oven and discharge the capacitors before following any disassembly procedure. WARNING Inner door assembly Door hinge Y-Drive screw Monitor 7 Door ring weld 8 4 Secondary 2 3 5 Primary Rivet Tray Replacement NOTE: The tray is sealed in place with Silicone Rubber.
Appendix A Programming Operating Instructions RCS10 ......... P110411M ..................................... A-2 RCS10MP .... P1140412M .................................... A-3 RCS10MPS .. P1324901M .................................... A-3 RCS10D .............................................................. A-6 RCS10PBD ......................................................... A-6 * RFS9B ......... P1324706M .................................... A-7 ** RFS9B ......... P1327707M .............................
Programming Instructions for RCS10, P1140411M Pads 1-0 Use to begin heating with preprogrammed times. MICRO DEFR WARM MEDHI POWER 88:88 8 Hidden Pads Use Hidden Pad to activate and deactivate numbered pads, and to program times. HOLD TIMER READY COOK LEVEL CLOCK Quick Reference Instructions 1 Hidden Minute Pad Hidden Second Pad Read “Important Safety Information” before using “Quick Reference Instructions”. If there are unanswered questions, see detailed sections of this manual.
Programming Instructions for RCS10MP, P1140412M RCS10MPS, P1324901M TIME ENTRY Use to enter heating time without changing preprogrammed number pads. MICRO DEFR WARM MEDHI 88:88 Hidden Pad POWER 8 HOLD Pads 1-0 Use to begin heating with preprogrammed times and power levels or to enter times for “Manual Time Entry” cooking. TIMER READY COOK LEVEL CLOCK HOLD 0%, DEFROST 20%, MEDIUM 50%, and MED-HI 70% Use to select power level. Oven can heat at full or reduced power.
Programming Instructions for RCS10MP, P1140412M RCS10MPS, P1324901M Quick Reference Instructions Read “Important Safety Information” before using “Quick Reference Instructions”. If there are unanswered questions, see detailed sections of this manual. Operating Preprogrammed Pads 1. Open oven door, place food in oven, and close door. 2. Press desired number pad. 3. Oven stops heating and oven signal sounds when heating timing elapses. Manual Time Entry 1. Open oven door, place food in oven, and close door.
Programming Instructions for RCS10MP, P1140412M RCS10MPS, P1324901M User Options 1. Open oven door. • If door is closed or RESET pad is pressed before finishing programming sequence, oven exits programming mode. 2. Press and hold pad 1 for approximately 15 seconds. • After 15 seconds, signal sounds. Display shows “P”. 3. Press hidden pad. • Displays shows “OP:1(0,1-3)”.
Programming Instructions for RCS10D, RCS10PBD Heating 1. RCS10D 2. 3. Open oven door, place food in oven and close door. Set timer knob to desired cooking time by turning clockwise. • Cooking starts. • Indicator light below timer knob glows. When time has elapsed, bell sounds and oven shuts off. Pausing or Stopping Operation 1. 2. 3. Open oven door. • Oven stops cooking. • Timer maintains current time setting. Cooking resumes when door is closed.
Features RCS10, RFS9B, RFS10S, and RFS12S Control Panel Features 88:88 MICRO DEFR RFS12MPS, RCS10MPS, and RCS10MP Control Panel Features 88:88 MICRO DEFR WARM MEDHI POWER HOLD 8 TIMER READY COOK LEVEL CLOCK WARM MEDHI POWER HOLD 8 TIMER READY COOK LEVEL CLOCK 1 1 HOLD 0% 2 HOLD 0% 2 DEFROST 20% 3 DEFROST 20% 3 MEDIUM 50% 4 MEDIUM 50% 4 MED-HI 70% 5 MED-HI 70% 5 TIME ENTRY 6 TIME ENTRY 6 STOP RESET STOP RESET 7 START 8 X2 9 START 8 X2 9 0 0 RCS10MPS and RFS12MPS
TIME ENTRY pad is used to enter cooking time for either manual entry or programming. Cooking time ranges from 1 second (00:01) to a total of 60 minutes (60:00) over four stages. If more than 60 minutes of total microwave cooking time is required, open door and inspect food before beginning new cooking cycle. TIME ENTRY X2 X2(some models) pad increases the cooking time when more than one item is cooked. Numbered pads begin cooking programs or enter times and power levels for “Manual Time Entry” cooking.
Operation Programming Displays 8P:08 MICRO DEFR WARM MEDHI POWER HOLD TIMER 8 COOK LEVEL READY CLOCK Interrupting Operation This display indicates oven is in programming mode and ready to program a numbered pad(s). This display indicates oven is set to double pad 8 READY COOK entry and 2 pads must be LEVEL CLOCK pressed to enter a program. See “Programming” section of manual for programming procedure or “User Options” to change from single or double pad entry.
User Options 3. Follow the instructions below to customize oven operation. End-of-cycle signal, maximum cooking time and other options can be changed to meet your cooking needs. Example: Change setting to single digit pad operation. 1. Open oven door. • If door is closed or RESET pad is pressed before finishing programming sequence, oven exits programming mode. 2. Press and hold pad 2 for approximately 5 seconds. • After 5 seconds, signal sounds. • Display shows “0P:”. 4. 5. 2 6.
Quick Reference Instructions Read “Important Safety Information” before using “Quick Reference Instructions”. If there are unanswered questions, see detailed sections of this manual. Interrupting Operation Open oven door or press STOP/RESET pad to interrupt operation. Display continues to show countdown time. Close door and press START pad to resume oven operation. Canceling Mistakes If oven is not cooking, press STOP/RESET pad to clear display.
Features RFS10SW2, and RFS12SW2 Control Panel Features TIME ENTRY pad is used to enter cooking time for either manual entry or programming. Cooking time ranges from 1 second (00:01) to a total of 60 minutes (60:00) over four stages. If more than 60 minutes of total microwave cooking time is required, open door and inspect food before beginning new cooking cycle. TIME ENTRY Numbered pads begin cooking programs or enter times and power levels for “Manual Time Entry” cooking.
Operation Cooking Methods Programming Displays Single Pad Cooking From the factory, oven is programmed to store 10 cooking programs. Each pad begins a cooking program. Manual Time Entry Manual Time Entry feature allows the operator to heat foods without changing the preprogrammed pads. Time must be entered and power level can be set before cooking. START pad must be pressed to begin cooking.
User Options 3. Follow the instructions below to customize oven operation. End-of-cycle signal, maximum cooking time and other options can be changed to meeting your cooking needs. Example: Change setting to single digit pad operation. 1. Open oven door. • Display indicates “READY”. Fan and light operate. • If door is closed or RESET pad is pressed before finishing programming sequence, oven exits programming mode. 2. Press and hold pad 2 for approximately 5 seconds. • After 5 seconds, signal sounds.
Appendix B ©2002 Maytag Appliances Company 16021520 Rev.
Care and Cleaning Instructions NOTE: Record all inspections and repairs for future reference. Cleaning Splatter Shield ! CAUTION Cleaning Interior, Exterior, and Door Clean microwave oven with mild detergent in warm water using soft sponge or cloth. Wring sponge or cloth to remove excess water before wiping equipment. If desired, boil a cup of water in microwave oven to loosen soil before cleaning. • Do not use abrasive cleansers or cleaners containing ammonia. These could damage finish.
Care and Cleaning Instructions Cleaning Discharge Air Vents Cleaning Air Intake Filter (RFS models only) Check for a buildup of cooking vapors along discharge louvers in back of oven monthly. Clean air vent with damp cloth to ensure proper airflow. Dry thoroughly. Air vents ! CAUTION To avoid overheating and oven damage, clean air filter regularly. To avoid oven door damage, do not lift oven by oven door. Filter is located below oven control panel. Clean air intake filter weekly for proper air flow.
