GE PK7800EKES Use and Care Manual - Page 29

TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS Upper Oven

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TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS (Upper Oven) Troubleshooting tips ... Before you call for service Save time and money! Review the charts on the following pages first and you may not need to call for service. Problem FAN Fan continues to run after cooking stops Oven vent emits warm air while oven is on Fan comes on automatically when using the microwave COOKING The oven makes unusual sounds while cooking Smoke comes out of the oven when I open the door Food is not fully cooked or browned at the end of a cooking program SENSOR ERROR displayed along with an oven signal DISPLAY The display is blank "Control is LOCKED" appears in display Control display is lit yet oven will not start Possible Cause The oven is cooling. This is normal. This is normal. Clicks and fans blowing are normal. The relay board is turning the components on and off. Food is high in fat content. Aerosol spray used on the pans. Programmed times may not match the size or amount of food you are cooking. Food amount or type placed in the oven does not match the program that was set. Steam was not sensed by the oven because plastic wrap was not vented, a lid too tight was on the dish or a liquid was covered. Power saver mode may be activated. A fuse in your home may be blown or the circuit breaker tripped. Power outage or surge The control has been locked. Clock is not set. Door not securely closed. Start/Pause pad or selector dial not pressed after entering cooking selection. Another selection already entered in oven and Clear/Off pad not pressed to cancel it. Size, quantity or cooking time not entered after final selection. Clear/Off pad was pressed accidentally. What To Do 7KHIDQZLOODXWRPDWLFDOO\VKXWRIIZKHQWKHLQWHUQDO parts of the oven have cooled. 7KHVHVRXQGVDUHQRUPDO 6PRNHLVQRUPDOZKHQFRRNLQJKLJKIDWIRRGV $GMXVWWLPHIRUGRQHQHVVRUDGMXVWWKHXSSHURU lower lamps for browning and doneness. Press the Clear/OffSDG6HWWKHRYHQSURJUDPWR match the food or liquid to be cooked or heated. 9HQWSODVWLFZUDSXVHDORRVHUOLGRUXQFRYHUOLTXLGV when cooking or heating. &KHFNWKHSettings menu for clock display settings. 7XUQWKHGLVSOD\RQ 5HSODFHWKHIXVHRUUHVHWWKHFLUFXLWEUHDNHU 5HVHWWKHFORFN,IWKHRYHQZDVLQXVH\RXPXVW reset it by pressing the Clear/Off pad, setting the clock and resetting any cooking function. Press and hold Settings pad for 3 seconds to unlock the control. 6HWWKHFORFN 2SHQWKHGRRUDQGFORVHVHFXUHO\ Press Start/Pause pad or selector dial. Press Clear/Off pad. 0DNHVXUH\RXKDYHHQWHUHGFRRNLQJWLPHDIWHU selecting. 5HVHWFRRNLQJSURJUDPDQGSUHVVStart/Pause pad. 49-80781 29

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Troubleshooting tips ...
Before you call for service
TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS (Upper Oven)
Save time and money! Review the charts on the following pages first and you may not need to call for service.
Problem
Possible Cause
What To Do
FAN
Fan continues to run after
cooking stops
The oven is cooling.
parts of the oven have cooled.
Oven vent emits warm air
while oven is on
This is normal.
Fan comes on
automatically when using
the microwave
This is normal.
COOKING
The oven makes unusual
sounds while cooking
Clicks and fans blowing are normal.
The relay board is turning the
components on and off.
Smoke comes out of the
oven when I open the
door
Food is high in fat content. Aerosol
spray used on the pans.
Food is not fully cooked
or browned at the end of
a cooking program
Programmed times may not match
the size or amount of food you are
cooking.
lower lamps for browning and doneness.
SENSOR ERROR
displayed along with an
oven signal
Food amount or type placed in the
oven does not match the program
that was set.
Press the
Clear/Off
match the food or liquid to be cooked or heated.
Steam was not sensed by the oven
because plastic wrap was not
vented, a lid too tight was on the
dish or a liquid was covered.
when cooking or heating.
DISPLAY
The display is blank
Power saver mode may be
activated.
Settings
menu for clock display settings.
A fuse in your home may be blown or
the circuit breaker tripped.
Power outage or surge
reset it by pressing the
Clear/Off
pad, setting the
clock and resetting any cooking function.
“Control is LOCKED”
appears in display
The control has been locked.
Press and hold
Settings
pad for 3 seconds to unlock
the control.
Control display is lit yet
oven will not start
Clock is not set.
Door not securely closed.
Start/Pause pad or selector dial
not pressed after entering cooking
selection.
Press
Start/Pause
pad or selector dial.
Another selection already entered
in oven and Clear/Off pad not
pressed to cancel it.
Press
Clear/Off
pad.
Size, quantity or cooking time not
entered after final selection.
selecting.
Clear/Off pad was pressed
accidentally.
Start/Pause
pad.