Kenmore 7853 Use and Care Guide - Page 15

General, Care & Cleaning, the Oven

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General Care & Cleaning (cont'd) Special Door Care Instructions- Most oven doors contain glass that can break. Read the following recommendations: 1. Do not close the oven door until all the oven racks are fully in place. 2. Do not hit the glass with pots, pans, or any other object. 3. Scratching, hitting, jarring or stressing the glass may weaken its structure causing an increased risk of breakage at a later time. Oven Light Wire Holder Changing the Oven Light (some models) For models equipped with the interior oven light, the light bulb is located at the rear of the oven and is covered with a glass shield held by a wire holder (See Fig. 1). The glass shield must be in place whenever the oven is in use. To replace the oven light bulb: 1. Turn electrical power off at the main source or unplug the range. 2. Press wire holder to one side to release the glass shield. 3. Replace bulb with a new 40 watt appliance bulb. 4. Replace glass shield over bulb and snap wire holder into place. 5. Turn power back on again at the main source (or plug the range back in). 6. The clock will then need to be reset. To reset, see Setting the Clock and Minute Timer in this Use & Care Guide. .... _ Fig. 1 _ Be sure the range isunplugged and all parts are COOL before replacing oven light. Wear a leather-faced glove for protection against possible broken glass. Adjusting the Oven Temperature Your oven control has been precisely set at the factory. This setting may differ from your previous oven however, so your recipe times may not give you the results you expect. If you think that the oven is cooking too hot or too cool for your recipe times, you can adjust the control so that the oven cooks hotter or cooler than the temperature displayed. To Adjust Oven Temperature: 1. Press B.k°. 2. Set the temperature to 550°F (287°C) by pressing and holding the I%.. 3. Within 2 seconds, press and hold ___Buanktiel the 2 digit display appears. Release _. The display now indicates the amount of degrees offset between the original factory temperature setting and the current temperature setting. If the oven control has the original factory calibration, the display will read "0." 4. Thetemperaturecann_wbeadjustedup_rd_wn35°F(17°C)_in5°Fstepsbypressingandh_ldingthe A or V. Adjust until the desired amount of offset appears in the display. When lowering the oven temperature, a minus sign (-) will appear before the number to indicate that the oven will be cooler by the displayed amount of degrees. 5. When you have made the desired adjustment, press _ to go back to the time of day display. Note: Oven temperature adjustments made will not change the Self-Cleaning feature temperature. 15

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General
Care & Cleaning
(cont'd)
Special Door Care Instructions-
Most
oven
doors
contain
glass that
can
break.
Read the following
recommendations:
1.
Do not close the oven door until all the oven racks are fully
in
place.
2.
Do not hit the glass with pots, pans, or any other object.
3.
Scratching,
hitting, jarring or stressing the glass may weaken
its structure
causing an increased
risk of breakage at a
later time.
Oven
Light
Wire
Holder
Changing
the Oven
Light
(some
models)
For models equipped
with the interior oven light, the light bulb is located at the
rear of the oven and is covered with a glass shield held by a wire holder (See Fig.
1). The glass shield must be in place whenever
the oven is in use.
To
replace
the oven
light
bulb:
1.
Turn electrical
power off at the main source or unplug the range.
2.
Press wire holder to one side to release the glass shield.
3.
Replace bulb with a new 40 watt appliance
bulb.
4.
Replace glass shield over bulb and snap wire holder
into
place.
5.
Turn power back on again at the main source (or plug the range back
in).
6.
The clock will then need to be reset. To reset, see Setting
the Clock
and
Minute
Timer
in
this Use & Care Guide.
....
_
_
Be sure the range
is
unplugged and all parts are COOL before replacing
Fig. 1
oven light. Wear a leather-faced
glove for protection against possible broken glass.
Adjusting
the Oven
Temperature
Your oven control has been precisely
set at the factory. This setting may differ from your previous oven however, so your recipe
times may not give you the results you expect. If you think that the oven
is
cooking too hot or too cool for your recipe times,
you can adjust the control
so that the oven cooks hotter or cooler than the temperature
displayed.
To
Adjust
Oven Temperature:
1.
Press
B.k°.
2.
Set the temperature
to 550°F (287°C) by pressing and holding the I%..
3.
Within 2 seconds, press and hold ___Bake
until the 2 digit display appears.
Release _.
The display now
indicates
the amount
of degrees offset between the original factory temperature
setting and the current temperature
setting. If the oven control
has the original factory calibration,
the display will read "0."
4.
Thetemperaturecann_wbeadjustedup_rd_wn35°F(17°C)_in5°Fstepsbypressingandh_ldingthe
A
or V.
Adjust
until the desired amount of offset appears in the display. When lowering the oven temperature,
a minus sign (-) will appear
before the number to
indicate
that the oven will be cooler by the displayed
amount of degrees.
5.
When you have made the desired adjustment,
press
_
to go back to the time of day display.
Note: Oven temperature
adjustments
made will not change the Self-Cleaning
feature temperature.
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