GE JB850EFES User Manual
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Problem
Possible Causes
What To Do
Control signals after
You forgot to enter a •
Touch
the
BAKE pad and desired temperature or
entering cooking time bake
temperature
or
the
SELF CLEAN pad and desired clean time.
or start time cleaning
time.
Display goes blank
A fuse in your home may be
• Replace the fuse or reset the circuit breaker.
blown or the circuit
breaker
tripped.
The clock is in the •
See
the
Special features of your oven control section.
black-out mode.
Display flashes Power
failure.
• Reset the clock.
Unable to get the
Oven control pads were •
The BROIL HI/LO and BAKE pads must be touched at
display to show “SF”
not touched properly.
the same time and held for 3 seconds.
“Probe” appears in
This is reminding you to
• Enter a probe temperature.
the display
enter a probe temperature
(on some models)
after plugging in the probe.
Power outage,
Power outage or surge.
• Reset the clock. If the oven was in use, you must reset
clock flashes
it by touching the CLEAR/OFF pad, setting the clock
and resetting any cooking function.
Steam from the vent
When using the ovens,
• This is normal.
it is normal to see steam
coming out of the oven
vents. As the number of racks
or amount of food being
cooked increases, the amount
of visible steam will increase.
“Burning” or “oily”
This is normal in a new oven • To speed the process, set a self-clean cycle for a
odor emitting from
and will disappear in time.
minimum of 3 hours. See the Using the self-cleaning
the vent
oven section.
Strong odor
An odor from the insulation • This is temporary.
around the inside of the oven
is normal for the first few times
the oven is used.
Fan noise
A convection fan may
• This is normal. The fan is designed to operate intermittently
(on some models)
automatically turn on
to maximize cooking evenness.
and off.
• The convection fan will operate during preheat
of the bake cycle. The fan will turn off after the oven
is heated to the set temperature. This is normal.
A cooling fan may
• This is normal on some models. The cooling fan will turn off and
automatically turn on and off. on to cool internal parts. It may run after the oven is
turned
off.