GE JBC17, Use And Care & Installation Manual

QUESTIONS?

USE THIS PROBLEM SOLVER

Installation Instructions

The Pr

oblem Solver

PROBLEM

POSSIBLE CAUSE

OVEN WILL

• The plug on the range is not completely inserted in the electrical outlet.

NOT WORK

• The circuit breaker in your house has been tripped or a fuse has been blown.
• Oven controls not properly set.

OVEN LIGHT

• The light bulb is loose or defective. Tighten or replace.

DOES NOT WORK

• The switch operating oven light is broken. Call for service.

FOOD DOES NOT

• The OVEN TEMP knob not set at BROIL. Make sure you turn the knob 

BROIL PROPERLY

all the way to the BROIL position.

• The door not left open to the broil stop position as recommended.
• Improper shelf position being used. See the Broiling Guide.
• Food is being cooked on hot pan.
• Cookware is not suited for broiling.
• Aluminum foil used on the broiler pan grid has not been fitted properly and 

slit as recommended.

FOOD DOES NOT 

• The OVEN TEMP knob not set at proper temperature.

ROAST OR BAKE

• Shelf position is incorrect. See the Roasting or the Baking sections.

PROPERLY

• Incorrect cookware or cookware of improper size is being used.
• A foil tent was not used when needed to slow down browning during roasting.
• The OVEN TEMP knob needs adjustment. See the Adjust the 

Oven Thermostat–Do It Yourself section.

OVEN TEMPERATURE

• The OVEN TEMP knob needs adjustment. See the Adjust the 

TOO HOT OR TOO COLD

Oven Thermostat–Do It Yourself section.

THE OVEN DOOR 

• Because the oven door is removable, it sometimes gets out of position during

IS CROOKED

installation. To straighten the door, push down on the high corner.

SURFACE UNITS DO NOT

• Difficulty may be in the main distribution panel of your house, caused by a 

WORK PROPERLY

blown oven-circuit fuse, a tripped oven-circuit breaker, the main fuse or the 
main circuit breaker, depending on the nature of the power supply. If a circuit 
breaker is involved, reset it. If the control box uses fuses, the oven fuse 
(a cartridge-type) should be changed, BUT ONLY BY SOMEONE FAMILIAR 
WITH ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS. If after performing one of these procedures, 
the fuse blows or circuit breaker trips again, call for service.
NOTE: Apartment tenants or condominium owners should ask their building
management to perform this check before calling for service.

• If the range is connected to 208 volts, you will notice some increase in 

cooking times.

• The cooktop surface unit controls are not properly set, or the wrong control 

knob is set for the surface unit you are using.

Electric Coil Models

SURFACE UNITS 

• Surface units are not plugged in solidly.

NOT FUNCTIONING

• Drip pans are not set securely in the cooktop.

PROPERLY

• Surface unit controls are not properly set.

COOKTOP FEELS HOT

• Large pans hold heat close to the cooktop.
• Pans on the right rear surface unit block air flow from the oven vent and

cause the cooktop to get hot.

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