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GE Cafe Series Manual

Dual cavity gas, free standing ranges
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  • Page 1 Dual Cavity Gas, Free Standing Ranges Café, Profile & GE JGB870DET JGB870SET PGB900DET Profile & GE Café PGB900SET PGB910DET PGB910SET PGB915SET PGB930DET PGB930SET PGB935SET P2B930DET P2B930SET PGB980SET PGB995DET PGB995SET CGS990SET CGS985SET C2S985SET Copyright General Electric 2011...
  • Page 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE The information in this presentation is intended for use by individuals possessing adequate backgrounds of electrical, electronic, & mechanical experience. Any attempt to repair a major appliance may result in personal injury & property damage. The manufacturer or seller cannot be responsible for the interpretation of this information, nor can it assume any liability in connection with its use.
  • Page 3 GE Factory Service Employees are required to use safety glasses with side shields, safety gloves & steel toe shoes for all repairs. Plano Type Safety Glasses Electrically Rated Glove and Dyneema ® Cut Dyneema ® Cut Resistant Glove Keeper Resistant Glove...
  • Page 4 Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 5 The Mini Manual is located in the control panel area on GE & Profile units. Back top left rear corner on Café models. The Nomenclature Tag is on the bottom left side front frame of the main oven. Mini Manual Profile & GE...
  • Page 6 Overview-Product Info Café, Profile, and GE Brands Cooktop • Tri-Ring Burner • Tri-Bridge Burner • Double Oven Tri-Bridge Griddle • Upper Oven 2.5 cuft • Lower Oven 4.0 cuft • Both Self Clean  2x Lighting  Full Visibility Door (Glass Liner) ...

  • Page 7: Cooktop Burners

    Overview-Feature Detail Cooktop Burners 3 Ring = 19/20K BTUs • Tri Ring 20K BTUs- Café / 19K Profile • Tri Bridge 23K BTUs • New cooktop configurations 17000 btu/h Max. • New Griddles / Double-Bridge Griddle 3000 btu/h Max. 400 btu/h Min. 3 Bridge = 24K BTUs 9.1K 5.0K...
  • Page 8 Cooktop Grates & Griddle Designs Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 9 Note: The center griddle is used without the center grate installed, the Chef griddle is installed on top of the left grate. Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
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  • Page 11 The lower oven is controlled by an (ERC) electronic control, the upper oven is controlled by an hydraulic thermostat. Both upper and lower ovens have self clean capability. Café Models Profile & GE Models 11 / Copyright General Electric 2011...
  • Page 12 Anti-Tip Bracket • Range must be secured by the Anti-Tip Bracket supplied. 12 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 13 Control Panel Removal – GE & Profile 13 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 14 Lower Oven Door Removal 14 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 15 Upper Oven Door Removal – Hinge Release 15 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 16 Upper Oven Door Removal Open the oven door to a 45 degree angle from the oven frame, press in on both release buttons and lift the door off of the door hinges. Release Button 16 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 17 Component View, Back – Profile & GE Spark Module Thermostat Capillary Igniters UO Gas Valve UO Gas Lockout Valve Oven Sensor Convection Fan Motor Gas Valve LO Igniter LO Regulator 17 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 18 Component View, Back – Café Cooling Fan Thermostat Capillary Igniters UO Gas Valve UO Gas Lockout Valve Spark Module Broil Element LO Oven Sensor Convection Fan Motor Gas Valve LO Regulator Igniter LO 18 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 19 Component View, LH Side – All Models TCO UO Self Clean Gas Lockout Latch Assy Valve TCO LO Lock Out Relay UO 19 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 20 Component View, Oven Cavities Broil Burner Thermostat Capillary Bake Burner Broil Element, Café Only Sensor Convection Fan Bake Burner 20 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...

  • Page 21: Oven Gaskets

    Oven Gaskets The oven gaskets are installed with push in spring clips. The bottom corners of the gasket are installed in two oval slots at the bottom without a crossover. 21 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 22 Cooktop Removal, GE & Profile 22 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 23 Cooktop Removal, Café The first step for removal of the cooktop is to remove the oven vent trim. Remove three ¼” hex head screws from the vent trim and lift for removal. 23 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 24 Cooktop Removal, Café Remove all of the T-15 Torx screws from the burners and front of the cooktop. Remove the hex screws from the back of the cooktop and remove the spark electrodes from the burners. Lift the cooktop off of the top of the oven. 24 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 25 Power Boil Tri-Burner The right front burner is a 4 orifice power burner. Café„ models are 20K btu‟s and the GE & Profile models are rated at 19K btu‟s. The outer three orifices are all connected to a common manifold and operate at the same time. The center orifice is the simmer burner.
  • Page 26 Power Boil Tri-Burner The front orifice is de-rated for requirements for clothing ignition. The front flames will be smaller than the other two burner orifices, this is normal for this type of burner. Smaller burner flame 26 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 27 Power Boil Tri-Burner – Spark Igniter To replace the Tri-Burner spark igniter requires removal of the cooktop. Remove the T-15 Torx from the igniter bracket to remove. The orifice does not need removal. 27 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 28 Self Clean Latch, Upper Oven – Profile & GE The upper oven self clean latch is accessible after removing the cooktop. The latch is held to the front frame by two ¼” hex head screws. 28 / Copyright General Electric 2011...
  • Page 29 Self Clean Latch, Upper Oven – Café On Café models there are additional heat barriers that need to be removed to access the self clean latch. The first heat shield is held by two ¼ hex screws at the rear. Next a fiber barrier needs to be pulled to the rear of the range to expose another cover over the latch assembly.
  • Page 30 ERC (Electronic Range Control – Café On Café models there is limited access to the ERC for electrical testing with a VOM. 30 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 31 ERC (Electronic Range Control) – Café Once the burner bracket manifold screws are removed, remove two additional Phillips screws at the top rear of the control housing. The control housing can the be lifted for better access to the ERC terminals for testing. 31 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 32 Upper Oven (DRT) Thermostat To replace the upper oven thermostat requires removal of the cooktop. Once the cooktop is removed – remove the two T-15 Torx screws holding the thermostat to the control panel. The thermostat can then be pulled out from the control panel. 32 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 33 Upper Oven (DRT) Thermostat The front of the thermostat contains a switch; this switch is an input to the ERC control. This input provides (on or off) information to the ERC so the ERC can control the Upper Oven Lockout Control. This also provides the ERC the ability to control the hydraulic thermostat Self Clean timing of 5 hours.
  • Page 34 Upper Oven (DRT) Thermostat The thermostat capillary routing on GE & Profile units runs through an opening behind the right rear surface burner. On Café units the capillary routing is in the right hand side panel. The side panel does not need to be removed for thermostat replacement, the rear panel does need removal for the oven cavity routing.
  • Page 35 Upper Oven (DRT) Thermostat The capillary tube routes into the back panel and passes through to the upper oven cavity where it is secured to the back wall with two spring clips. 35 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 36 Upper Oven (DRT) Thermostat The DRT is a hydraulic control thermostat. It receives L1 power from a jumper at the ERC L1. Line power is sent through the RX to SX wire contact and then through the External relay contact. The cycling contact is on the YX to VX wires. The VX to OX is closed for bake and VX to NX for broil.
  • Page 37 Cooktop Burner Gas Valves The cooktop burner valves are secured to the manifold pipe with a (saddle) clamp with a single screw for removal. The spark module switches are “D” keyed on the valve shaft. Clamp Gasket Switch 37 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
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  • Page 39 Cooling Fan – Café Models On Café models – there is a squirrel cage cooling fan in the right rear corner of the cooktop. To service the fan requires removal of the cooktop. Once the cooktop is removed, remove the six ¼” Hex head screws that hold the fan housing and lift up to remove the fan assembly.
  • Page 40 FAD – Café Models On Café models with the cooling fan there is also a FAD (Fan Apparent Device). This thermostat will disable the ovens in an over temperature issue due to a cooling fan failure. The FAD is a self resetting thermostat that opens at 265˚F and closes at 225˚F. If either oven is terminating Self Clean before time out, check Fan and FAD operation.

  • Page 41: Side Panel Removal

    Side Panel Removal There are several components that require the side panel to be removed. The lower oven self clean latch, cooktop gas cutoff valve, door hinge and an upper oven lockout relay. After removing the top and rear panel screws remove the single Phillips screw on the cavity front.
  • Page 42 Side Panel Removal Carefully swing the side panel away from the range, using a large blade screw driver pry out between the panel where it snaps onto the retainer clip while pulling out on the top front of the side panel. Retainer clip Pry Outward 42 /...
  • Page 43 Lower Oven Latch If the lower oven door should lock shut due to a latch failure, the two ¼” hex screws can be accessed and removed by opening the upper oven door. The latch catch can the be manipulated to release the door. 43 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 44 Lower Oven Latch Assembly Lower Oven Self Clean Latch Assy 44 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 45 Lower Oven Latch Removal The latch is replaced through the LH side with the side panel removed. Disconnect the wiring to the TCO and white wire that comes from the door switch to the latch motor, disconnect the ground wire. Remove the wire Bundle from the wire retainers.
  • Page 46 Upper Oven – Lockout Relay Lock Out Relay Upper Oven 46 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 47 Upper Oven Lockout Relay The upper oven uses a lock out relay that will disable the upper oven from operating when the lower oven is in self clean. When the lower oven is placed into clean the relay is activated by the ERC disabling the upper oven thermostat control.
  • Page 48 Upper Oven Lockout Relay The ERC activates the lockout relay from the “OUT WD” terminal when in clean. When powered the relay opens the cycling contact circuit of the thermostat (NC contact). In the Upper Oven clean cycle the ERC powers the thermostat through the MDL terminal. Clean Cycle 48 / Copyright General Electric 2011...
  • Page 49 Cooktop Gas Lockout Valve Gas Lockout Valve 49 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 50 Gas Lockout Valve These models also utilize a gas lock out valve which turns the gas off to the cooktop. This feature can be activated by the consumer through the ERC control and it is automatically activated during self clean. 50 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 51 Gas Lockout Valve The gas lockout function is activated by the ERC when selected by the consumer or when a Self Clean cycle is activated. The Lockout valve will NOT operate if a surface burner is in the on position. Each burner switch must be in the open (OFF) position state to complete the gas lockout function.
  • Page 52 Gas Lockout Valve The gas lockout valve incorporates two positioning switches to allow the ERC to know the position of the lockout valve. Yellow to Orange closes when the valve is open and allowing gas flow to the cooktop. This switch opens and Yellow to Silver close when the valve is closed.
  • Page 53 Cavity TCO‟s – All Models Both upper and lower oven cavity TCO‟s (Thermal Cut Outs) are wired in series between the latching motors and the ERC. If either TCO opens during a clean cycle, the cycle will terminate and the ERC will return to TOD (Time Of Day).
  • Page 54 Self Clean Sequence of Operation When the lower oven is placed into clean mode, 1. The gas lockout valve rotates to shut off the cooktop gas, returns signal to ERC. 2. The lower oven latch locks the door , returns signal to ERC. 3.
  • Page 55 Spark Module Location The spark module on the Profile & GE models is located in the control panel. On Café models the module is located on the back of the unit adjacent to the gas lockout valve. When any surface burner is lit all igniters spark.

  • Page 56: Convection Fan Motor

    Convection Fan Motor The convection fan motor is front serviceable. Remove the 6 Phillips screws from the cover. Remove the fan blade and pull the motor into the oven cavity. Remove the ¼” hex screws that attach the motor to the mounting plate. 56 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...

  • Page 57: Bake & Broil Burners

    Bake & Broil Burners The bake and broil burner orifices no longer allow for adjustment. When the unit is converted for LP gas, new orifice hoods need to be installed. Without an adjustment, the hood must be replaced if there are combustion issues.
  • Page 58 Bake & Broil Burners The bake burners utilize a non-caged glow bar igniter. Be sure to use the proper replacement, these are NEW igniter parts, the wiring harness‟ are longer. The igniter is secured to the burner bracket with two ¼” hex screws. To access the harness plugs requires removal of the oven back panel.
  • Page 59 Bake & Broil Burners The upper oven burner is secured at the top front of the cavity and can be removed by a single ¼” hex screw. The Igniter wiring is run behind the left hand cover also secured by a single ¼” hex screw. . 59 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 60 Bake & Broil Burners The lower oven bake burner can be removed by removing a rear wall cover and following the same procedure for the upper oven burner. 60 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
  • Page 61 Café Lower Oven Broil Unit Café‟ models utilize an upper broil calrod. The ERC closes the broil relay sending 120 volts to the element. The element resistance is 12 ohms and draws approximately 10 amps. 61 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
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  • Page 64 The oven can be set for the Jewish Sabbath Holidays. The oven lights will have to be removed on some models since they are not controlled by the ERC. 64 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...
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  • Page 67: Warranty

    Warranty 67 / Copyright General Electric 2011 11/28/2011...

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