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Service Information for the Maytag MER6775BAS Double Range

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

Service manual and tech sheet are posted here.

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Jenn-Air SVD48600 Range Power Relay Board and Electrode Changeout: A Pictorial Odyssey

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

This range had two complaints. One was that the gas grill module wouldn’t ignite.
The other complaint was that the cooling fan would come on at 100F and stay on– very annoying, also very common in this model. In addition, the temperature on the display would never increment beyond 100F even though [...]

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Basic Troubleshooting Kata for Electric Ovens

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Here’s the patented Samurai kata for troubleshooting heating element problems in electric ranges:
Unplug the range, remove the element and detach one of the power wires from the element (doesn’t matter which one). Secure that wire so that it doesn’t touch anything– alligator clips can be helpful here. Next, measure the resistance of [...]

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Frigidaire Double Wall Oven E30EW8CEPS3: Tech Sheet and Wiring Diagram

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Download links in this post at the Samurai Appliance Repair Forum.

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Frigidaire Range Model CPLES39…

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Frigidaire Range Model CPLES399ECA: Wiring Diagram, Parts Manual, Timer Info, and (maybe) Service Manual => http://bit.ly/C4qzA

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How to Replace the Ignitor in …

Monday, May 4th, 2009

How to Replace the Ignitor in a Gas Oven: A Pictorial Guide– http://bit.ly/NB2ud

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Cheap Fix for a Dim Display on an Oven Control Panel

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

A common problem on ovens and ranges with the digital display is that the display starts to go dim after a while. It usually starts gradually and gets progressively dimmer until you can barely see it. You have two choices of repair tactics:
1. Replace the electronic control board, typical cost: [...]

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GE XL44 Range ERC Diagnostic Tests

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Lots of these old GE XL44 model family of ranges out there in use today. At some point, you’ll need to run diagnostic tests on the old girl. Could be an error code in the display, incessant beeping, or it just ain’t working right for some reason. In any case, putting the [...]

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GE Recalls Wall Ovens Due to Fire and Burn Hazards

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

GE strikes again! This time, they’re recalling a quarter of a million wall ovens sold under the GE, GE Profile, Monogram and Kenmore labels.
The problem is caused by the extreme heat used in the self-clean cycle escaping if the wall oven door is removed and incorrectly re-attached by the installer or the [...]

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Whirlpool / KitchenAid Microwave Combination Built-In Ovens with Error Code “door”

Friday, November 14th, 2008

More trouble with cheesy electronics in appliances. This time, it’s the Whirlpool-built (includes KitchenAid) built-in combination microwave ovens.
In this particular inconvenience, error code “door” appears in the display and the microwave oven shuts down in mid-cycle. When restarted, the microwave will shut down immediately again and show the “door” error code.
The [...]

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How to Remove the Control Panel on a Frigidaire Wall Oven

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Removing the control panel on a wall oven can be tricky. On some brands, such as the Frigidaire, you need to actually remove the walloven from the cabinet just to remove the control panel. Why they design it like this, I’ll never understand. Nevertheless, this is but one of a plethora of [...]

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Cooling Fan in a Jenn Air Range Runs On and On and …

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Common model numbers of Jenn Air ranges with this affliction are SVE47XXX and SVG47XXX. The problem is almost always the power relay board (PRB) located on the back panel of the range.

Sublime Master Trying to help explains the why’s and how’s in this topic from the Samurai School of Appliantology.
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Wolf Appliance Recalls Gas Ranges Due to Burn Hazard

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

This is old news, but in case you haven’t heard…
Wolf Appliance Recalls Gas Ranges Due to Burn Hazard WASHINGTON, D.C.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of [...]

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Replacing the Thermostat in a Gas Range with Standing Pilot Ignition

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Gas ranges use one of two types of ignition systems for the oven: pilot flame ignition or hot surface. You can read about each kind and how they work in this scroll from the Appliantology scriptures. Here’s an excerpt:
Within the the world of pilot ignition ovens, two types of pilot flame systems [...]

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How to Replace the Ignitor in a Gas Oven: A Pictorial Guide

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

If your gas oven isn’t firing up, start your diagnosis by checking the ignitor for the proper current draw. “Uh, do what?” you ax, with glazed eyes. Don’t be intimidated by techie-sounding procedures. This is simple stuff– if you can fog a mirror, you can measure current draw. This article explains [...]

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Gas Oven Taking Longer to Pre-Heat

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Dave wrote:
My maytag gas oven is taking longer to pre-heat. What do I check?
You need a new ignitor, such as the one shown here in the thumbhail pic. Click it to git it, install it and you’re good to go. Slam dunk.

Some background reading, if you want to know more:
Troubleshooting [...]

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Oven Temperature Sensors

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

So, you’ve determined that your oven sensor is bad. You did this by getting an error code on the ERC and then looking up the code with a little help from your Master Appliantologist friends at the Samurai Appliance Repair Forums. As a dutiful Apprentice Appliantologist, your next step is to test the [...]

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Getting the Door Back on a Thermador Range

Friday, February 29th, 2008

So, you pulled the door off your Thermador range because you and your buddy were doing shots of cheap vodka and, well, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Or maybe you had another reason that sounds almost as good as that one. Whatever. But now, you can’t figger out [...]

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GE Recalls Tens of Thousands of Combination Microwave / Conventional Wall Ovens

Friday, December 7th, 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Built-in Combination Wall and Microwave Ovens
Units: About 92,000
Manufacturer: GE Consumer & Industrial, of Louisville, Ky.
Hazard: The [...]

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Oven/Range Troubleshooting and Repair Manual

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Oven/Range Troubleshooting and Repair Manual

Problem
Possible Solution

[Electric Only]The bake and/or broil element never gets hot.

It’s not getting any power at the outlet…DUH!
Well, maybe it’s burned out. Attaway, Hoss, just go ahead and replace it with the assumption that nothing else could cause a no-bake condition. How ’bout checking the continuity of the element? [...]

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