RCA L3B355GL, L3B360GL User Manual

Appliance Registration
Broiling

Care and Cleaning

Cooktop cooking

Electronic Range Control

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Oven/Timer Controls

Self-Clean Cycle Controls
Features
Installation

Electrical Supply

Lweling

Location

Stability Bracket
Light Bulb Replacement
Model and Serial Number
Oven Cooking

Oven Vent
Problem Solver
Recipes
Repair Service
Safety Instructions
Therxnostat Adjustment

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Help us
help you...

Read this book carefully.

It is intended to help you operate and
maintain your new range properlj
Keep i? handy for answers to your

questions. .

If you don’t understand something or
need more help, write (include your
phone number):
Consumer Affairs

RCA

Appliance PaA

Louisville, KY 40225

Write down the model and

serial numbers.

You’ll find them on a label on the front
of the range behind the lower storage
drawer panel.

Write these numbers into the space
below. Also write the numbers into the
space on the warranty card that came
with your range before you send the
card in.

Model Number

Serial Number

Use these numbers in any correspon-

dence or service calls concerning your

ranae.

If you received

a damaged range...

Immediately contact the dealer (or
builder) that sold you the range.

Save time and money.
Before you request
service ..

Check the Problem solver. It lists
causes bf minor operating problems
that you can correct yourself.

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WARNING

s ALL RANGES CAN TIP

● INJURY COULD RESULT

● INSTALL ANTI-TIP BRACKET

PACKED WITH RANGE

● SEE iNSTRUCTIONS

STABILITY BRACKET INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

FOR BRACKET KIT

TOOLS NEEDED: Phillips head screwdriver

1-3/8” or adjustable wrench

Bracket attaches to floor or wall to hold either right or left rear
leg leveler. If fastening to floor, be sure that screws do not
penetrate electrical wiring or plumbing. If this cannot be
determined, use shorter screws that will not penetrate through
flooring.

If the bracket came with your range, it is shipped attached to
the lower range back. Remove and discard the shipping
screw that holds the bracket and then follow instructions

)elow.

1.2.Decide whether the bracket will be installed on the right or
left side of range location.

if the bracket side of the range is adjacent to a cabinet,
place the 5racket aga!nst ba;k 4wa!land cabinet as shown
in figurel.

If there is no adjacent cabinet, determine where the

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location of the range side (painted outside pane!) will
be. Place the bracket with its outside edge at this location
and against back wall. See figure 1.

Determine whether you will anchor the bracket to the floor
or wall. Fasten the bracket securely with the screws

provided. Screws are self-drilling in wood, plywood,
particle and chip board, and most metal framing. If
attaching to masonry you can buy suitable screws and
anchors at hardware stores. Use a masonry drill to drill
the required holes.

Using the wrench, back out the four leg levelers at least
two turns. See your installation guide for more leveling
information before positioning range.

Slide the range into place. Be sure rear leg leveler fully
engages slot in bracket. If range cannot be moved back
far enough for rear leg leveler to enter bracket, move
bracket forward as required and attach to floor in new
location.

adjacent cabinet

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outside edge of bracket to be
flush with left or right side

bracket

screw must enter wood or metal

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Fig. 1

ATTACHMENT TO WALL

wall plate

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INSTALLATION

IMPORTANT: Save these instructions for the local electrical inspector’s use.

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MINIMUMDIMENSIONSBETWEEN

COOKTOPAND WALLS

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ABOVE COOKTOP

See Figures 1 and 2 for all rough-in and spacing

dimensions. These dimensions must be met for safe use
of your range. The location ofthe electrical outlet maybe
changed as needed, but electricity to the range can be
disconnected at the outlet without moving the range ifthe
outlet isinthe suggested location (remove lowerdrawer).

To eliminate the risk of bums or fire when reaching over

hot surface elements, cabinet storage space above the

cooktop should be avoided. Ifcabinet storage space is to

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be provided above the cooktop, the risk can be reduced
by installing a range hood that sticks out at least 5“beyond

the front of the cabinets. Cabinets installed above

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cooktop may be no deeper than 13“.
The range may be placed with O“clearance (flush) at W

back wall and side walls of the range if the front edges of
the range side panels stick out beyond the cabinet fronts

at least 1/4”. See Figure 2.

PREPARATION

1. Remove alltape and packaging. Be sure to remove clear
plastic film that covers some chrome parts (around glass
oven doors, side trim) and any tape or packaging from
inside the oven.

2. Take the accessory pack out of the oven.

3. Check to be sure that no range parts have come loose
during shipping.

4. Remove the shipping wire from each of the four cooktop
elements (coil cooktop element models only).

5. For proper cooking and baking the range must be leveled:
a. Install the oven racks (see use and care section for

instructions).

b. Use a 1-3/8” open end wrench or an adjustable wrench

to equally back out the four leg levelers two or three
turns each.

c. Put a spirit level or a glass measuring cup partially

filled with water, on one of the oven racks.

d. Use the wrench to adjust the leg levelers.

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ELECTRICAL CONNECTION

We recommend that you have the electrical hookup of your

range done by a qualified electrician. Have the electrician
show you where your range disconnect is located.

Call your Electric Company and ask which codes apply in
your area. If there are no codes, you must follow the NA­TIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, ANS1/NFPA NO. 70-

1987. You can get a copy by writing:

National Fire Protection Association

Battery march Park
Quincy, MA 02269

If you fail to wire your range in accordance with governing

codes, you may create a hazardous condition.

You must use a three-wire, single-phase AC 120/240 Volt or
2t)8Y/120 Volt, 60 Hertz electrical system to operate your

range.
Use #8 wire and 40 Amp fuse or circuit breaker for 120/240

Volt and 208Y/120 Volt systems.
Do not use aluminum wiring to connect your range to the

household circuit.

To Make Electrical Connection:

1. Remove the junction block access cover (on range back).

JUNCTION

BLOCK

RANGE BACK

ON

2.

Use a 3-wire flexible cord (must be rated for 40 Amps ­125/250 Volts and approved for use with household
electric ranges) or a 4-wire flexible cord (required for
mobile homes or where local codes do not allow grounding
through the neutral). Use only a4 conductor power supply
cord kit noted for 40 amps-125/250 volts.

You must use a clamp or strain relief to hold the cord or
conduit.

THREE WIRE CORD

CONNECTION

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Remove the front nuts on the junction block studs.

Tighten the rear nuts.

Install the three wire cord and the strain relief in the hole

in the strain relief bracket.
Connect the red and black Ieadstotheouter terminals and

the white lead to the center terminal.

Push the cord upward (to re!ieve strain), while tightening

the strain relief clamp.

If local codes require an ungrounded neutral:

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b.
c.

Remove ground strap.
Fasten the white wire to the center terminal.
Use the screw from the ground strap to fasten a #1 O

copper wire to the range. Secure the other end of the
wire to a grounded cold water pipe or use another
approved grounding method.

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FOUR WIRE CORD
CONNECTION

1. Remove the front nuts on the junction block studs.

2. Tighten the rear nuts.

3. Remove the ground screw, then remove the ground strap.

4. Install the four wire cord and strain relief in the hole in the
strain relief bracket.

5. Connect the red and black lead to the outside terminals
and the white lead to the center terminal.

6. Attach the green lead below the junction block with the
ground scr~w that was removed earlier (step 3).

7. Push the strain relief upward (to relieve strain). while
tightening the strain relief clamp.

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HVIPC)RTANT VWTRUC7’IONS

FOR

YOUR SAFETY

Teach children notto play with range knobs

or

any other pa-! of the range.

Never leave

children alone or unattended

where a range is in use.

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Never store things children might want
above a range,

Never

let anyone climb, sit or stand on the

open

door or any other part of the

range. Their weight may make the range
ti~ over,

Never Ieavetheoven door open when you
are not watching the range.

WARNING: To prevent accidental tipping
of the range, attach it to the wall or floor by
installing the anti-tip bracket supplied. Be

sure rear !eg leveler enters slot in bracket.

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Always keep the range area c!earand fres

from things that will burn.

Never

store things in an oven or near

cooktop elements/burners.

These things

may catch fire and plastic items could melt.

Never use your range for warming or

heating a room. Such use could be dan-

gerous and hurt range parts.

Never let pot handles stick out over the
front of the range. Turn handles in so that
they cannot be bumped into. Keep the
handles away from other hot surface ele­ments/burners.

Never wear loose clothinq when usinq

Never use a

towel or other buiky cloth as a

Never leave cooktop element shurners un”

your range. Such clothing c;uld catchfir~

pot holder.

Such cloths could catch fireon

watched at high heat settings. Boilovers

a hot element/burner.

cause smoking and greasy spillovers COUI

catch fire.

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DO■ ==

DON’T...

Keep this book for later use.

le sure your range is installed

and grounded

properly.

Choose pots acd pans with flat bottoms, large

enough to cover the entire cooktop element.

This
will cut down the risk of setting pot holders or
clothing on fire with an uncovered element and
waste less energy.

Always use care when touching cooktop ele-

ments, areas near cooktop elements, oven heat-

ing elements or inside the oven. tieating ele-

ments could be hot enough to burn you even if they

are dark in color.

The oven vent duct and oven

door may also become hot during range use.
Only some kinds of glass or ceramic pans can be

used for cooktop cooking. Be

sure that the pan

you use will not

break when heated on the cooktop

elements.

Always change oven rack positions while oven is

cool.

Mter broiling, always take the broiler pan out of the

ange and clean it. Leftover grease in

the broiler

pan can catch on fire next time you use the pan.

Always use dry pot holders when removing pans

from the oven orcooktop. Moist or damp pothold­ers can cause steam burns.

Always use care when opening oven door. Let

hot air and steam out before moving food.

Always follow cleaning instructions in this book.
Always remove the broiler pan and other utensils

from the oven before a self-clean cycle.

Never tryto repair or replace any part of the range

unless instructions are given in this book. All other
work should be done by a skilled technician.

Never heat unopened food containers. Pressure

build up may make container burst and cause
injury.

Never leave jars or cans of fat or drippings on or

near the range. Never let grease build

upon your

range. You can keep grease fires from statiing if
you clean up grease and spills after each range
use.

Never use aluminum foil to line drip bowls or oven

bottoms. Improper use of foil could start a fire.

Never block free airflow through the oven vent.

Never try to move a pan of hot fat, especially a

deep fat

fryer. Wait until the fat has cooled.

Never put removable heating elements in water.
Never use the cooktop without reflector pans or

drip bowls being in place. If these pans or bowls

are not there during cooking, wiring or other range
parts may be damaged (does not apply to ranges
with solid disk cooktop elements).

Never rub, move or damage the door gasket on

self-cleaning ranges. The gasket is essential

for a

good seal. Only clean the gasket by soaking it
with hydrogen peroxide, as described in the self­clean section of the manual.

Never use water on a grease fire -it will only

OVEN FIRE

spread the flames.

1.Close oven door and turn controls off.

COOKTOP GREASE FIRE

2.

If fire continues, throw baking soda on the

Never pick up a flaming pan...lnstead:

fire.

1.Turn off the element.

2. Smother the fire with a tightly fitting pan
lid, baking soda or an extinguisher.

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YOUR RANGE

IMPORTANT: The model
and serial number of your
range can be found on a

tag, behind the storage

drawer panel, on the
storage drawer panel, on
the left side of the range
front frame.
Copy the numbers into the
space on page 2 of this
manual.

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Oven Light Switch

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Cooktop Indicator Light (glows when left front or left rear
element is on)

Electronic Range Control (see next page)
Cooktop indicator Light (glows when right front or right

rear element is on)
Cooktop Control
Cooktop Light Switch

Oven Vent (located in backguard of glass cooktop

models and in maintop of non-glass cooktop
models; area may get hot during oven use; DO NOT
block vent)

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Solid Disk Cooktop Element
Oven Door Latch (locks door during self-clean cycle)
Oven Bake Element
Oven Door Gasket
Removable Oven Door with Window
Removable Storage Drawer
Oven Door LocidUnlock Handle (see self-clean sec-

tion)
Cooktop

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Automatic Element

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