A book taped inside freestanding range side panel?

4 years ago

last modified: 4 years ago

Just had a GE Profile range installed and there's a loose side panel, which is one thing, but I can see inside that there's a booklet of some kind taped to the inside of it, outside the insulation of the oven cavity. Since I cannot for the life of me figure out how to remove and realign the panel, how on earth am I supposed to get to this booklet? And what could it even be, that they'd put in such an inaccessible place?

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Sherry8aNorthAL

4 years ago

Mine was just a lot of technical stuff about wiring and things. You need to get them to put the side panel on though, so you could just get it out then and keep where you can find it if you need a repair.

I would get them to come fix the side, especially if it is gas. Ours is electric.

We got another GE in 2019 to replace the one from the 80"s and we had to slide it in and out for my husband to move the electric plug. The "installers" didn't know how to do anything!

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Sherry8aNorthAL
4 years ago
It is a repair manual for a technician.
Evan Jensen
Original Author
4 years ago
@Sherry8aNorthAL So not meant to be accessed by user/owner at all then?
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dadoes
4 years ago
The tech/service sheet should be left where it is on the appliance for availability to any future servicer who may be called to work on it. Some servicers may carry an electronic library of service documents on a tablet or laptop ... but others may not and will appreciate the hardcopy being present for the specific model of unit he/she was hired to repair. Some servicers will nab hardcopies of documents, resulting in it missing for the next guy.
Evan Jensen
Original Author
4 years ago
@sherry It's an induction, so electric, but while it seems pretty much aesthetic, I am asking GE to send someone out to reattach. Probably just missed a catch somewhere along the bottom when the assembly folks did it up.
Evan Jensen
Original Author
4 years ago
@dadoes You're probably right to leave it in place, as I wouldn't want to attempt fancy repairs myself, anyway, on a computerized system like this.
dadoes
4 years ago
Probably? I've worked on appliances so I *know* I'm right. :-)