VIKING Factory service manual please? Doing a complete refurb

Hello and thank you in advance for your help in a project my wife thinks I'm crazy for doing..


I have begun a tear down to do a refurb on this stove. It's in good shape other than the friggin mouse poop I discovered in the burner box area. I have to replace the insulation between top of the oven and the burner box as the mice urinated in the corners which have a hole/opening - the insulation is ruined. Nasty....

I've scoured the web and can't get the specific service manual . The stove is discontinued (Mfgr date - 1999 ) and I can only find manuals that are "similar". I don't know what the "I" stands for in VGIC. I'm assuming model means "Viking Gas Infrared Convection". I've seen "VGSC" manuals, but that unit is a "Viking Gas Self Cleaning" . I know it may be "close enough" but I'd still like to have the exact one if it all possible.

Thanks, Bob

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by Bc3

NE58H9970WS/AC Simmering and Oven Heat Loss Issues on Samsung Induction Range

I bought my Samsung Chef's Collection induction stove (NE58H9970WS/AC) about 15 months ago and have had the warranty extended till next month because of a couple of service calls. I would appreciate some clarification on a couple of issues.

First, Until I bought this stove I had analogue controls for stovetop cooking and therefore could be precise in the level of heat I applied to liquids for simmering. Now that I have this induction range I find that I don't have that control any more. This range has a setting for each element that says "Simmer" but when I choose that setting liquids for the most part just sit there. There might be an occasional bubble but often there's nothing. if I take the temperature of the liquid it will be 180-195, which is supposedly a simmering temperature, but I'm used to seeing sauces move a bit when I simmer. If I move the temperature, the liquid will often lightly boil (but not simmer). This issue seems to be a problem with digital calibration of the stovetop. So a few questions: What I'd like to know is if this issue can be addressed when calibration of heat settings is digital. Is my stovetop defective, or is this lack of precision just something that all new stoves have? Can you say a liquid is simmering if the liquid isn't moving? What can I expect from service for this issue? I've just requested service for this issue and the person I spoke to on the phone, not the technician, told me this a common problem with digital calibration. Am I supposed to accept a stove that can't simmer?

A second issue is that the oven loses heat unexpectedly when baking. So if I set the oven to 400, sometimes the heat is maintained throughout the bake, but sometimes will drop up to 50-60 degrees. I discover this by shutting the oven off briefly and then setting temp at say 405. This is without opening the oven. This stove allows for up to 35 degrees adjustment of oven heat for the sensor but so far this hasn't made a difference. What this means is that when baking chicken wings or fries or something that needs heat to brown and crisp, I get inconsistent results. Same goes for baking veggies at a high heat. About every 4 times I used the oven, I find this heat loss occurring. I assume the issue is the heat sensor in the oven, but why is it acting inconsistently, sometimes properly, sometimes not. Is the solution a new heat sensor, or something else?

Thanks for any feedback you can provide.

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by Peter Morgan

LRE30453ST LG electric range oven stopped working

The LG Electric Range was working fine until a few days ago. I turned the oven on bake and placed some chicken in the oven and within 5 minutes I heard a loud pop and the stove went dead. I checked the breaker and it had tripped. I reset the breaker and the counter top is working, but not the oven. Can someone please provide some guidance on what my options are? My son has a multimeter if one is needed. Thanks

PS: The model year of the range is 2009.

Eddie

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by eddie57

Simmering and Oven Heat Loss Issues on Samsung Induction Range

I bought my Samsung Chef's Collection induction stove (NE58H9970WS/AC) about 15 months ago and have had the warranty extended till next month because of a couple of service calls. I would appreciate some clarification on a couple of issues.

First, Until I bought this stove I had analogue controls for stovetop cooking and therefore could be precise in the level of heat I applied to liquids for simmering. Now that I have this induction range I find that I don't have that control any more. This range has a setting for each element that says "Simmer" but when I choose that setting liquids for the most part just sit there. There might be an occasional bubble but often there's nothing. if I take the temperature of the liquid it will be 180-195, which is supposedly a simmering temperature, but I'm used to seeing sauces move a bit when I simmer. If I move the temperature, the liquid will often lightly boil (but not simmer). This issue seems to be a problem with digital calibration of the stovetop. So a few questions: What I'd like to know is if this issue can be addressed when calibration of heat settings is digital. Is my stovetop defective, or is this lack of precision just something that all new stoves have? Can you say a liquid is simmering if the liquid isn't moving? What can I expect from service for this issue? I've just requested service for this issue and the person I spoke to on the phone, not the technician, told me this a common problem with digital calibration. Am I supposed to accept a stove that can't simmer?

A second issue is that the oven loses heat unexpectedly when baking. So if I set the oven to 400, sometimes the heat is maintained throughout the bake, but sometimes will drop up to 50-60 degrees. I discover this by shutting the oven off briefly and then setting temp at say 405. This is without opening the oven. This stove allows for up to 35 degrees adjustment of oven heat for the sensor but so far this hasn't made a difference. What this means is that when baking chicken wings or fries or something that needs heat to brown and crisp, I get inconsistent results. Same goes for baking veggies at a high heat. About every 4 times I used the oven, I find this heat loss occurring. I assume the issue is the heat sensor in the oven, but why is it acting inconsistently, sometimes properly, sometimes not. Is the solution a new heat sensor, or something else?

Thanks for any feedback you can provide.

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by Peter Morgan

Lg electric range oven stopped working

The range was working fine until a few days ago. I turned the oven on bake and placed some chicken in the oven and within 5 minutes I heard a loud pop and the stove went dead. I checked the breaker and it had tripped. I reset the breaker and the counter top is working, but not the oven. Can someone please provide some guidance on what my options are? My son has a multimeter if one is needed. Thanks

PS: The model year of the range is 2009.

Eddie

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by eddie57

FE710FDRS Samsung oven does not maintain set temperature

I have Samsung FE710FDRS range. We have an issue with the oven maintaining temperature.
1. Set the oven temp to say 400 deg. wait until the range beeps
2. Without opening the oven, re-enter the temperature the oven temp by turning off (clear) the oven and hitting bake again and setting 400 deg
3. (Problem 1) The oven display will show for example 325 and will go up slowly and beep again at 400 some minutes later.
4. (Problem 2) If you are cooking something that takes a long time like a turkey or pork leg, you can repeat this in the middle of the cooking cycle and find this issue as well

If we don't re-enter the temperature, the food is uncooked.

The oven has been like since we purchased it. My wife is very frustrated. We need to constantly monitor and adjust the temperature.
Appliance is under warranty. We have a repair person coming but claming that there is no problem (and he can not wait to see how temperature drops over 1 hour for example). Oven is designed that way... There is a different repair person coming later this week
If anybody has this or has any comments appreciate it. I would to know some good way to show the defect apart from having the repair person wait for 3 hours.

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by Gabriel Arce

Samsung oven FE710FDRS doesnt maintain set temperature

I have Samsung FE710FDRS range. We have an issue with the oven maintaining temperature.
1. Set the oven temp to say 400 deg. wait until the range beeps
2. Without opening the oven, re-enter the temperature the oven temp by turning off (clear) the oven and hitting bake again and setting 400 deg
3. (Problem 1) The oven display will show for example 325 and will go up slowly and beep again at 400 some minutes later.
4. (Problem 2) If you are cooking something that takes a long time like a turkey or pork leg, you can repeat this in the middle of the cooking cycle and find this issue as well

If we don't re-enter the temperature, the food is uncooked.

The oven has been like since we purchased it. My wife is very frustrated. We need to constantly monitor and adjust the temperature.
Appliance is under warranty. We have a repair person coming but claming that there is no problem (and he can not wait to see how temperature drops over 1 hour for example). Oven is designed that way... There is a different repair person coming later this week
If anybody has this or has any comments appreciate it. I would to know some good way to show the defect apart from having the repair person wait for 3 hours.

via Samsung oven FE710FDRS doesnt maintain set temperature
by Gabriel Arce