Terrible Mounting Instructions
Submitted by Old Alchemist -
11/23/2020
The installation instructions need to be re-written. The cutout dimensions were too SMALL. (Maybe the screws were different than in the instructions.) Also, the outer covering was VERY POORLY attached. Two things were wrong: (1) the screws used to attach it had been over tightened and thus the holes were reamed out. I never could figure out how to do it better. (2) The outer cover was not flat but rather severely buckled so that I had to undo it and then reattach it. (The holes had apparently been drilled in the proper spots with one or two exceptions so that when put on properly would become flat. NOTE: (1) above.) The buckling was severe enough so that the unit would not fit flush with the mounting cutout. It took several times (three, I think) moving the oven in and out of the mounting space for me to finally determine what was wrong.
WE HAVEN'T used the oven enough yet to determine whether the internals work properly. As of right now (three weeks after the install), they seem to work fine.
IF you buy this unit, open the box and very carefully examine the unit. MAKE certain that the side covers are all planar and reset the attaching screw if necessary. Also VERY carefully measure its width BEFORE you make the mounting hole. (This will NOT be easy to do, but do NOT go by the instructions for the size of the cutout hole.) The size as specified had ZERO clearance and we damaged the sides of the cutout getting the unit in and then back out. Thankfully the unit is wide enough so that the damage does not show.
We purchased this unit because it would ALMOST fit the cutout for our 60 year old over we were replacing as it was the only one that began to be small enough to fit.
We installed the unit ourselves. I have been doing electrical work and room remodeling work for years. So anticipated no problems except moving the ovens, old out and new in, we chose to do the work ourselves. The moving was not that difficult once I had devised a method so that my wife and I alone could lift it. My guess is that the old one weighed twice as much as the GE.
I don't know whether I would buy it again knowing what I know now. I would NOT recommend it to a friend unless the friend had no other choice.
Originally posted on www.ge.com
No, I do not recommend this product
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