GE Appliances JT5000SFSS how to set Sabbath mode
Before cooking on the Sabbath or a holiday.
Steps
- Press the Bake and Broil pads at the same time and hold for 3 seconds to enter special features.
- Press the Delay Time pad until SAbbAtH shows, then press Start. A ] appears in the display and the clock is not shown.
- Press Bake, enter a temperature between 170 °F and 550 °F with the number pads and press Start. No sound is given when keys are pressed.
- To change the temperature, press Bake, enter a new temperature in the same range and press Start.
- To end baking, press Cancel/Off. The display changes from ][ to ].
- To exit Sabbath mode, make sure the oven is off, hold the Bake and Broil pads for 3 seconds, press Delay Time until 12 Shdn or no Shdn shows, then press Start.
Sabbath mode disables the oven lights, all sounds, and the Convection, Broil, Warm, Proof, Cook Time, Timer, Clock and Delay Time functions, and works only with Bake. On a double oven, both ovens enter Sabbath mode, each is programmed separately and each must be turned off separately. After a power outage the oven stays in Sabbath mode but is off.
Source: Using the Oven: Special Features Source: Using the Oven: Special Features, p. 8
Used for
- ] and ][: A single bracket means Sabbath mode is on and the clock is not shown. Between 30 seconds and 1 minute after you start a bake, ][ appears to show the oven is running. When you press Cancel/Off, ][ changes back to a single bracket.
- Oven does not work or appears not to work
- Display goes blank
Other JT5000SFSS procedures
- How to set the clockTo set or reset the time of day, for example after a power outage.
- How to lock or unlock the oven controlsTo keep the touch pads from starting anything.
- How to run Steam CleanTo clean small spills at a lower temperature than Self Clean.
- How to run Self CleanWhen the oven needs the very high temperatures of Self Clean. Steam Clean handles small spills.
- How to adjust the oven temperatureWhen the oven bakes too hot or too cold after the first few uses.
- How to turn Auto Recipe Conversion on or offTo control whether the oven converts a standard recipe temperature for convection baking.
- How to replace the oven light bulbWhen the oven light does not work and the bulb is loose or has failed.
- How to remove and replace an oven rackTo take a flat rack out for washing or to change its position.
- How to remove and replace the oven doorTo reach the oven interior for cleaning or to straighten a door that sits crooked.
Sources
- Owner's Manual, Convection Built-In Electric Wall Ovens JK5000, JT5000, JK5500 and JT5500. GE Appliances. Document 49-80722, revision Printed 03-14, 2014-03, 32 pages, en-US. images.salsify.com (PDF). Listed on the manufacturer's support page. Retrieved 13 November 2026.
Page numbers are the numbers printed in the manual. Where this page and the manual differ, follow the manual.