Electrolux E36EC70FSS Owners Guide - Page 13

Setting Surface Controls 13 OPERATING THE SINGLE SURFACE RADIANT ELEMENTS The cooktop has single radiant surface elements at 2 locations; the right and left rear (Figs. 1 & 2) element positions. To Operate the Single Surface Element 1. Place correctly sized cookware on the radiant surface element. 2. Touch and hold the key pad until a beep sound. The power indicator light POWER above the will turn ON. Note: If no other key pad is touched within 20 seconds thPeOWErRequest to Power ON the cooktop will clear. On/Off On/Off On/Off On/Off POWER Fig. 1 3. Touch and hold the pad for the desired element position until a On/Of f beep is heard. The display will show " -- ". Note: If no further pads are touched within 10 seconds the request to power the element ON will clear. 4. Touch pad once to turn ON the power level to HI. Touch pad once for Lo. 5. Each touch of the or pad will decrease or increase the power level from 9.0 through 3.0 by .5 increment. Simmer power levels between 3.0 and 1.0 will decrease or increase by .2 increment. Lo is the lowest power level available. Note: The power level may be adjusted at any time while the element is ON. Fig. 2 6. When cooking has been completed touch the pad once to turn the element OFF On/Of f and if no other surface element is used touch the key pad to turn off the cooktop. POWER Each surface element provides a constant amount of heat at each setting. A glowing red surface heating area extending beyond the bottom edge of the cookware indicates the cookware is too small for the surface heating area. Note: The HE message will remain ON if the cooktop is still hot and will remain ON until the heating surface area has cooled sufficiently. CAUTION Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been turned OFF. HE (Hot Element) message will turn ON and will continue to glow until the glass cooktop has cooled down to a moderate level. The glass surface may still be hot and burns may occur if the glass surface is touched before the indicator light has turned OFF. Do not place plastic items such as salt and pepper shakers, spoon holders or plastic wrappings on top of the range when it is in use. These items could melt or ignite. Potholders, towels or wooden spoons could catch fire if placed too close to the surface elements.