Electrolux E36EC70FSS Owners Guide - Page 15

Setting Surface Controls 15 OPERATING THE TRIPLE SURFACE RADIANT ELEMENT Both the 30" and 36" cooktops are equipped with "Triple" surface radiant elements located as shown in Figs. 1 & 2. A touch key pad on the element controls is used to select one of the 3 positions of the element. Symbols and indicator lights on the control panel are used to indicate which coil of the triple radiant element will heat. The symbol indicates that only the inner element (See Fig. 3) will heat. The symbol indicates that both inner and middle elements (See Fig. 4) will heat together. The symbol indicates that all 3 portions of the element (See Fig. 5) will heat. You may switch from either of these settings at any time during cooking. To Operate the Triple Surface Element: 1. Place correctly sized cookware on the radiant surface element. On/Off On/Off On/Off On/Off POWER Fig. 1 2. Touch and hold the key pad until a beep sound. The power indicator POWER light above the will turn ON. Note: If no other key pad is touched POWER within 20 seconds the request to Power ON the cooktop will clear. 3. Touch and hold the pad for the desirede triple element position until On/Of f a 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. Fig. 2 4. Select the INNER (Fig. 3), MIDDLE (Fig. 4) or ALL 3element (Fig. 5) to heat by touching the key pad. 5. Touch pad once to turn ON the power level to HI. Touch pad once for Lo. 6. Each touch of the or pad will decrease or increase the power level from 9.0 through 3.0 by .5 increments. Simmer power levels between 3.0 and 1.0 will decrease or increase by .2 increments. Lo is the lowest power level available. Note: The power level may be adjusted at any time while the element is ON. 7. Start most cooking operations on a higher setting and then turn to a lower setting to finish cooking. 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. 8. When cooking has been completed touch the pad once to turn the element OFF and On/Of f if no other surface element is used touch the key pad to turn off the cooktop. POWER Note: The HE message will appear in the display after turning the control knob to OFF if the cooktop is still hot and remain on until the heating surface area has cooled sufficiently. Fig. 3 Fig. 4 NOTE See the Recommended Setting for Surface Elements chart, on page 12, to make the correct setting. Fig. 5