Kenmore 9751 Use and Care Manual - Page 11

Setting Surface Controls (cont'd) Operating the Triple Surface Element The cooktop is equipped with a Triple radiant surface element located at the right front cooktop position (Figure 1). Indicator lights on the control panel at that position are used to indicate what portions of the Triple radiant element will heat. The light indicates that only the inner element will heat. The light indicates that both inner and middle elements will heat together. The light indicates that all 3 portions of the element will heat. You may switch between all of these different settings at any time during cooking. Figure 1 Figure 2 To Operate the Triple Surface Element: 1. Place correctly sized cookware on the radiant surface element. 2. Touch and hold the pad for the Triple element position until 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. Figure 3 3. Select the (See Figure 2), (See Figure 3) or elements (See Figure 4) to heat by pressing the pad once, twice or three times (Figures 4 show indicator lights with ALL 3 elements selected). 4. Touch Hi pad once to turn ON the power level to HI (See Figure 5). Touch Lo pad once for Lo. 5. Each touch of the Hi or Lo pad will decrease or increase the power level from 9.0 through 3.0 by .5 increments. Simmer power levels between 3.0 and 1.2 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. Figure 4 Each surface element provides a constant amount of heat at each setting. Irregular glowing effect is depending of the element design and doesn't affect performance of the element. 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. 6. When cooking has been completed touch the pad once to turn the element OFF. Note: If no element size is chosen when the Triple element is turned ON, the control will default to the inner coil only. See recommended surface cooking settings. Note: The Hot Surface message will be displayed on the control panel as soon as the element is hot and will remain ON until the heating surface area has cooled sufficiently. Figure 5 Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been turned off. The glass surface may still be hot and burns may occur if the glass surface is touched before it has cooled sufficiently. Do not place aluminum foil or 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. 11