Loading ...
Loading ...
Loading ...
Ceramic Glass
Cooktop (somemode s)
The ceramic-glass cooktop has electric heating coils located below the ceramic glass surface. The design of the glass cooktop
outlines the area of the surface heating unit below. Most importantly, make sure the diameter of the pan matches the diameter
of the surface unit. Heat istransferred up through the surface of the cooktop. Only flat-bottomed pans should be used. The type
and sizeof the cookwa re,number of surface units in useand the settings of the surface units arefactors that will affect the amount
of heat that will spread to areassurrounding the units. The areassurrounding the units may become hot enough to cause burns.
The cooktop should not be usedasa cutting board or work surface. Dropping heavy or hard objects on the cooktop may crack it.
Panswith roughbottoms may scratchthe cooktop surface. Placingfoods directly on the smoothtop surface(without cooki ng utensils)
isnot recommended asdifficult cleaning will result and foods may smoke and cause a potential fire hazard. Never usethe griddle
or similar cooking sheet on the ceramic glasscooktop.
Types of heating units used
Depending on model, three types of heating units may be found under the ceramic glass cooktop:
- Regular (single coil) radiant elements of various diameters or shapes.
- Expandable type (double circuits) radiant elements of various diameters or shapes.
- Bridge Expandable type (triple circuits) radiant elements of various diameters or shapes.
Regular radiant elements (some models)
The ceramic glass design shows the location of the heating surfaces.
Control knobs are used to set the heat power levels; knobs need first to be pressed in when at OFF
position, then turned to the desired heat settings.
A glowing red surface unit extending beyond the bottom edge of the cooking utensil indicates the
utensil istoo small for the unit. The control knob does not haveto be set exactly on a particular mark.
Usethe marksasa guide and adjust the control knob asneeded. The hot surface and surface indicator
lights will glow.
Control Knob For Expandable
and Bridge Elements
The surface control knobs shown
below may not look identical to the
surface control knobs on your appli-
ance; it isonly representational.
Expandable radiant elements (some models)
This heating unit combines the characteristics of a small and a large regular radiant
heating unit. Its principal advantage isto allow small and large utensils to be used on
the same heating unit, therefore increasing the cooktop flexibility.
Heat power levels are adjusted by a special control knob that has a dual set of
graduations; for small utensils usethe small graduations; the inner surface only will be
heating. Forlarger utensils usethe larger graduations; thewhole surfacewill be heating.
The hot surface and surface indicator lightswill glowwhen the heating unit isturned ON.
Bridge Radiant elements (some models)
Itsprincipal advantage isto allow you to create larger cooking zone for larger pan such
asroaster, griddle or some other specialty pans.
Forthe bridge element operation, usethe larger graduations on the control knob.
For full bridge element operation turn on the rear element also.
To operate only the front element, usethe small graduations on the control knob.
Hot Surface Indicator Light (some models)
Some models have an indicator light located on the ceramic glasscooktop that glows assoon as
the glass begins to warm up. When the heating unit isturned off, itwill continue to glow as long
asthe glassremains warm enough to cause burns. Other models have ahot surface indicators per
element arranged in a cluster. Their location is asshown in the illustration.
Indicator
(Typical 30" cooktopshown)
Loading ...
Loading ...
Loading ...