Frigidaire 318200439 Models with Ceramic Glass Cooktop, Operating Single Radiant Surface Elements

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Setting Surface Controls

Models with Ceramic Glass Cooktop (continued)

Operating Single Radiant Surface Elements

Hot Surface

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Depending on your model, your cooktop is equipped with 2, 3 or 4 Single Radiant Surface
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To Operate the Single Surface Elements:
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1. Place correctly sized cookware on the radiant surface element.
2. Push in and turn the surface control knob in either direction to the desired setting (Figure	3		7
1). Turn the knob to adjust the setting if desired. Start most cooking operations on a higher
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setting and then turn to a lower setting to finish cooking. Each surface element provides a	4	6
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.

3.When cooking has completed, turn the surface control knob to OFF before removing the cookware. Note: The Surface Indicator light located on the control panel will come on when the control knob will be turn on and will continue to glow until the glass cooktop has cooled down to a moderate level. The light may remain on even though the controls are turned OFF.

Note: See Figure 6 for recommended control settings.

Operating the Dual Surface Radiant Element (some models)

Your model is equipped with 1 or 2 Dual Radiant Surface Elements at right front position (See Figure 2) and at left front position. Symbols on the control panel are used to indicate which coil of the dual radiant element will heat. The symbol

indicatesthatonlytheinnercoilwillheat(Figures2&3).The symbolindicates

thatbothinner andouter coilswillheat(Figures 4& 5).Youmayswitchfromeither coil setting at any time during cooking.

To Operate the Dual Surface Element:

Element configuration, appearance and graphics of cooktops may be different

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1.	Place correctly sized cookware on the dual surface element.	Small			Large		Small			Large
2.	Push in and turn the control knob counterclockwise (See Figure 3) for	Petit			Grand		Petit			Grand
	smaller cookware or clockwise (See Figure 5) for larger cookware.
3.	Turn the knob to adjust the setting if needed. Start most cooking operations	6				6	6			6
	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	4				4	4			4
	glowing red surface heating area extending beyond the bottom edge of the	.			.		.			.
	cookware indicates the cookware is too small for the surface heating area.	2 .		. 2			2 .		. 2
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4.	When cooking has completed, turn the surface control knob to OFF before		.					.
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	removing the cookware. Note: The Surface Indicator light located on the

control panel will come on when the control knob will be turn on and will continue to glow until the glass cooktop has cooled down to a moderate level. The light may remain on even though the controls are turned OFF.

Note: See Figure 6 on page 10 for recommended control settings.

Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been turned off. The Hot surface indicator light will come 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 it has cooled sufficiently.

Surface Cooking Settings

Use the chart (Figure 6) to determine the correct setting for the kind of food you are preparing. Note: The size and type of cookware used will influence the setting needed for best cooking results.

Recommended Settings for Single and Dual Surface Elements

Setting Type of Cooking

Do not place plastic items such as salt and peppershakers,spoonholders

HIGH (Hi)

MEDIUM HIGH (5-8) MEDIUM (5) MEDIUM LOW (2 - 4) LOW (Lo - 2)

Start most foods, bring water to a boil, pan broiling Continue a rapid boil, fry, deep fat fry

Maintain a slow boil, thicken sauces and gravies, steam vegetables

Keep foods cooking, poach, stew

Figure 6

Keep warm, melt, simmer

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.

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