Frigidaire FPCS3085LF manual Setting Induction Surface Controls

Operating the induction surface elements

The cooktop is equipped with 2 induction surface elements: the RIGHT FRONT and REAR positions (Figure 1).

To Operate the Induction Surface Elements

1.Place the correctly sized cookware of the proper material on the induction surface element.

2.Push in and turn the surface control knob in either direction to the desired setting (Figure 2).

Note: Turning the knob from Off to Hi will activate the Power Boost feature. The Power Boost feature is used to bring large quantities of water or food to cooking temperature at the fastest speed possible. The Power Boost feature will give you up to 139% power output for a set amount of time (approx. 10 min).

3.Turn the knob to adjust the setting if desired. 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.

4.When cooking has completed, turn the surface control knob to OFF before removing the cookware.

Figure 2

Typical control knob and Power sharing indicator light

CAUTION

The glass cooktop may appear to have cooled after the elements have been turned OFF. The induction elements do not heat directly the cooktop but heat will be transferred from the cookware to the glass cooktop. 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. The message may remain on even though the controls are turned OFF.

Figure 1

Power Sharing

In order to give you more flexibility, your induction cooktop is equipped with two cooking zones powered by one generator. To be able to give you access to the highest power ratings, the generator will focus its power onto only one cooking zone. If you use more than one cooking zone at high power, the generator will need to share its power to both cooking zones, thus lowering the power level of one of the cooking zones. The power sharing indicator light will turn green when the power sharing is active (Figure 2).

When you are sharing power (cooking in both zones), the last zone set will cook at the power setting you selected. The other zone will experience a slight decrease from its power setting if both zones are set high enough.

To get the highest power output from your cooking zones, cook with only one cookware per heating section. If you need to use most of your cooking zones at once, start your cooking process on only one cooking zone within the heating section and then add your second cookware on the second cooking zone when the first one has already reached its cooking temperature.

Remember to select the power setting last for the cooking zone you want to maintain it.

Figure 3