Electrolux 318 203 603 (0709) manual Operating the Dual Surface Radiant Element

Setting Surface Controls 19

OPERATING THE DUAL SURFACE RADIANT ELEMENT

Both the 30” and 36” cooktops are equipped with dual radiant surface element located as shown in Figs. 1 & 2. A touch key pad on the element controls is used to select one of the 2 positions of the element. Symbols and indicator lights on the control panel are used to indicate which coil of the dual radiant element will heat. The symbol indicates that only the INNER coil will heat (Fig. 3). The symbol indicates that both INNER and OUTER coils will heat (Fig. 4). You may switch from either coil setting at any time during cooking.

To Operate the Dual Surface Element:

1.	Place correctly sized cookware on the radiant surface element.						Fig. 1
2.	Touch and hold the			key pad until a beep sounds. The power
				POWER
	indicator light above the				will turn ON. Note: If no other key pad
				POWER
	is touched within 20 seconds the request to Power ON the cooktop
	will clear.
3.	Touch and hold the			pad for the dual element position until a beep
			ON OFF
	is heard. Note: If no further pads are touched within 10 seconds the
	request to power the element ON will clear.
4.	Select the INNER (Fig. 3) or INNER and OUTER (Fig. 4) to heat by
	touching the		key pad.				Fig. 2
			size
5.	Touch	pad once to turn ON the power level to HI or touch				pad once for
	power level to Lo.
6.	Each touch of the			or	pad will increase or decrease the power level. 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						Fig. 3
	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

ON OFF

and if no other surface element is used touch the key pad to turn off the

POWER

cooktop.Note: The Hot Element (HE) message will be showed on display for each element until the heating surface area has cooled sufficiently.

! CAUTION Fig. 4

Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been turned OFF. The Hot Element (HE) message will be showed and will continue to display 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 display has turned OFF.