Setting Surface Controls 11
OPERATING THE BRIDGE SURFACE RADIANT ELEMENT
The cooktop is equipped with a “Bridge” surface element located at the center front and middle positions. The Bridge can be used when cooking with rectangular (like a griddle) or oval shaped cookware. The element will maintain an even temperature setting across both portions of the Bridge. If needed for normal cookware, the Bridge element can work like a single element without the Bridge.
Bridge element operation symbols are located on the Bridge element control knob. These symbols indicate the direction to turn the control knob when operating the Bridge element.
The symbol indicates that only the single portion of the Bridge element will heat (see
Figues 1 and 2). The symbol indicates that both the single and Bridge portions of the element will heat together (see Figures 3 and 4). You may switch from either of these settings at any time during cooking with the Bridge element.
To Operate the Bridge Surface Element:
1. Place correctly sized cookware on the dual surface element. |
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2. Push in and turn the control knob counterclockwise (see Figure |
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2) to heat the portion of the Bridge element for normal shaped |
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cookware or clockwise (see Figure 4) for larger or rectangular |
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shaped cookware. |
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3. Turn the knob to adjust the setting if needed. Start most |
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cooking operations on a higher setting and then turn to a lower |
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setting to finish cooking. Each surface element provides a |
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constant amount of heat at each setting. A glowing red surface |
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heating area extending beyond the bottom edge of the |
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cookware indicates the cookware is too small. Please note |
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that not all cookware will fit the Bridge element correctly. |
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4. When cooking has completed, turn the surface control knob to |
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OFF before removing the cookware. Note: The Surface |
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Indicator light will come on when the control knob is turned on |
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and will continue to glow until the glass cooktop has cooled |
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down to a moderate level. The light may remain on even though |
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The BRIDGE element may also be used in combination with the |
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center rear single element (see Figure 5). Because these element have 2 different controls, |
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one element can be used to cook while the other element may be used to keep food warm. |
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HOT SURFACE INDICATOR LIGHTS
This model have indicator lights located on the ceramic glass cooktop that glows as soon as the glass begins to warm up. When heating units is turned off, it will continue to glow as long as the glass remains warm enough to cause burns.