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The Bridge Surface Radiant Element
This model is equipped with a “BRIDGE” surface element located at the left front and middle (See
Fig. 6) 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 (See Fig. 3).
Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been turned off. A 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 the indicator light has turned off.
Fig. 3 Fig. 4
Fig. 7
Bridge
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Fig. 5
Bridge element without
Bridge portion.
Fig. 6
Bridge element with
Bridge portion.
Fig. 1 Fig. 2
Bridge element operation symbols are located on the cooktop on each side of the
Bridge element control knob. These symbols indicate the direction to turn the control
knob when operating the Bridge element. The symbol in Figure 1 indicates that only
the single portion of the Bridge element will heat (Fig. 5). The symbol in Figure 2
indicates that both the single and Bridge portions of the element will heat together
(Fig. 6). You may switch from either of these settings at any time during cooking with
the Bridge element.
4. When cooking has completed, turn the surface control knob to OFF before removing the
cookware. Note: The Surface Indicator light 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.
The BRIDGE element may also be used in combination with the left rear single element. Because
these elements have 2 different controls, one element can be used to cook while the other element
may be used to keep food warm (See Fig. 7).
Note: See page 8, Figure 1 for recommended control settings.
Setting Surface Controls
Bridge
Element
Small
Element
To Operate the Bridge Surface Element:
1. Place correctly sized cookware on the Bridge surface element.
2. Push in and turn the control knob counterclockwise (See Fig. 3 and
Fig. 5) to heat the portion of the Bridge element for normal shaped
cookware or clockwise (See Fig. 4 and Fig. 6) for larger or rectangular
shaped cookware.
3. Use the ESEC digital display window fot the desired setting. Turn the
knob to adjust the setting if needed. 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 cookware indicates the cookware is too small. Please note that
not all cookware will fit the Bridge element correctly.
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