Frigidaire FPEF3081MF Bridge element, Setting Surface Controls, left front, middle & rear

SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS

Bridge element

	The Space Wise® bridge element
	allows the user to set the left front
	cooking element alone or together with
	the middle element, and if desired add
	the left rear element into a single long
	combined cooking zone.
To operate the bridge surface element:
Step	Press

1. Place correctly sized cookware on the bridge surface cooking zone.

2. To activate press and hold the on-offbridge keypad and release when the acceptance tone sounds.

3. Set the element size. Press size once for left front (Fig. 1), twice for left front with middle (Fig. 2), 3 times for front, middle and rear (Fig. 3).

4. Select power level setting.	,	,
Press lo, med (5.0) or hi.
Each touch of the lo or hi pad will
increase or decrease the power
level by 1/2 from 3.0 through 9.5.
Simmer power levels between

1.2 and 3.0 will increase or decrease by .2 increments. lo is the lowest power level available.

5.When finished cooking press on-off.

See the Suggested power level settings table (provided with instructions for the single radiant elements).

CAUTION

•Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been turned off. The glass surface may still be hot and burns may occur if the glass surface is touched before it has cooled sufficiently.

•To avoid possible burns always use potholders or oven mitts when handling cookware on the cooktop or whenever moving cookware to and from the cooktop.

•Do not place flammable items such as plastic salt and pepper shakers, spoon holders or plastic wrappings on the cooktop 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.

Fig. 1 (left front)	Fig. 2 (left front &	Fig.3 (left front,
	middle)	middle & rear)

NOTES

•The bridge element size may be changed anytime the element is ON.

•If all 3 bridge elements are set to be active together and the left rear element is needed with a different

power level setting, change the bridge size to or

and then set the left rear power level independently.

•Start most cooking operations at a higher heat setting and then turn to a lower setting to finish cooking.

•For efficient cooking, turn the surface element OFF several minutes before cooking is complete. This will allow residual heat to complete the cooking process.

•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.

•Radiant elements have a limiter that will make the element cycle ON and OFF, even at the high setting. This helps prevent damage to the ceramic smoothtop. Cycling at the high setting is normal and will occur more frequently if the cookware is too small for the radiant element or if the cookware bottom is warped.

IMPORTANT

The HE (hot element) message will appear in the display window after turning OFF an element that has been heating long enough to become hot. This message will remain displayed until the heating surface area or areas have cooled sufficiently.

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