HALOGEN/RADIANT COMPONENT

General Information About Halogen/Radiant Surface Units

The halogen/radiant cooktop features heating units Use only flat-bottomed cookware. Do not let pots boil
beneath asmooth glass ceramic surface. The surface dry. Overheated metal can bond to glass cooktop. An
units are shown by outlines on the glass. overheated copper pot will leave aresidue that will
Before you use the cooktop for the first time, clean it permanently stain the glass.
with Cook TopCleaning Creme. This helps protect Sliding aluminum cookware across the glass may
the top and makes clean-up easier. leave metal marks. These metal marks will appear as
NOTE: Aslightodor is normal when anew cooktop small scratches.They can be removed withCook Top
is used for the first time. It is caused by the heating of Cleaning Creme and arazor scraper.
new parts and insulating materials and-will disapp&.r It is safe to place hot cookware from the oven or
in ashort time. surface on the glass ceramic surface when the surface
When asurface unit is turned on, coils beneath the is cool.
surface unit radiate heat through the glass to the
cookware. The red glow of the coils will be visible
through the glass. It will take the surface unit afew
moments to heat up. The coil cycles on and off to
maintain your selected control setting. Wkh poor
cookware, you will see frequent cycling of the unit
off and on. Good, flat cookware will minimize
the cycling.
Avoid sliding pans on the glass cooktop. Pan edges
that are even slightly rough or ~tit on the cooktop can
cause scratches on the glass.
Even after the surface units are turned off, the glass
ceramic cooktop retains enough heat to continue
cooking. To avoid overcooking, remove pans from
the surface units when the food is cooked. Avoid
placing anything on the surface unit until it has
cooled completely.

Differences Between Halogen and Radiant Units

Some cooktops have both radiant and halogen surface
units. This is how they differ.
●Halogen units are much brighter thanthe radiant
units. Radiantunits have a dull red glow.
●Halogen and radiant units cycle on and off
frequently. This is normal. You will notice the
cycling more on the halogen units because of
their brightness.
.Halogen units have radiant coils in
the center that do not glow as brightly
as the outer halogen coils. Qo
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cRadiant coils take about 10seconds longer to glow
than halogen units.
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