Kenmore 790.4107 manual To Operate the Expandable Radiant Element

Setting Surface Controls

Expandable Radiant Element

The cooktop provides expandable radiant elements located as

illustrated. Use the following instructions when operating these elements.

Use the ELEMENT SiZE keypad (Fig. 1) to select which

portions of the expandable element are needed for heating.

The expandable element size may be changed anytime the element is ON.

To Operate the Expandable Radiant Element:

1.Place correctly sized cookware on the expandable radiant element.

2. To activate	press and hold the _	keypad	for the
expandable	element until acceptance	tone	sounds.

3.Press ELEMENT SiZE keypad and toggle to select the single (Fig. 2), double (Fig. 3) or triple (Fig. 4, if available)

expandable element size setting.

4.To set power level press Hi or ko keypad and if needed toggle the Hi or Lo keypads to adjust to the desired power level setting. Each touch of the Hi or Lo key pad will decrease or increase the power level by 1/2 from 9.0 through 3.0. Simmer power levels between 3.0 and 1.2 will decrease or increase by .2 increments. Hi (Fig. 5) is the highest power level. Lo (Fig. 6) is the lowest power level available.

5.Once cooking is finished, press _FNF keypad to turn the expandable element OFF (Fig. 7).

Hot Element Indicator Message

After using any of the radiant element positions the cooktop will become very hot. Even after setting the controls to OFF, the cooktop will remain hot for some time. The cooktop control monitors the temperature of the cooktop and displays the message "HE" (hot element) warning when the cooktop is still too hot to touch. If the HE message appears in the window, the control can still be turned on again for

use.

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

Do not place alurnlnum foil, plastlc items such as salt and pepper shakers, spoon holders or piastlc wrappings on top of the range 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.

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Fig. 5 Fig. 6 Fig. 7

Important notes:

•If no element size is chosen when the expandable element is turned ON, only the inner coil will heat by default.

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

•For emcient 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 allows the radiant heating element to cycle ON and OFF, even at the HI setting. This helps prevent damage to the ceramic cooktop. Cycling at the HI setting is normal and will occur more often if the cookware is too small for the radiant element or if the cookware bottom is not fiat.

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