FRIGIDAIRE FGEF302TNF - Manual (Page 10)

10
SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS
Í NOTE
See Suggested Element Power Level Settings Table on
page 9.
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 suffi ciently.
Do not place aluminum foil, plastic items such •
as salt and pepper shakers, spoon holders or
plastic wrappings on top of the range when it is
in use. These items could melt or ignite. Potholders,
towels or wooden spoons could catch fi re if placed
too close to the surface elements.
Fig. 1 Fig. 2
Fig. 5
Fig. 3
Fig. 6 Fig. 4
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.
To Operate the Dual Radiant Elements:
1. Place correctly sized cookware on the dual radiant
element.
2. To activate press and hold the keypad for the
dual element until acceptance tone sounds.
3. Press Size keypad (Fig. 1) and toggle to select the
single (Fig. 2) or dual (Fig. 3) element size setting.
4. To set power level press hi, med or lo 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 increase or decrease the power level
by 1/2 from 9.0 through 3.0. Simmer power levels
between 3.0 and 1.2 will increase or decrease by .2
increments. Hi (Fig. 4) is the highest power level. Lo
(Fig. 5) is the lowest power level available.
5. Once cooking is fi nished, press keypad to turn
the dual element OFF (Fig. 6).
DUAL RADIANT ELEMENT
The cooktop provides a dual
radiant element located as
illustrated. Use the following
instructions when operating this
element.
Use the Size keypad (Fig. 1) to select which portions
of the dual element are needed for heating. The dual
element size may be changed anytime the element is ON.
Important notes:
• If no element size is chosen when the dual 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 fi nish cooking.
• For effi cient 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 fl at.