Frigidaire 318203624, Use & Care Manual

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Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 4

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note

See Recommended Setting for Surface Element table on 

page 6.

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note

The surface “

element on

” indicator lights will glow 

when one or more elements are turned on. A quick 

glance at these indicator lights when cooking is finished 

is an easy check to be sure all surface elements are 

turned off.

Figure 7

Front & Middle 

plus Left Rear  

Figure 5

Front portion 

only

Figure 6

Front & Middle 

portions

operating the Bridge surface 

radiant element

The cooktop is equipped with a “BRIDGE” surface 

element located at the left front and middle (See Figures 

1 & 2) 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 Figure 5). The   symbol 

indicates that only the front potion will heat (Fig. 3). The 

 symbol indicates that both front and middle portions 

will heat (Fig. 4). You may switch from either coil setting 

at any time during cooking.

to operate the Bridge surface element:

1.  Place correctly sized cookware on the Bridge surface 

element.

2.  Push in and turn the control knob as shown in Figure 

3 to heat the front portion of the Bridge element for 

normal shaped cookware or in Figure 4 for larger or 

rectangular shaped cookware.

3.  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.

4. 

When cooking has completed, turn the surface 

control knob to oFF before removing the 

cookware.

The BRIDGE element may also be used in combination 

with the left rear single element (See Figure 7). 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.

setting surFace controls