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BEFORE SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS
About Surface Elements
Your cooking product includes a new generation of electric
coil element. This electric coil element design follows/
supports a change made to the UL Standard for Household
Electric Ranges related to cooktop surface temperature
detection. If ordering replacement electric coil elements,
you must refer to the parts catalog to obtain the correct part
number for the electric coil element that was designed to
function with the specific model that was purchased.
For efficient cooking, turn off the element several minutes
before cooking is complete. This will allow residual heat to
complete the cooking process.
The type and size of cookware, the number of surface
elements in use and their settings are all factors that will
affect the amount of heat that will spread to areas beyond
the surface elements. The areas surrounding the elements
may become hot enough to cause burns.
Hot Surface Indicator Light
Your appliance is equipped with a radiant surface control
indicator light, which is located on the control panel
(
).
The hot surface indicator light will glow when any surface
cooking area heats up and will remain on until the cooktop
has cooled to a moderate level.
Figure 4:
Coil element
Never cover any slots, holes, or passages in the oven
bottom or cover an entire oven rack with any materials,
such as aluminum foil or aftermarket oven liners.
Aluminum foil and other liners may trap heat, causing a
fire hazard.
CAUTION
Figure 5:
Hot surface indicator light location
The surface may still be hot and burns may occur if the
surface is touched before the indicator light has turned
off.
CAUTION