Each cooking zone has a safety
switch-off feature (internal temperature
limiter). This automatically switches off
the heating elements in the cooking
zone before it overheats. Once the
cooking zone has cooled down to a
safe level the heating will automatically
switch back on again.
Overheating can be caused by:
– a cooking zone being switched on
without a pan on it
– Heating up an empty pan
– the base of a pan not sitting evenly
on the cooking zone
– the pan not conducting heat
properly.
On ceramic hobs you can tell that the
overheating protection has activated
because the heating switches on and
off even when the highest setting is
selected
Overheating protection
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