Frigidaire Professional PLEF489GC Use & Care Manual page 8

Operating Single Radiant Surface Elements
The cooktop has single radiant surface elements at location as shown on figure 2.
To Operate the Single Surface Elements:
1. Place correctly sized cookware on the radiant surface element.
2. Push in and turn the surface control knob in either direction to the desired setting
(Figure 1). Turn the knob to adjust the setting if desired. 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 for the surface heating area.
3. When cooking has completed, turn the surface control knob to OFF before
removing the cookware. Note: The Surface Indicator light will come on when the
control knob will be turn on and will continue to glow until the glass cooktop has
cooled down to a moderate level. The light may remain on even though the
controls are turned OFF. Note: See Figure 2 on page 7 for recommended control
settings.
Operating the Dual Surface Radiant Element
The range is equipped with a dual radiant surface element
located at the right front (See Figures 3) position. Symbols on
the control panel are used to indicate which coil of the dual
radiant element will heat. The
the inner coil will heat (Figures 1, 3,4 and 5). The
indicates that both inner and outer coils will heat (Figures 6, 8,
9 and 10). You may switch from either coil setting at any time
during cooking.
To Operate the Dual Surface Element:
1. Place correctly sized cookware on the dual surface
element.
2. Push in and turn the control knob counterclockwise (See
Figure 2) for smaller cookware or clockwise (See Figure
7) for larger 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 for the surface heating area.
4. When cooking has completed, turn the surface control knob to OFF before removing the cookware. Note: The
Surface Indicator light will come on when the control knob will be turn on and will continue to glow until the glass
cooktop has cooled down to a moderate level. The light may remain on even though the controls are turned OFF.
Note: See page 7, Figure 2 for recommended control settings.
Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been turned off. A hot surface
indicator light will come on and will continue to glow until the glass cooktop has cooled down to a moderate level. The
glass surface may still be hot and burns may occur if the glass surface is touched before the indicator light has turned
off.
Do not place 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
fire if placed too close to the surface elements.
Setting Surface Controls
symbol indicates that only
symbol
Small
Element
Figure 3
Small
Element
Figure 4
Figure 5
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OFF
5
Figure 1
Figure 2
Large
Element
Figure 6
Small
Large
Element
Element
Figure 7
Figure 8
Large
Element