Frigidaire PGLEF385EB3 Use & Care Manual page 9

Models with Ceramic Glass Cooktop (continued)
Element On & Hot Surface Indicator Lights (models without ESEC)
Your range is equipped with two different types of radiant surface control indicator lights that
will glow on your range— the Element On indicator light and the Hot Surface indicator lights
(See Figure 1).
The Element On indicator lights are located on the control panel above each radiant element
control knob and will glow when a surface element is turned ON. A quick glance at this indicator
light after cooking is an easy check to be sure ALL surface controls are turned OFF. The Hot
Surface indicator light located on the control panel will glow when any surface cooking area
heats up and will REMAIN ON until the glass cooktop has cooled to a MODERATE level.
NOTE: Radiant elements have a limiter that allows the element to cycle ON and OFF, even at the HI setting. This helps to
prevent damage to the ceramic smoothtop. 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 flat.
Operating Single Radiant Surface Elements (all models)
Depending on your model, your cooktop is equipped with 2, 3 or 4 Single Radiant Surface Elements.
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 located on the control panel 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 6 on page 10 for recommended control settings.
Operating the Dual Surface Radiant Element (some models)
Model A is equipped with 1 Dual Radiant Surface Element at right front position
(See Figure 2). Model B is equipped with 2 dual radiant surface element located
at the right front and left front positions (See Figure 3). Symbols on the control
panel are used to indicate which coil of the dual radiant element will heat. The
symbol indicates that only the inner coil will heat (Figures 2, 3 and 4). The
symbol indicates that both inner and outer coils will heat (Figures 5, 6 and 7). 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 4) 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 located on the
control panel 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 6 on page 10 for recommended control settings.
Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after
they have been turned off. The Hot surface indicator light or the HE message (models with ESEC)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 it has cooled sufficiently.
Setting Surface Controls
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2
3
4
Element configuration, appearance and
graphics of cooktops may be differents
Figure 2 -Model A Figure 5 -Model A
Figure 3 -Model B
Figure 6 -Model B
Small Large
Small
Petit Petit
Grand
6 6 6
4 4 4
2 2
2
Figure 4
Hot Surface
Surface Chaude
8
7
6
Figure 1
Large
Grand
6
4
2
Figure 7