About The Radiant Surface Elements; Element On And Hot Surface Indicator Lights - Kenmore 790.9258 Series Use & Care Manual

About the Radiant Surface Elements

The element temperature rises gradually and evenly. As the
temperature rises, the element will glow red. To maintain the
selected setting the element will cycle on and off. The heating
element retains enough heat to provide a uniform and consistent
heat during the off cycle. For efficient cooking, turn off the
element several minutes before cooking is complete. This will
allow residual heat to complete the cooking process.
Radiant surface elements may appear to have
cooled after they have been turned off. The glass surface may
still be hot and burns may occur if the glass surface is touched
before it has cooled sufficiently.
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.
Do not allow aluminum foil, empty glass/
porcelain cookware or any material that can melt to make
contact with the ceramic cooktop. If these items melt on the
cooktop they may damage the ceramic cooktop.
Always lift cookware before moving on the
ceramic glass smoothtop. Any cookware that has rough or dirty
bottoms can mark and scratch the ceramic glass surface.
Always start with clean cookware.

Element On and Hot Surface Indicator Lights

Your appliance is equipped with two types of surface control
indicator lights that will glow on the control panel — the
Element On indicator lights and the Hot Surface indicator lights.
Each surface burner knob has it's own Element On indicator
light, located above the knob, and it will glow when that specific
surface knob's cooking element is on. A glance at these
indicator lights is an easy check to ensure that all surface
controls are off.
There are two Hot Surface indicator lights, both located on the
control panel. One is on the left side, and the other is on the
right. Each light corresponds to the three knobs on that side of
the panel. It glows whenever any of the three corresponding
surface cooking areas heat up and remains on until the cooktop
has cooled to a moderate level.
Figure 4: Control panel lights
Important notes:
• Never place or straddle a cooking utensil over two different
surface cooking elements at the same time unless the utensil
is designed for that purpose. This can cause uneven heating
results. This can also cause the ceramic cooktop to fracture
(for ceramic cooktop models only).
• Radiant elements have a limiter that allows the radiant
heating 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.
• Be sure to read the detailed instructions for ceramic glass
cooktop maintenance and cleaning in the Care & Cleaning
and Before You Call checklist sections of this Use & Care
Guide.
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Before Setting Surface Controls