Frigidaire Gallery GLEC30S9ES Use & Care Manual page 7

Operating the Single Surface Radiant Elements
The 36" cooktop has a single radiant surface element located at center rear (Fig. 1)
element position.
To Operate the Single Surface Element
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 using
the ESEC digital display window to verify (Fig. 2). Turn the knob to adjust the setting
as needed.
3. 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 "Element On" indicator lights will glow when one or
more elements are turned on. A quick glance at these indicator lights when cooking
is finished is an easy check to be sure all surface elements are turned off. Also, the
HE message will appear in the display after turning the control knob to OFF if the cooktop
is still hot and remain on until the heating surface area has cooled sufficiently.
Operating the Dual Surface Radiant
Elements
30" cooktop is equipped with dual radiant elements at all
positions (see Fig. 3). 36" cooktop is equipped with dual
radiant surface elements located at all positions except at
the center rear position (See Fig 4). Symbols around the
knob are used to indicate which coil of the dual radiant
element will heat. The symbol indicates that only the inner
coil will heat (Fig. 5). The
(Fig. 6). 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 Figs. 5 & 7) for smaller
cookware or clockwise (See Figs. 6 & 8) for larger cookware to the desired setting
using the ESEC digital display window for the desired setting.
3. Turn the knob to adjust the setting as 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 "Element On" indicator lights will glow when one or more
elements are turned on. A quick glance at these indicator lights when cooking is finished
is an easy check to be sure all surface elements are turned off. Also, the HE message
will appear in the display after turning the control knob to OFF if the cooktop is still hot and
remain on until the heating surface area has cooled sufficiently.
Note: See recommended Setting for Surface Element table on page 5.
Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been
turned OFF. HE (Hot Element) message will turn 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.
Setting Surface Controls
symbol indicates that both inner and outer coils will heat
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