Single Radiant Surface Elements - Frigidaire FPEF4085KFA Use & Care Manual

Single radiant surface elements
The cooktop has 2 SINGLE radiant surface elements: the
left rear position and the right rear position. The left
rear element may also be used with the Bridge element
(left front and center).
To Operate the Single Radiant Surface Elements
(Figure 1)
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 2). 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.
Figure 1
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
See Recommended Setting for Surface Element table on
Figure :2
Do not place plastic items such as salt and
pepper shakers, spoon holders or plastic
wrappings on cooktop 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: ...........................................................................................................................................................................................
Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled
after they have been turned OFR The hot surface
indicator light 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 OFR The indicator light may
remain ON even though the controls are turned OFR
Do not allow aluminum foil, or ANY material that
can melt to make contact with the ceramic glass
cooktop, If these items melt on the cooktop they will
damage the ceramic cooktop.