Frigidaire CGLES389FB3 Use & Care Manual page 12

Models with Ceramic Glass Cooktop (continued)
Operating the Bridge
Surface Radiant Element
(Model E)
Mode[ E (See Page 8) is equipped with a "BRIDGE" surface
ebment bcated at the [eft front and middb (See Fig, 6)
positions, The Bridge can be used when cooking with rectangular
(fike a griddb) or ova[ shaped cookware, The ebment wH[
maintain an even temperature setting across both portions of the
Bridge, if needed for normal cookware, the Bridge ebment can
work fike a singb ebment without the Bridge (See Fig, 3),
Front
Element
Fig, 1
Front Bridge
Ebraent OFF Ebment
Bridge element operation symbols are located on the control
panel on each side of the Bridge element control knob, These
symbols indicate the direction to turn the control knob when
operating the Bridge element, The symbol in Figure 1 indicates
that only the single portion of the Bridge element will heat (Fig,
3), The symbol in Figure 4 indicates that both the single and
Bridge portions of the element will heat together (Fig, 6), You
may switch from either of these settings at any time during
cooking with the Bridge element,
Bridge
Element
Hi
Fig, 4
Front Bridge
Element OFF Emement
Sire%... _ ,o,'tSim Sire%..,," * _ ,.," Sire
LO LO LO LO
Fig, 2 Fig, 5
To Operate the Bridge Surface Element:
1, Place correctly sized cookware on the Bridge surface ff_X"_
element,
2, Push in and turn the control knob counterclockwise (See _ o
Figs, 2 and 3) to heat the portion of the Bridge element for
normal shaped cookware or clockwise (See Figs, 5 and 6) Fig, 3
for larger or rectangular shaped cookware,
3, Turn the knob to adjust the setting if needed, Start most Bridge portion,
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 smaJ[, Please note that not all cookware will fit the
Bridge element correctly,
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,
The BRIDGE element may also be used in combination with the [eft rear single element, Because
these elements have 2 different controls, one element can be used to cook while the other element
may be used to keep food warm (See Fig, 7),
Fig, 6
Bridge element with Bridge
portion,
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Fig, 7
Note: See page 9, Fig, 1 for recommended control settings,
Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been turned off, A hot surface indicator
fight 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 fight has turned off,
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