Westinghouse POR663 User Manual page 15

USING YOUR COOKTOP
Dealing with cooktop problems
PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE
Heating 1 Power not
elements switched on
not working
2 Controls incorrectly set
3 Household fuse blown
If the fuse continues
to blow, contact the
Service Centre
Benchtop 1 Wrong type
becoming of cooking pot
too hot 2 Pot may overhang
and/or cooktop
beginning
to discolour 3 Pot is too large
Food taking 1 Pot base is not flat
too long to
cook
2 Pot may be off centre
3 Need to use larger
element
4 Using a round
based wok
5 Controls are
incorrectly set
Cannot 1 Control set too high
simmer
food 2 element too large
elements Protective oils being
giving off removed in first cooking
smoke or
odours when
first used
Glass Base of pot is concave
surface
becomes
milky white
when pot
removed
WHAT TO DO
• Check cooktop
is plugged in and
power is on
• Check correct knob
turned for element
• Replace household
fuse
• Make sure bases
are not concave
• Place pot on centre
of element so that it
does not overhang
• Use a smaller pot
• Make sure pot base
is flat or slightly
convex
• Centre pot over
element making sure
it does not overhang
the cooktop
• Move pot to a larger
element
• Use a flat based wok
on electric cooktops
• Check control
is correct
• Check setting and
increase setting
• Turn control to lower
setting
• Use a smaller element
• Do not worry.
This is normal
• Use a flat
based pot
USAGE
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