Temperature Limiters - Miele MasterChef KM342 Technical Manual

MasterChef Collection Cooktops
4.0 Description of Function
4.1 Electric Cooktops – General Information
4.1.1 Temperature Limiters – Electric Cooktops
Each burner is equipped with a temperature limiter that turns off the
heating element(s) before the ceramic surface become too hot.
Once the surface cools to a safe temperature, the heating
element(s) automatically turn back on.
The overheating protection may activated when:
Turning on a burner without putting a pan on it.
Heating an empty pan.
Pan / pot is not sitting evenly on the burner.
The pan is not conducting heat properly.
If the heating elements cycle on and off, even at the highest setting,
the overheat protection has been activated.
4.1.2 KM452 Safety Cut-Out - Controls are Covered
The cooktop will turn off automatically if any of the touch controls
are covered for more than 10 seconds, for example by finger
contact, food boiling over, or by an object such as an oven mitt or
towel.
When the cooktop turns itself off a tone will sound every 30
seconds (for a maximum of 10 minutes) and an F will flash
in the display of the touch control which was covered.
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