Kenmore 790. 9802 series Use & Care Manual page 10

Setting Surface Controls (cont'd)
Operating the Dual Surface Element
The cooktop is equipped with a Dual radiant surface
element located at the right front cooktop position (Figure
1). Indicator lights on the control panel at that position are
used to indicate what portions of the Dual radiant element
will heat. The INNER light indicates that only the inner
element will heat (Figure 2). The OUTER light indicates
that both inner and outer elements will heat together
(Figure 3). You may switch between these different settings
at any time during cooking.
To Operate the Dual Surface Element:
1. Place correctly sized cookware on the radiant surface element.
2. Touch and hold the
is heard. The display will show " - - ". Note: If no further pads are touched
within 10 seconds the request to power the element ON will clear.
3. Select the INNER (Figure 2) or OUTER (both elements) (Figure 3) to heat
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by pressing the S
IZE
lights with OUTER selected). Note: If no element size is chosen when the
dual element is turned ON, the control will default to the inner coil only.
4. Touch HI pad once to turn ON the power level to HI. Touch Lo
pad once for Lo (See Figure 4).
5. Each touch of the HI
power levels from 9.5 through 3.0 by .5 increments. Simmer power levels
between 3.0 and 1.2 will decrease or increase by .2 increments. Lo is the
lowest power level available.
Note: The power level may be adjusted at any time while the element is
ON.
6. When cooking has been completed touch the
entire element OFF.
Each dual surface element provides a constant amount of heat at each
setting. The different glow of the 2 elements is normal and doesn't affect
heating performance (See Figure 3). 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.
Note: If no element size is chosen when the dual element is turned ON, the control will default to the inner coil only. See
page 8 for recommended surface cooking settings.
Note: The Hot Surface message will remain displayed on the control panel as long as the element is still hot and will
remain ON until the heating surface area has cooled sufficiently.
Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been turned off. But the glass surface
may still be hot and burns may occur if the glass surface is touched before it has cooled sufficiently.
Do not place aluminum foil or plastic items such as salt and pepper shakers, spoon holders or plastic
wrappings on top of the range 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.
O O
N/ FF pad for the Dual element position until a beep
pad once or twice (Figures 3 & 4 show indicator
or Lo
pad will increase or decrease
Figure 1
pad once to turn the
O O
N/ FF
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