Lighting Instructions - GE XL Use And Care & Installation Manual

induction or other electric surface
Description
Gas Burners
Regular or sea]ec
gas burners use
either
or
natural gas.
Radiant
Electric coi]s
(Glass Ceramic)
under a glass-
Cooktop
ceramic cooktop.
High frequenc
induction coils
under a glass
surface.
Electric Coi]
Flattened metal
tubing containing
o
electric
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
Solid Disk
Solid cast iron
disk sealed to the
cooktop surface.

Lighting Instructions

Your surface burners are lighted by electric ignition,
eliminating the need for standing pilot lights with
constantly burning ilames.
In case of a power failure, you can light the surface
burners on your range with a match. Hold a lighted
match to the burner, then turn the knob to the LITE
position. Use extreme caution when lighting
burners this way.
Surface burners in use when an electrical power
failure occurs will continue to operate normally.
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Flames heat the pans direct[y.
pans should be well balanced, Gas burners heat the pan right away and change
heat settings right away. When you turn the control off, cooking stops right away.
Heat travels to the glass surface and then to the cookware, so pans must be flat on
the bottom for good cooking results. The glass cooktop stays hot enough to
continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan fl-om the surface unit if
you want cooking to stop.
Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is
y
produced by a magnetic circuit between the coil and the pan. Heats up right away
and changes heat settings right away, like a gas cooktop. After turning the control
off, the glass cooktop is hot from the heat of the pan, but cooting stops right away.
Heats by direct contact with the pan and by heating the air under the pan. For best
cooking results, use good quality pans. Electric coils are more forgiving of
resistance
warped pans than radiant or solid disks. Heats up quickly but does not change
continue cooking for a short time after they are turned off.
Heats by direct contact with the pan,
results.
cooking
disk stays hot enough to continue cooking after it is tunted off. Remove the pan
from the solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.
depend upon the type of burner or
cool-down
times,
surface unit you have.
The followin chart will help you to understand the
g
differences between gas burner cooktops and any
other type of cookto you may have used in the past.
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Pan
flatness is not critical to cooking results, but
pans must be flat on the bottom for good
so
Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils. The
The electrode of the spark igniter is exposed.
When one burner is turned to LITE, all the burners
spark. Do not attempt to disassemble or clean
around any burner while another burner is on.
An electric shock may result, which could cause
you to knock over hot cookware.
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