Electric Ignition - GE 164D2966P118 Use And Care Manual

HOW DOES THIS COOKTOP COMPARE
Your new cooktop has gas burners. If you are used
to cooking with induction or other electric surface
units, you will notice some differences when you use
burners.
gas
Description
Gas Burners Regular or sealed
gas burners use
either LP gas
Radiant Electric coils
(Glass Ceramic) under a glass-
ceramic cooktop.
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Induction
High frequency
induction coils
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surface.
Electric Coil Flattened metal
tubing containing
electric resistance
wire suspended
over a drip pan.
Solid Disk Solid cast iron
disk sealed to the

Electric Ignition

Your surface burners are lit by electric ignition,
eliminating the need for standing pilot lights with
constantly burning flames.
In case of a power failure, you can light the surface
burners on your range with a match. Hold a lit match
to the burner, then push in and turn the control knob
to the LITE position. Use extreme caution when
lighting burners in this manner.
Surface Burner Controls
The knobs that turn the surface burners on and off
are located on the lower control panel in front of
the burners.
WITH YOUR OLD ONE?
How It Works
Flames heat the pans directly. Pan flatness is not critical to cooking results, but
pans should be well balanced. Gas burners heat the pan right aw~y 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 from the surface unit if
you want cooking to stop.
Pans must be made of ferrous metals (metal that attracts a magnet). Heat is
produced by a ma&netic 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 cooking 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
warped pans than radiant or solid disks. Heats up quickly but does not change
heat settings as quickly as gas or induction. Electric coils stay hot enough to
for a short time after they are turned off.
continue cooking
Heats by direct contact with the pan, so pans must be flat on the bottom for good
cooking results. Heats up and cools down more slowly than electric coils. The
disk stays hot enough 'o continue cooking after it is turned off. Remove the pan
from the solid disk if you want the cooking to stop.
The best types of cookware to
cool-down times, depend upon the type of burner or
surface unit you have.
The following chart will help you to understand the
differences between gas burner cooktops and any
other type of cooktop you may have used in the past.
Surface burners in use when an electrical power
failure occurs will continue to operate normally.
The two knobs on the left control the left front and
left rear burners. The two knobs on the right control
the right front and right rear burners.
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