Frigidaire FGES3045KW Manual Do Utilizador

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Radiant  surface  elements  may  appear  to  have  cooled 

after  they  have  been  turned  OFF.  HE  (Hot  Element) 

message will turn ON and will continue to glow until the 

glass cooktop has cooled down to a moderate level. The 

glass surface may still be hot and burns may occur if 

the glass surface is touched before the indicator light has 

turned OFF. The message may remain on even though 

the controls are turned OFF.

cooktop when it is in use. These items could melt or 

ignite. Potholders, towels or wooden spoons could catch 

fi re if placed too close to the surface elements.
Do not allow aluminum foil, or ANY material that 

cooktop. If these items melt on the cooktop they will 

damage the ceramic cooktop.

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The surface “Element On” indicator lights will glow when 

one or more elements are turned on. A quick glance at 

these indicator lights when cooking is fi nished is an easy 

check to be sure all surface elements are turned off.

Front & Middle 

plus Left Rear  

Front portion 

only

Front & Middle 

portions

(Model C only) 

The cooktop is equipped with a “BRIDGE” surface element 

located at the left front and middle (Fig. 1) positions. 

The Bridge can be used when cooking with rectangular 

(like a griddle) or oval shaped cookware. The element 

will maintain an even temperature setting across both 

portions of the Bridge. If needed for normal cookware, 

the Bridge element can work like a single element without 

the Bridge (Fig. 4). The   symbol indicates that only the 

front potion will heat (Fig. 2). The   symbol indicates that 

both front and middle portions will heat (Fig. 3). You may 

switch from either coil setting at any time during cooking.
To Operate the Bridge Surface Element

1.  Place correctly sized cookware on the Bridge surface 

element.

2.  Push in and turn the control knob as shown in Figure 

2 to heat the front portion of the Bridge element for 

normal shaped cookware or in Figure 3 for larger 

or rectangular shaped cookware. Turn the knob to 

adjust the setting if needed. Start most cooking 

operations on a higher setting and then turn to a 

lower setting to fi nish cooking. Each surface element 

provides a constant amount of heat at each setting. 

A glowing red surface heating area extending 

beyond the bottom edge of the cookware indicates 

the cookware is too small. Please note that not all 

cookware will fi t the Bridge element correctly.

3.  When cooking has completed, turn the surface 

control knob to OFF before removing the cookware.

The BRIDGE element may also be used in combination 

with the left rear single element (Fig. 6). Because these 

elements have 2 different controls, one element can be 

used to cook while the other element may be used to 

keep food warm.