Frigidaire 318203624 User Manual
All about the
Use & Care
of your Cooktop
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome & Congratulations ...................................2
Important Safety Instructions .................................3
Setting Surface Controls ........................................5
Surface Cooking ..................................................10
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Care & Cleaning (Cleaning Chart) .........................11
Care & Cleaning ..................................................12
Before You Call ..................................................13
Major Appliance Warranty ....................................14
318203624 (January 2009) Rev. A
WELCOME & CONGRATULATIONS
Product Registration
Register Your Product
The PRODUCT
REGISTRATION CARD
should be lled in completely,
signed and returned to
Electrolux Home Products.
Serial Plate Location
Cooktop Serial
Plate Location
Please record your model and serial numbers
below for future reference.
Congratulations on your purchase of a new appliance! At
Electrolux Home Products, we are very proud of our
product and are completely committed to providing you
with the best service possible. Your satisfaction is our
number one priority.
We know you’ll enjoy your new appliance and Thank You
for choosing our product. We hope you consider us for
future purchases.
PLEASE CAREFULLY READ AND SAVE THESE
INSTRUCTIONS
This Use & Care Manual contains general operating
instructions for your appliance and feature information
for several models. Your product may not have all
the described features. The graphics shown are
representative. The graphics on your appliance may not
look exactly like those shown. These instructions are not
meant to cover every possible condition and situation
that may occur. Common sense and caution must be
practiced when installing, operating and maintaining any
appliance.
Model Number:
Serial Number:
Purchase Date:
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Electrolux Home Products
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Augusta, GA 30917
NOTE
Please attach sales receipt here for future reference.
© 2009 Electrolux Canada Corp.
All rights reserved
Printed in United States
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Read all instructions before using this appliance.
Save these instructions for future reference.
DEFINITIONS
This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to alert
you to potential personal injury hazards. Obey all safety
messages that follow this symbol to avoid possible injury
or death.
WARNING
This symbol will help alert you to situations
that may cause serious bodily harm, death or
property damage.
CAUTION
This symbol will help alert you to situations that
may cause bodily injury or property damage.
IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT indicates installation, operation or
maintenance information which is important but not
hazard-related.
•Removealltapeandpackagingwrapbeforeusing
the appliance. Destroy the carton and plastic bags
after unpacking the appliance. Never allow children
to play with packaging material.
• Proper Installation. Be sure your appliance is
properly installed and grounded bya qualied
technician in accordance with the National
Electrical Code No. 70 - latest edition in the
United States, or CSA C22.1, Part 1 in Canada, and
local code requirements. Install only per installation
instructions provided in the literature package for this
appliance.
Ask your dealer to recommend a qualied technician and
an authorized repair service. Know how to disconnect the
electrical power to the appliance at the circuit breaker or
fuse box in case of an emergency.
•UserServicing.Donotrepairorreplaceanypart
oftheapplianceunlessspecicallyrecommended
in the manuals. All other servicing should be done only
by a qualied technician to reduce the risk of personal
injury and damage to the appliance.
•Never modify or alter the construction of an
appliance such as removal of panels, wire covers
or any other permanent part of the appliance.
•Storage on A ppliance. Flammable materi als
should not be stored near surface units. This
includes paper, plastic and cloth items, such as
cookbooks, plasticware and towels, as well as ammable
liquids. Do not store explosives, such as aerosol cans, on
or near the appliance. Flammable materials may explode
and result in re or property damage.
CAUTION
Do not store items of interest to children in the
cabinets above the appliance. Children climbing on
the cooktop to reach items could be seriously injured.
•Donot leavechildrenalone.Childrenshould not
be left alone or unattended in the area where an
appliance is in use. They should never be allowed to
sit or stand on any part of the appliance.
•DONOTTOUCHSURFACEUNITSORAREASNEAR
THESE UNITS. Surface units may be hot even though
they are dark in color. Areas near surface units may
become hot enough to cause burns. During and after
use, do not touch, or let clothing or other ammable
materials touch these areas until they have had sufcient
time to cool. Among these areas are the cooktop and
areas facing the cooktop.
•Wear Proper Apparel. Loose-tting orhanging
garments should never be worn while using the
appliance. Do not let clothing or other flammable
materials contact hot surfaces.
WARNING
Never use your appliance for warming or heating
the room.
•Do Not Use Water or Flour on Grease Fires.
Smother the re witha panlid, or use baking
soda,adrychemicalorfoam-typeextinguisher.
• When heating fat or grease, watch it closely. Fat
or grease may catch re if allowed to become too hot.
• Use Only Dry Pot holders. Moist or damp pot
holders on hot surfaces may result in burns from
steam. Do not let the pot holders touch hot surface
units. Do not use a towel or other bulky cloth instead of
a pot holder.
• Do Not Heat Unopened Food Containers. Buildup
of pressure may cause the container to burst and
result in injury.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
•DoNotUse Decorative Surface Element Covers.
IMPORTANT
Do not attempt to operate the cooktop during a
power failure. If the power fails, always turn off
the cooktop. If the cooktop is not turned off and the
power resumes, the cooktop will not operate and an
error message will be displayed.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING
YOUR COOKTOP
•Knowwhichknobcontrolseachsurfaceunit.
•Do Not Clean or Operate a Broken Cooktop. If
If an element is accidentally turned on, the decorative
cover will become hot and possibly melt. Burns will occur
if the hot covers are touched. Damage may also be done
to the appliance.
cooktop should break, cleaning solutions and spillovers
may penetrate the broken cooktop and create a
risk of electric shock. Contact a qualied technician
immediately.
•Clean the appliance regularly to keepall parts
free of grease that could catch re. Exhaust fan
ventilation hoods and grease filters should be kept
clean. Do not allow grease to accumulate on hood or
lter. Greasy deposits in the fan could catch re. When
aming food under the hood, turn fan on. Refer to hood
manufacturer's instructions for cleaning.
• Use Proper Pan Size. This appliance is equipped with
one or more surface units of different sizes. Select
utensils having at bottoms large enough to cover the
surface unit. The use of undersized utensils will expose a
portion of the surface heating unit to direct contact and
may result in ignition of clothing. Proper relationship of
utensil to element will also improve efciency.
• Utensil Handles Should Be Turned Inward and
Not Extend Over Adjacent Surface Units. To reduce
the risk of burns, ignition of ammable materials, and
spillage due to unintentional contact with the utensil.
• Never Leave Surface Units Unattended. Boilovers
cause smoking and greasy spillovers that may ignite, or
a pan that has boiled dry may melt.
•CleanCooktopwithCaution.If a wet sponge or cloth
is used to wipe spills on a hot cooking area, be careful to
avoid a steam burn. Some cleaners can produce harmful
fumes if applied to a hot surface.
•Do Not Place Hot Cookware on Cold Cooktop
Glass. This could cause glass to break.
•Donotslidepanacrossthecooktopsurface.They
may scratch the cooktop surface.
•DoNotLetPansBoilDry. This may cause permanent
damage in the form of breakage, fusion, or marking
that can affect the ceramic-glass cooktop. (This type of
damage is not covered by your warranty).
IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE
The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic
Enforcement Act requires the Governor of California
to publish a list of substances known to the state to
cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm,
and requires businesses to warn customers of potential
exposure to such substances.
• Protective Liners. Do not use aluminum foil to line
any part of the appliance. Only use aluminum foil as
recommended for baking if used as a cover placed on
the food. Any other use of protective liners or aluminum
foil may result in a risk of electric shock or re or short
circuit.
•GlazedCookingUtensils. Only certain types of glass,
glass/ceramic, ceramic, earthenware, or other glazed
utensils are suitable for range top service without
breaking due to the sudden change in temperature.
Check the manufacturer’s recommendations for cooktop
use.
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SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS
About the Ceramic Glass Cooktop
The ceramic cooktop has radiant surface elements located
below the surface of the glass. The design of the ceramic
cooktop outlines the area of the surface element underneath.
Make sure the diameter of the pan matches the diameter
of the element outline on the cooktop (See Figs. 1 & 2).
Heat is transferred up through the surface of the cooktop to
the cookware. Only at-bottom cookware should be used.
The type and size of cookware, the number of surface
elements in use and their settings are all factors that will
affect the amount of heat that will spread to areas beyond
the surface elements. The areas surrounding the elements
may become hot enough to cause burns.
Locations of the surface radiant
elements
Your cooktop is equipped with radiant surface radiant
elements with different wattage ratings. The ability to heat
food quicker and in larger volumes increases as the element
wattage increases.
The radiant surface elements are located on the 30”
cooktop as follows:
• One 9 inch radiant element located at the right front
position.
• One dual 5 or 7 inch radiant element located at the
right rear position.
• Two 7 inch radiant elements located at both the left
front and rear positions.
• One mid-position radiant element located between left
front and rear elements. Connects with front element to
form Bridge element.
Fig.1 - 30” Model - Cooktop Appearance
Fig. 2 - 36” Model - Cooktop Appearance
About the Radiant Surface Elements
The element temperature rises gradually and evenly. As the
temperature rises, the element will glow red. To maintain
the selected setting, the element will cycle ON and OFF.
The heating element retains enough heat to provide a
uniform and consistent heat during the OFF cycle. For
efcient cooking, turn OFF the element several minutes
before cooking is complete. This will allow residual heat to
complete the cooking process.
30” cooktop
The radiant surface elements are located on the 36”
cooktop as follows:
• One small 6 inch radiant element located at the center
rear position.
• One dual 5 or 7 inch radiant element located at the
right rear position.
• One 9 inch radiant element located at the left front
position.
• Two 7 inch radiant elements located at both the left
front and rear position.
• One mid-position radiant element located between left
front and rear elements. Connects with front element to
form Bridge element.
NOTE
Please read detailed instructions for ceramic glass
cooktop cleaning in the General Care & Cleaning
section and Before You Call checklist section of this
Use and Care Guide.
36” cooktop
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