LG KA68030A Owner’s Manual
Installation and Operating Instructions
Ceramic Glass Induction HOB
To avoid the risk of accidents or damage to the HOB, it is essential
to read these operating instructions before it is installed or used
for the first time.
And please keep this manual for later reference.
KA68030A
KA68030F
www.lg.com
MFL30214301
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Dear Customer
Please read these operating instructions carefully.
Above all, please observe the “safety” section on the first few
pages.
Please retain these operating instructions for later reference.
Pass them on to any subsequent owners of the appliance.
The following symbols are used in the text:
Safety information
--Warning: Information concerning your personal safety.
--Important: Information on how to avoid damaging the
appliance.
Information and practical tips
Environmental information
1. These numbers indicate step by step how to use the appliance.
2. …
3. …
These operating instructions contain information on steps you
can take yourself to rectify a possible malfunction. Refer to the
section “What to do if...”.
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Contents
Safety ...................................................................................... 4-11
Induction .............................................................................. 12-13
Suitable Kitchenware .......................................................... 14-16
Description of the appliance ................................................... 17
Cooking zones and control ...................................................... 17
The key features of your appliance ....................................18-19
Operating Instructions ........................................................ 20-31
Before using for the first time ................................................... 20
Operating the HOB .................................................................. 20
Cooking zone selection ........................................................... 21
Boost function .......................................................................... 23
Ankoch...................................................................................... 24
Child lock ................................................................................. 25
Pause ...................................................................................... 25
Timer .................................................................................. 26-27
Keep temperature................................................................ 28-30
Visual LED ............................................................................... 31
Uses, Tables and Tips .............................................................. 32
Chart for Setting the Cooking Zones ........................................ 32
Automatic time limiter .............................................................. 33
Cleaning and Care................................................................ 34-36
Installation Instructions....................................................... 37-45
Technical data .......................................................................... 37
Safety instructions for the installer ........................................... 38
Electrical connection .......................................................... 39-41
Assembly ............................................................................ 42-45
Troubleshooting....................................................................46-49
Service.........................................................................................50
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Safety
• You can download a owner's manual at
http://www.lg.com.
• The appliance is not intended to be operated by
means of an external timer or separate remotecontrol system.
The safety aspects of this appliance comply with
accepted technical standards and IEC Standards.
However, as the manufacturer we also believe it is
our responsibility to familiarize you with the
following safety instructions.
Electrical Safety
• The installation and connection of the new
appliance must only be carried out by qualified
personnel.
• Repairs to the appliance are only to be carried out
by approved service persons. Repairs carried out
by inexperienced persons may cause injury or
serious malfunctioning. If your appliance needs
repairing, please contact your local Service Centre.
• This connection may be achieved by having the
plug accessible or by incorporation a switch in the
fixed wiring in accordance with the wiring rules.
Please follow these instructions carefully.
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• Flush-mounted appliances may only be operated
following installation in suitable cabinets and
workplaces which conform to the relevant
standards. This ensures sufficient protection against
electric shock as required by certification body.
• If your appliance malfunctions or fractures:
– Switch off all cooking zones, and contact Service
Center.
If the surface is cracked, switch off the appliance
to avoid the possibility of electric shock. Do not reuse your HOB until the glass surface has been
changed.
When using HOB, never use aluminum foil,
products wrapped in aluminum foil, or deep frozen
food in aluminum cookware.
If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced
by the manufacturer, its service agent or similarly
qualified persons in order to avoid a hazard.
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Safety
Child Safety
This appliance is not intended for use by young
children or infirm persons unless they have been
adequately supervised by a responsible person to
ensure that they can use the appliance safely.
Young children should be supervised to ensure
that they do not play with the appliance.
The cooking zones will become hot when you cook.
Therefore, always keep small children away from the
appliance.
Although cooktop is equipped with a control lock,
surfaces may still be hot.
WARNING: Accessible parts may become hot
during use. To avoid burns young children should
be kept away.
This appliance is not intended for use by persons
(including children) with reduced physical,
sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of
experience and knowledge, unless they have
been given supervision or instruction concerning
use of the appliance by a person responsible for
their safety.
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This appliance can be used by children aged from 8
years and above and persons with reduced physical,
sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience
and knowledge if they have been given supervision
or instruction concerning use of the appliance in a
safe way and understand the hazards involved.
Children shall not play with the appliance. Cleaning
and user maintenance shall not be made by children
without supervision.
WARNING: The appliance and its accessible
parts become hot during use. Care should be
taken to avoid touching heating elements.
Children less than 8 years of age shall be kept
away unless continuously supervised.
Safety During Use
• This appliance may only be used for normal cooking
and frying in the home. It is not designed for
commercial or industrial purposes.
• Do not use the HOB to heat the room.
• Take care when plugging in electric appliances near
the HOB. Connection leads must not come into
contact with the hot surface.
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Safety
• Overheated fats and oils catch fire quickly. You
should supervise cooking when preparing foods in
fat or oil.
• Switch off the cooking zones after use.
• Always keep the control panels clean and dry.
• Never place combustible items on the HOB.
• You must not keep any combustible items or
aerosol cans in a drawer located under the HOB.
• The service cables from electrical appliances must
not touch the hot plates. This could cause damage
to the HOB and cable insulation.
Safety When Cleaning
• Always switch off the appliance before cleaning.
• For safety reasons do not clean the appliance with
a steam jet or high pressure cleaner.
• Clean the HOB in accordance with the maintenance
and cleaning instructions in this manual.
• Do not use harsh abrasive cleaners or sharp metal
scrapers to clean the oven door glass since they
can scratch the surface, which may result in
shattering of the glass.
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How to avoid damage to the appliance
• Do not use the cooking area as a worktop or
storage space.
• Please be careful the edges when moving pots and
pans around.
• Do not have the cooking zones on with empty pans,
or with no pots or pans on them.
• Ceramic glass is very tough, and impervious to
sharp temperature changes, but is not unbreakable.
It can be damaged if particularly hard or sharp
objects fall on to it.
• Be very cautious if using pots made of cast iron, or
other pots with rough edges or burrs. Moving these
can cause scratches on glass.
• If sugar or a mixture containing sugar falls onto a
hot cooking zone and melts, remove immediately,
while still hot. If left to cool down, it may damage the
surface when removed.
Important: There is a risk of burning yourself
when the glass scraper is used on a hot cooking
zone!
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Safety
• Keep objects or materials liable to melt away from
the ceramic glass surface, for example, plastic
utensils, aluminium foil, or cooking wraps. If any
other materials or foodstuffs have melted on the
ceramic glass surface, these should also be
cleaned away immediately.
WARNING: Unattended cooking on a hob with fat
or oil can be dangerous and may result in fire.
NEVER try to extinguish a fire with water, but
switch off the appliance and then cover flame e.g.
with a lid or a fire blanket.
WARNING: Danger of fire : do not store items on
the cooking surfaces.
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Disposal of old appliances
WARNING: Before disposing of old appliances
please make them inoperable so that they cannot
be the source of danger.
To do this, have a qualified person disconnect
the appliance from the house circuitry.
To protect the environment, it is important that worn
out appliances are disposed of in the correct manner.
• The appliance must not be disposed of with
household rubbish.
• You can obtain information about collection dates or
public refuse disposal sites from your local Council
or Environmental Health Office.
Note: Moisture coming from or appearing around
HOB.
The moisture could be coming from the wood and
HOB when the HOB is operated initially or after long
time of no operation.
This is not a fault with the HOB.
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Induction
Functionality of Cooking Zones
An induction coil is beneath the ceramic glass cooking surface.
This generates magnetic fields, which act directly on the base of the
pots and pans compare as with other heating methods, first heating
the ceramic glass. This means that the base of the pan is
immediately heated up, which saves time and energy.
Since the heat required for cooking is generated directly in the base
of the pan, the cooking zone itself hardly warms up. It only receives
the reflected heat from the pan base.
Note:
If there is no pot or pan on the cooking zone
there is no energy transfer (heating up) and
therefore prevents the cooking zones being
switched on accidentally.
Special Notes on Induction Cooking Zones
• Scientific studies have shown that patients who have implanted
pacemakers are not normally affected or put at risk by our
induction cooking zones.
The distance between the body and the cooking zone should,
however, never be less than 30 cm from the induction burners.
• Electromagnetic fields can affect electronic circuits and interfere
with portable transistor radios.
• Do not put magnetically rechargeable objects (e.g., credit cards,
cassettes) on the ceramic glass surface while one or more
induction cooking zones are in use!
• Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons and lids should not
be placed on the hob surface since they can get hot.
Some cookware can produce noises when used on induction
cooking zones. This is not a fault in the HOB and its function
will not be impaired in any way as a result.
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Suitable Kitchenware for Induction Cooking
Zones
Pots and Pans
• In principle all pots and pans with magnetic bases are suitable.
These are steel, steel-enamel as well as cast-iron pots and pans.
• High grade steel pans with a mixed metal base (sandwich base,
e.g. Tefal with an aluminium/copper base) are suitable for
induction only if the manufacturer has expressly marked them as
such. In that case they have a magnetic material in the base.
• If you wish to use a special type of pan (e.g. a pressure cooker,
simmering pan, wok, etc.), please observe the manufacturer's
instructions and do not use very thin pan.
Suitability Test
If you are not sure if a pot or pan is suitable for cooking or frying on
the induction cooking zone you can check this as follows:
• Place a pot filled with a little water (3-5 mm) on the cooking
zone.Switch the cooking zone to full power (switch setting 9).
Caution: The pan base of suitable kitchenware heats up
within a few seconds! Water should rapidly boil.
• You can also check this with a magnet. If it remains fixed to the
base the pan is suitable for induction cooking zones.
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Suitable Kitchenware
Pan Size
Up to a certain limit the induction cooking zone adapts itself to the
size of the pan base diameter. However, the pan base diameter
must be of a minimum size, depending on the size of the cooking
zone.
Automatic Pan Sensing in induction
The induction cooking zone does not function when unsuitable pans
are used.
Visual LED of that burner light on for IH operating.
But IH burner doesn’t Operate, Visual LED of that burner light
off. If the cooking zone is switched on without a suitable pan
on it the cooking zone switches itself off automatically with
visual LED of that burner light off.
Burner
Min / max diameter (cm)
18 – 23
15 – 20
15 – 20
12 – 16
Power / W (230 V 50 Hz)
Normal 2200
Boost 3300
Normal 1900
Boost 2400
Normal 1700
Boost 2400
Normal 1400
Boost 1800
Total: 7200
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Pots and pans
The better the pot, the better the cooking results.
• You can recognize good pots and pans by their bases. The base
should be as thick and flat as possible.
• When buying new pots and pans, pay particular attention to the
diameter of the base. Manufacturers often only state the diameter
of the rim.
• Pots with aluminum, or copper bases can cause metallic
discolouring on the ceramic glass surface which is very difficult or
impossible to remove.
• Be very careful when using cast iron pots or pots with damaged
bases which are rough and or have burrs on them. Scratches can
occur if they are slid across the surface.
• When cold, pot bases are normally bowed slightly in wards
(concave). They should never be bowed outwards (convex).
• If you use special pots and pans (e.g., a pressure cooker,
simmering pan, wok etc.) please observe the manufacturer’s
instructions.
General information
• The base should always be clean and dry.
• In order to avoid ugly scratches on the ceramic glass cooking
surface, do not slide pots and pans around but lift them up instead
when changing positions.
• Scratches can result from grains of sand (e.g., after washing out
vegetables) which are dragged with the pot across the cooking
surface.
• Always use large pots for dishes with lots of liquid so that nothing
can boil over.
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Suitable Kitchenware
Tips on saving energy
You will save valuable energy by observing the following points:
• Always position pots and pans before you switch on the cooking
zone.
• Dirty cooking zones and pot bases increase the power
consumption.
• Whenever possible, always have the lid firmly placed on the pots
and pans so that they are completely covered.
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