Hob - Helpful Hints And Tips; Cookware For Induction Cooking Zones; Noises During Operation - Electrolux EKI6450AO Benutzerinformation

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• You do not set the heat setting after
you activate the hob.
• You spill something or put something
on the hob control panel for more than
10 seconds (a pan, a cloth, etc.). An
acoustic signal sounds and the hob de-
activates. Remove the object or clean
the control panel.
• The hob becomes too hot (e.g. when a
saucepan boils dry). Before you use the
hob again, the cooking zone must be
cool.
• You use incorrect cookware. The dis-
play shows the symbol
cooking zone deactivates automatically
after 2 minutes.

6. HOB - HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS

WARNING!
Refer to the Safety chapters.
6.1 Cookware for induction
cooking zones
In induction cooking, a powerful
electromagnetic field almost in-
stantly generates heat inside the
cookware.
Cookware material
• Correct: cast iron, steel, enamelled
steel, stainless steel, a multi-layer bot-
tom (marked as correct by the manu-
facturer).
• Incorrect: aluminium, copper, brass,
glass, ceramic, porcelain.
Cookware is correct for an induction
hob if:
• Water boils very quickly on a zone set
to the highest heat setting.
• You can attach a magnet to the bottom
of the cookware.
• You do not deactivate a cooking zone
or change the heat setting. After some
time (see the table), the display shows
the symbol
and the
Cooking zone
Right front —

6.2 Noises during operation

If you can hear:
• A cracking noise: the cookware is
made of different materials (Sandwich
construction).
• A whistle sound: one or more cooking
zones operate with high power levels
and the hob deactivates.
Heat setting Switch-off time
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The bottom of the cookware
must be as thick and flat as possi-
ble.
Cookware dimensions: induc-
tion cooking zones adapt to the
dimension of the bottom of the
cookware automatically to some
limit. But the magnetic part of the
bottom of the cookware must
have a minimum diameter.
Minimum cook-
ware diameter
[mm]
Right rear —
180 mm
180 mm
Left rear —
145 mm
Left front —
210 mm
6.0 h
5.0 h
4.0 h
1.5 h
145
145
125
180