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OPERATION
good pots save energy. The bottom of the appropriately selected cooking pot should be thick
and flat and have approximately the same diameter as the used hotplate as only then the
optimal transfer of heat can be achieved
(Fig. 4).
How is the energy lost?
Fig. 5 A. The pot is too small for the selected hotplate.
Fig. 5 B. The bottom of the pot is not flat (concave).
Fig. 5 C. The lid has been put improperly.
Please pay attention to the following:
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do not switch the hotplate on if you have not put a pot on it,
• only use pots with clean and dry bottoms,
• never cook food in plastic pots or containers,
• do not put plastic objects (teaspoons, forks etc.) on a hot hotplate,
•
always use pots with lids but remember that the lid should not protrude out of the edge
of the pot and the condensate should not drip on the cooker,
• protect the plate against corrosion,
• switch off the plate 5 -10 minutes before taking the pot off.
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Fig.6
The symbols above the knobs assign the knob to the hotplate it controls.
A hotplate is switched off if:
— digit “0” on the knob is under the vertical line on the working plate – in
case of using descriptions on the ridge of the knob,
— indicator on the knob is under digit “0” on the working plate – in case of
using descriptions on the working plate.
The heating power is adjusted gradually, by turning the knob to the right or to the
left. Switching on a hotplate lights up the signalling diode.