Amica PB*4VI510FTB SERIES, Instruction Manual

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OPERATION
Inductive hotplate – principles of operation
Electric generator supplies power to a coil located inside
the appliance. As the coil generates magnetic field, in -
duced currents permeable to a pot placed on the plate.
The currents make the pot a true heat transmitter while
the glass surface of the plate remains cold.
The system provides for the usage of pots with bottoms susceptible to magnetic field.
In general the inductive technology is characterised by two features:
• the entire heat emitted by the pot can be utilized,
• lack of thermal inertia phenomenon as cooking starts automatically once a pot is put on
the plate and ends once it is taken off the plate.
Protection device:
If the plate has been correctly installed and is properly used, protective devices are seldom
needed.
Fan: Protects and cools the control and power components. It works automatically with two
speeds. The fan works when the hotplates are switched off and stops when the electronic
system reaches appropriate temperature.
Transistor: A heat probe measures temperature of the electronic components continuously.
Should the temperature rise excessively, the system will reduce the power of the zone or
switch the zone nearest to the hot electronic compound off.
Detection: Pot detection enables the plate operation and, consequently, heating. Small ob -
jects left on a hotplate (i.e. a teaspoon, knife or ring) will not be treated as pots and will not
cause the plate to switch on.
Before first use
• carefully clean the ceramic plate treating it as a glass surface,
• when used for the first time the plate can give off a bit of a smell so switch on the ventilation
system or open the window,
• operate the plate observing the safety instructions.