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Over Temperature Switch Off
Due to the placement of the control is very close to the heater in the middle
front of the hob, it can occur that a not correctly placed pot half on the
control and not sensed by the sensor safety cut off (not covering a button)
heats up the hob to a very high temperature, which makes the glass and
the buttons untouchable without get burned the finger.
To prevent the hob control unit from damage, the control monitors all the
time the temperature and switches off in case of overheating emergency.
It is indicated in the heater 4 heater display with the letter ´t` for all the time
until the temperature decreases.
After the temperature falling, the ´t` displays will be erased and the hob
control unit falls back into the S-Mode. This means that the user can
reactivate the appliance by touching
.
Operating Time Limitations
The hob control unit has a limitation of the operating time. If the heat setting
for this heater has not been changed for a certain time, than the heater will
turn off automatically (for 10 sec a ´0` is displayed, afterwards the residual
heat). The limit of the operating time depends of the selected heat setting.
If a timer was associated with the heater than a ´00` will be displays on the
timer display for 10 sec. Afterwards the timer display turns off.
After an automatic turn off of the heater, as described above, the heater is
operable again and the maximum operating time for this heat setting is
applied.
