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Before Setting Surface Controls

Power Sharing

In order to give you more flexibility, your induction cooktop is

equipped with more cooking zones than the number of induction

generators. Each of those generators is assigned to power a

specific cooking zone (Figure 10). Two cooking zones are

assigned to each generator. To be able to give you access to the

highest power ratings, the generator will focus its power onto

only one cooking zone. If you use more than one cooking zone

at high power on the same generator, the generator will need to

share its power to both cooking zones, thus lowering the power

level of one of the cooking zones.

When you are sharing power (cooking in both zones), the last

zone set will cook at the power setting you selected. The other

zone will experience a slight decrease from its power setting if

both zones are set high enough.

To get the highest power output from your cooking zones, cook

with only one cookware per generator. If you need to use most

of your cooking zones at once, start your cooking process on

only one cooking zone within the generator heating section and

then add your second cookware on the second cooking zone

when the first one has already reached its cooking temperature.

Remember to select the power setting last for the cooking zone

you want to maintain.

Operational Noises

The electronics generating the induction fields can produce

some sounds as the cookware is heating. But they do produce

heat at high power level.

A soft-sounding cooling fan activates when the unit is running

multiple cooking zones at once or when a cooking zone is set at

very high power settings.

Any buzzing sound you could hear from your cooktop is not

coming from the electronics but from the cookware you are

using. Here are some causes of this noise:

• Most induction-ready cookware are made of several layers

of materials. An encapsulated steel layer is usually used to

harness the induction field and transform it into heat, which

is then transferred to the other materials by radiant energy.

The induction field will cause the steel layer to vibrate

against the other materials in which it is encapsulated. This

is the most common cause of noise from the induction

process. This buzzing only happens at the higher power

level settings. Note that high quality cookware manufac-

turers weld this steel layer in place which lowers or cancel

this noise.

• Light weight cookware may also vibrate. We recommend

using heavy weight quality cookware.

• Cookware with warped bottoms can vibrate on the ceramic

glass surface at high power settings.

The power output of your induction cooktop is

capable of warping an empty pan. Never use the higher power

settings on an empty pan. Even the highest quality cookware is

vulnerable to warping.

• Riveted handles on cookware can also cause buzzing

sounds from the vibrations.

• Solid cast iron and enamelware cookware should not emit

any noise. Top quality cookware made of several layers

should also be relatively quiet.

Figure 10: Cooking zone and induction generator locations

2 Induction Generators

4 Cooking Zones

1 2 ... 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ... 43 44

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