Overheating Protection - Miele KM 5603 Operating And Installation Instructions

Safety features

Overheating protection

Cooking zones
Each zone is equipped with overheating
protection (internal temperature limiter).
This switches off the heating element
automatically before the ceramic
surface overheats. As soon as the
cooking zone temperature has cooled
sufficiently, heating is switched on
again automatically.
Overheating can be caused by:
– a cooking zone being switched on
without a pan on it,
– heating up an empty pan,
– the base of a pan not sitting evenly
on the cooking zone,
– the pan not conducting heat properly.
You can tell that the overheating
protection has activated because the
heating switches on and off even when
the highest setting is selected.
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Control panel
The electronics of the control panel are
equipped with overheating protection.
This switches off the cooktop
automatically before the electronic unit
overheats.
The fault code  will appear in the
cooking zone indicators if the control
panel overheating protection
mechanism is triggered. You can use
the cooktop again as usual when the
fault code has gone out.
The overheating protection mechanism
can be triggered if more than one
cooking zone is operated on a high
setting for a long period of time.