Originally Posted by
thimblebug6000
My only comment on this is... even though I looked at the red light that showed me it was still hot.... I plunked my hand down on it....ouch! I would never consider putting a cover on this type of stove top that you can not fathom how hot it is!..... Back in the day...I did have ceramic type covers that fit over the coils ....but not until they were cool to the touch...again....ouch!
I did the exact same thing back in my college days! Spent weeks with a bandaged hand and all the doctor visits involved. Faint scars are still visible some 50 years later! I will not ever have an electric stove, coil or flat top! Ouch is right!!