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Popping noise and red light

I was cooking on the cooktop and I heard a popping noise and a red light flash. The circuit breaker shut off. I reset the circuit breaker, cut the cooktop on and the same noise and red light event occurred. I reset the circuit breaker again and I'm afraid to cut the cooktop on. Also, the cooktop indicator is illuminated, yet the cooktop knobs are all set to off and there's no heat coming from any of the four cooking zones. I saw a similar post with a different model and the diagnosis was a bad switch. Could this be the case for this model as well?

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I have the same problem today and was wondering if you ever solved the mystery of the light coming on? Mine popped recently, the breaker shut off, I reset it, and the light was on. Additionally, however, the burner with the light is not working.

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It could be a switch, element or a short somewhere else

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