AEG EHF3120FOK User Manual

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EHF3120FOK	EN HOB	USER MANUAL	2
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CONTENTS
1.	SAFETY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	3
2.	PRODUCT DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	5
3.	HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	5
4.	CARE AND CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6
5.	TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	7
6.	INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	7
7.	TECHNICAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	9
8.	ENVIRONMENT CONCERNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	9

WE’RE THINKING OF YOU

Thank you for purchasing an Electrolux appliance. You’ve chosen a product that brings with it decades of professional experience and innovation. Ingenious and stylish, it has been designed with you in mind. So whenever you use it, you can be safe in the knowledge that you’ll get great results every time.

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CUSTOMER CARE AND SERVICE

We recommend the use of original spare parts.

When contacting Service, ensure that you have the following data available. The information can be found on the rating plate. Model, PNC, Serial Number.

Warning / Caution-Safety information

General information and tips

Environmental information

Subject to change without notice.

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1. SAFETY INFORMATION

Before the installation and use of the appliance, carefully read the supplied instructions. The manufacturer is not responsible if an incorrect installation and use causes injuries and damages. Always keep the instructions with the appliance for future reference.

1.1 Children and vulnerable people safety

WARNING!

Risk of suffocation, injury or permanent disability.

•This appliance can be used by children aged from 8 years and above and persons with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge if they have been given supervision or instruction for the operation of the appliance by a person who is responsible for their safety.

•Do not let children play with the appliance.

•Keep all packaging away from children.

•Keep children and pets away from the appliance when it operates or when it cools down. Accessible parts are hot.

•If the appliance has a child safety device, we recommend that you activate it.

•Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children without supervision.

1.2 Installation

WARNING!

Only a qualified person must install this appliance.

•Remove all the packaging.

•Do not install or use a damaged appliance.

•Obey the installation instruction supplied with the appliance.

•Keep the minimum distance from the other appliances and units.

•Always be careful when you move the appliance because it is heavy. Always wear safety gloves.

•Seal the cut surfaces with a sealant to prevent moisture to cause swelling.

•Protect the bottom of the appliance from steam and moisture.

•Do not install the appliance adjacent to a door or under a window. This prevents hot cookware to fall from the appliance when the door or the window is opened.

•If the appliance is installed above drawers make sure that the space, between the bottom of the appliance and the upper drawer, is sufficient for air circulation.

•The bottom of the appliance can get hot. We recommend to install a noncombustile separation panel under the appliance to prevent access to the bottom.

Electrical connection

WARNING!

Risk of fire and electrical shock.

•All electrical connections must be made by a qualified electrician.

•Before every wiring make sure the main terminal of the appliance is not live.

•Make sure the appliance is installed correctly. Loose and incorrect plug and socket can make the terminal become too hot.

•Make sure that a shock protection is installed.

•Do not let the electricity bonds touch the appliance or hot cookware, when you connect the appliance to the near sockets.

•Do not let the electricity bonds tangle.

•Use a strain relief clamp on cable.

•Use the correct mains cable.

•Make sure not to cause damage to the mains plug and to the mains cable. Contact the Service or an electrician to change a damaged mains cable.

•The electrical installation must have an isolation device which lets you disconnect the appliance from the mains at all poles. The isolation device must have a

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contact opening width of minimum 3 mm.

•Use only correct isolation devices: line protecting cut-outs, fuses (screw type fuses removed from the holder), earth leakage trips and contractors.

1.3 Use

WARNING!

Risk of injury, burns or electric shock.

•Use this appliance in a household environment.

•Do not change the specification of this appliance.

•Do not use an external timer or a separate remote-control system to operate the appliance.

•Do not let the appliance stay unattended during operation.

•Do not operate the appliance with wet hands or when it has contact with water.

•Do not put cutlery or saucepan lids on the cooking zones. They become hot.

•Set the cooking zone to “off” after use.

•Do not use the appliance as a work surface or as a storage surface.

•If the surface of the appliance is cracked, disconnect immediately the appliance from the power supply. This to prevent an electrical shock.

WARNING!

Risk of fire or explosion.

•Fats and oil when heated can release flammable vapours. Keep flames or heated objects away from fats and oils when you cook with them.

•The vapours that very hot oil releases can cause spontaneous combustion.

•Used oil, that can contain food remnants, can cause fire at a lower temperature than oil used for the first time.

•Do not put flammable products or items that are wet with flammable products in, near or on the appliance.

•Do not try to extinguish a fire with water. Disconnect the appliance and cover the flame with a lid or a fire blanket.

WARNING!

Risk of damage to the appliance.

•Do not keep hot cookware on the control panel.

•Do not let cookware to boil dry.

•Be careful not to let objects or cookware fall on the appliance. The surface can be damaged.

•Do not activate the cooking zones with empty cookware or without cookware.

•Do not put aluminium foil on the appliance.

•Cookware made of cast iron, aluminium or with a damaged bottom can cause scratches on the glass ceramic. Always lift these objects up when you have to move them on the cooking surface.

1.4 Care and Cleaning

WARNING!

Risk of damage to the appliance.

•Clean regularly the appliance to prevent the deterioration of the surface material.

•Do not use water spray and steam to clean the appliance.

•Clean the appliance with a moist soft cloth. Only use neutral detergents. Do not use abrasive products, abrasive cleaning pads, solvents or metal objects.

1.5 Disposal

WARNING!

Risk of injury or suffocation.

•Disconnect the appliance from the mains supply.

•Cut off the mains cable and discard it.

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2.PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

2.1General overview

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180 mm		1	Cooking zone
		2	Cooking zone
145 mm	2	3	Residual heat indicators
		4	Control knobs
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2.2 The control knob

1 Assignment of control knobs

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2 Heat setting (0-12)

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2.3 Residual heat indicator

The residual heat indicator comes on when a cooking zone is hot.

WARNING!

The risk of burns from residual heat!

To activate and increase the heat setting turn the knob clockwise. To decrease the heat setting turn the knob counterclockwise. To deactivate turn the knob to the 0.

3. HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS

3.1 Cookware

Information about the cookware

•The bottom of the cookware must be as thick and flat as possible.

•Cookware made of enamelled steel and with aluminium or copper bottoms can

cause the colour change on the glassceramic surface.

3.2 Energy saving

How to save energy

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•If it is possible, always put the lids on the cookware.

•Put cookware on a cooking zone before you start it.

•Stop the cooking zones before the end of the cooking time to use residual heat.

•The bottom of pans and cooking zones must have the same dimension.

3.3 Examples of cooking applications

The data in the table is for guidance only.

Heat Application:	Time Hints
set-
ting

1 To keep cooked food warm.

as rePut a lid on the cookware. quired

1-3	To make Hollandaise sauce and	5-25	Mix at intervals.
	to melt butter, chocolate and ge-	min
	latine.
1-3	To solidify fluffy omelettes and	10-40	Cook with a lid on.
	baked eggs.	min
4-6	To simmer rice and milk-based	25-50	Add a minimum of two times
	dishes and to heat up ready-	min	as much liquid as rice.
	cooked meals.		Stir milk dishes halfway
			through.
4-6	To steam vegetables, fish and	20-45	Add some tablespoons of a
	meat.	min	liquid.
5-7	To steam potatoes.	20-60	Use a maximum of ¼ l of wa-
		min	ter for 750 g of potatoes.
5-7	To cook larger quantities of food,	60-150	Add a maximum of 3 l of a
	stews and soups.	min	liquid to the ingredients.
8-9	To lightly fry escalopes, veal cor-	as re-	Turn halfway through.
	don bleu, cutlets, rissoles, saus-	quired
	ages, liver, eggs, pancakes and
	doughnuts and to cook roux.
10-11 To fry hash browns, loin steaks		5-15	Turn halfway through.
	and steaks.	min

11-12 To boil large quantities of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot roast) and to deep-fry chips.

Information on acrylamides

Important! According to the newest scientific knowledge, if you brown food (specially the one which contains starch),

acrylamides can pose a health risk. Thus, we recommend that you cook at the lowest temperatures and do not brown food too much.

4. CARE AND CLEANING

Clean the appliance after each use. Always use cookware with clean bottom.

Scratches or dark stains on the glass-ceramic cause no effect on how the appliance operates.