Aeg-electrolux HG 694340 XB User Manual

HG694340XB

GAS HOB USER MANUAL

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CONTENTS

4 Safety information

6 Installation
12 Product description
12 Operation
14 Helpful hints and tips
15 Care and cleaning
16 What to do if…
17 Technical data
18 Environment concerns

Contents

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The following symbols are used in this user
manual:

Important information concerning your
personal safety and information on how to
avoid damaging the appliance.

General information and tips

Environmental information

Subject to change without notice

4 Safety information

SAFETY INFORMATION

WARNING!

These instructions are only valid in the countries whose symbols appear on this booklet's
cover.

For your safety and correct operation of the appliance, read this manual carefully before
installation and use. Always keep these instructions with the appliance even if you move or
sell it. Users must fully know the operation and safety features of the appliance.

General safety

WARNING!

Persons (including children) with reduced physical sensory, mental capabilities or lack of ex­perience and knowledge must not use the appliance. They must have supervision or instruc­tion for the operation of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.

Child safety

• Only adults can use this appliance. Children must get supervision to make sure that they
do not play with the appliance.

• Keep all packaging away from children. There is a risk of suffocation and physical injury.

• Keep children away from the appliance during and after the operation, until the appli­ance is cold.

Use

• Remove all packaging, stickers and the protective layer of the stainless steel hob panel (if
present) from the appliance before first use. Do not remove the rating plate. It can inva­lidate the guarantee.

• Set the cooking zones to the "off" position after each use.

• Burners and accessible part become hot during and after use. Do not put cutlery or sau­cepan lids on the cooking surface. Cookware and its contents can tip over. There is the
risk of burns.

• Too hot fats and oils can ignite very quickly. There is the risk of fire.

• Do not leave the appliance unattended during operation.

• Always monitor the appliance during operation.

• Do not let the liquids overflow into the holes of the top of the hob

• Do not use the hob without cookware.

• The appliance is only for domestic use. Do not use the appliance for commercial and in­dustrial use.

• Only use the appliance for domestic cooking tasks. This is to prevent physical injury to
persons or prevent damage to property.

• Use only cookware with diameter applicable to the dimensions of burners. There is a risk
of overheating and rupture of the glass plate (if applicable).

• Do not use a pan with diameter smaller than burner dimension - flames will heat up the
pan handle.

Safety information

• Pots must not enter the control zone.

• Do not use not stable cookware to prevent from tilt and accident.

• Do not put flammable products or items that are wet with flammable products, and/or
fusible objects (made of plastic or aluminium) and/or fabrics in, near or on the appliance.
There is the risk of explosion or fire.

• Use only the accessories supplied with appliance.

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

• If there is a crack on the surface, disconnect power supply to prevent the electric shock.

Installation

• You must read these instructions. The manufacturer is not responsible for any injury
to persons and pets or damage to property caused by failure to obey these require­ments.

• To prevent the risks of structural damage or physical injury, installation, connection
of the appliance to the power supply and gas system, setting up and maintenance
must only be done by qualified personnel in compliance with standards and local
regulation force.

• Make sure that the appliance is not damaged because of transport. Do not connect a
damaged appliance. If it is necessary, speak to the supplier.

• Only use built-in appliances after you assemble the appliance into correct built-in units
and work surfaces that obey the standards.

• Do not install the hob over a domestic appliances if the installation instructions do not
allow it.

• Install the appliance only on a worktop with flat surface.

• Do not change the specifications or modify this product. There is the risk of injury and
damage to the appliance.

• Fully obey the laws, ordinances, directives and standards in force in the country where
you use the appliance (safety regulations, recycling regulations, electrical safety rules
etc.)

• Keep the minimum distances to other appliances and units.

• Install anti-shock protection, for example install the drawers only with a protective panel
directly below the appliance.

• Prevent damage of the cut surfaces of the worktop against moisture with a correct seal­ant.

• Seal the appliance to the worktop with no space left with a correct sealant.

• Prevent damage to the bottom of the appliance from steam and moisture, e.g. from a
dishwasher or oven.

• Do not install the appliance adjacent to doors and below windows. Hot cookware can be
hit off the hob when you open the doors or windows.

• Before installation, make sure that the local supply conditions (gas type and pressure)
agree with the adjustment of appliance. The adjustment conditions for the appliance are
on the rating plate, which you can find near the gas supply pipe.

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6 Installation

• This appliance is not connected to a combustion products evacuation device. It must be
installed and connected in accordance with current installation regulations. Particular
attention must be given to the relevant requirements regarding ventilation.

• The use of a gas cooking appliance cause heat and moisture in the room in which it

is installed. Make sure that the ventilation in the kitchen is good: keep natural venti­lation holes open or install a mechanical ventilation device (mechanical extractor
hood).

• More ventilation (for example opening of a window or increasing the level of me­chanical ventilation where present) is necessary when you operate the appliance
with intensity for a long time.

• Carefully obey the instructions for electrical connections. There is the risk of injury from
electrical current.

• Disconnect the appliance from the electrical supply, before you do the maintenance

work or you clean it.

• The electrical mains terminal is live.

• Make electrical mains terminal free of voltage.

• Install correctly to give anti-shock protection.

• A loose and incorrect mains plug and socket connections can make the terminal become
too hot.

• A qualified electrician must install the clamping connections correctly.

• Use a strain relief clamp on cable.

• Use the correct mains connection cable and replace the damaged mains cable with ap­plicable cable. Speak to your local Service Force Centre.

• The appliance must have the electrical installation which lets you disconnect the appli­ance from the mains at all poles with a contact opening width of minimum 3 mm.

• If the fixing bracket is near to the terminal block, always make sure the connection cable
does not come in contact with the edge of the bracket.

• You must have correct isolation devices: line protecting cut-outs, fuses (screw type fuses
removed from the holder), ground leakage trips and contactors.

Disposal of the appliance

• To prevent the risk of physical injury or damage
– Disconnect the appliance from the power supply.
– Cut off the mains cable where it connects with the appliance and discard it.
– Flat the external gas pipes if there are fitted.
– Speak to your local authorised facilities for disposal of your appliance.

INSTALLATION

WARNING!

The following instructions about installation, connection and maintenance must be carried
out by qualified personnel in compliance with standards and local regulations in force.