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Thank you for buying your new CAPLE Cooker. To ensure that you get the best
results from your new CAPLE Cooker, we strongly suggest that you read this instruction manual thoroughly before use. This manual contains installation advice, cleaning
tips and a cooking guide, as well as other important facts about your CAPLE cooker.
If treated with care, your CAPLE appliance should give you years of trouble-free
cooking.
For Spare Parts, Technical Advice
or Product Service call the
CAPLE HELPLINE on 0870 241 1142
(Answerphone outside office hours)
The CEmarking confirms that the appliance conforms to the following EU directives:
- safety requirements of EEC Directive “Gas” 90/396;
- safety requirements of EEC Directive “Low voltage” 73/23;
- protection requirements of EEC Directive “EMC” 89/336;
- requirements of EEC Directive 93/68.
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Safety Reminders
Instruction Book
This appliance should only be used for
it’s intended purpose as described in
these instructions.
Ensure that you fully understand these
instructions before operating this appliance.
Space Requirements
Ensure that the specified ventilation
space around the appliance is not
obstructed.
Food Splashes
Always wipe clean the oven after use.
Food splashes can carry on cooking next
time and may become a fire hazard.
Hot Surfaces
It is important to remember that the surfaces of cooking appliances get hot during use and retain the heat for some time
after switching off.
It is therefore advisable to keep small
children away from the appliance.
The Grill and Top oven element
are exposed, so take great care when
placing food in the oven or removing it.
Use the grill pan handles or gloves.
DO NOT line the oven, grids, trays etc.
with aluminium foil as this could adversely affect the heating elements and it
could also damage the interior surfaces.
DO NOT place flammable materials in
the oven or in the drawer.
Faults
Do not continue to use this appliance if it
appears to be faulty.
After Use
Switch the appliance controls off.
Always switch off at the isolating switch
before cleaning the appliance, or
attempting any maintenance task, or
when not in use for long periods (when
on holiday).
CAPLE Service
To ensure the continued safe and efficient operation of this appliance, we recommend that any servicing or repairs are
carried out only by an authorised CAPLE
SERVICE ENGINEER.
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Electrical Requirements
WARNING!
ELECTRICITY CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
THIS APPLIANCE MUST BE EARTHED.
For your safety please read the following information:
This appliance must be installed by a qualified technician according with the current local
regulations and in compliance with the manufacturer instructions.
This appliance is supplied with a moulded 13 amp three pin mains plug with a 13 amp
fuse fitted. Should the fuse require replacement, it must be replaced with a fuse rated at
13 amp and approved by ASTA or BSI to BS 1362.
IF THE MOULDED MAINS PLUG IS UNSUITABLE FOR THE SOCKET OUTLET IN
YOUR HOME OR IS REMOVED FOR ANY OTHER REASON, THEN THE FUSE
SHOULD BE REMOVED AND THE CUT OFF PLUG DISPOSED OF SAFELY TO
PREVENT THE HAZARD OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.
THERE IS A DANGER OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK IF THE CUT OFF PLUG IS
INSERTED INTO ANY 13 AMP SOCKET OUTLET.
If a replacement plug is to be fitted, please observe the wiring code shown below.
A properly earthed three pin plug (fused at 13 amps, to BS 1362 ASTA approved) must
be used. As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this appliance may not
correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as
follows.
The wire which is coloured GREEN & YELLOW must be connected to the terminal in the
plug which is marked with letter "E" or by the Earth symbol or coloured GREEN &
YELLOW.
The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal which is marked
with the letter "N" or coloured BLACK.
The wire which is coloured BROWN must be connected to the terminal which is marked
with the letter "L" or coloured RED.
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1 - Electrical Installation - Wall box connection
This appliance must be connected to a
double pole isolating switch (fig. 1.1) and
to the terminal block in the cooker (figs.
1.2 & 1.3) using the following guide:
FUSE
DOUBLE POLE SWITCHED
FUSED SPUR OUTLET
USE A 13 AMP FUSE
ON
Fig. 1.1
1) The wire which is coloured brown
must be connected to the terminal
marked L (Live), or coloured Red.
2) The wire which is coloured blue must
be connected to the terminal marked
N (Neutral), or coloured Black.
3) The wire which is coloured green and
yellow must be connected to the terminal marked E (Earth) or
coloured Green.
IMPORTANT: These connections must
be carried out by a qualified electrical
engineer.
CONNECTING FEEDER CABLE
To connect the feeder cable to the cooker it is necessary to:
– Remove the screw that hold shield “A”
behind the cooker (fig. 1.2).
– Insert the feeder cable of the suitable
section (as described in the next chapter) into the cable clamp “D”.
– Connect the phase and earth cables to
the terminal block “B” according to the
diagram in figure 3.
– Pull the feeder cable and block it with
cable clamp “D”.
– Re-mount shield “A”.
Fig. 1.2
D
B
A
Fig. 1.3
FEEDER CABLE SECTION
type H05VV-F or H05RR-F
230 V 3 x 1,5 mm
2
PE
230 V
L
1
(L2)
PEN
450 mm
650 mm
500 mm
50 mm
2 - Location
FOR THE INSTALLER
This cookers has class “2/1” overheating protection so that it can be installed in a
cabinet.
If the cooker is installed adjacent to furniture which is higher than the
cooktop, a gap of at least 50 mm must be left between the side of the cooker and
the furniture (fig. 2.1).
The furniture walls adjacent to the cooker must be made of material resistant to heat.
The veneered syntetical material and the glue used must be resistant to a temperature of
120°C in order to avoid ungluing or deformations.
The cooker may be located in a kitchen, a kitchen/diner or bed-sitting room but not in a
room containing a bath or shower.
Curtains must not be fitted immediatly behind appliance or within 500 mm of the sides.
It is essential that the cooker is positioned as stated below.
The cooker must be installed by a qualified technician and in compliance with
local safety standards.
Fig. 2.1
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S
D
B
C
IDENTIFICATION LABEL
When you open the bottom oven
door the indentification label is at
the bottom right hand side.
ASSEMBLING THE BACKGUARD
Before assembling remove any protective film/adhesive tape.
The backguard B and the side supports S and D can be found packed in the drawer.
1. Insert the side supports S and D into the backguard B (see fig. 2.2)
2. Insert the backguard group into the support guides in the cooker
3. The backguard can be removed for cleaning or fixed with a screw through the hole C.
Fig. 2.2
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LEVELLING
The cooker is equipped with a 4 levelling feet which must be fitted to the base of the
cooker in the following manner:
– Place the cooker on its back as shown in the figure 2.3.
– Screw the 4 leveling feet to the cooker.
– Stand the cooker and levelling it by screwing or unscrewing the feet with a spanner.
Fig. 2.3
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The room containing the cooker should have an air supply in accordance with BS.5540:
Part 2: 1989.
All rooms require an openable window or equivalent while some rooms require a permanent vent in addition to the openable window.
The cooker should not be installed in a bed-sitting room, of volume less than 21 m
3
.
Where a DOMESTIC COOKER is installed in a room or internal space, that room or internal space shall be provided with a permanent opening which communicates directly with
outside air and is sized in accordance with table below. In domestic premises the permanent opening shall be an air vent.
If there are other fuel burning appliances in the same room, BS.5540: Part 2: 1989 should
be consulted to determine the requisite air vent requirements.
If the cooker is installed in a cellar or basement, it is advisable to provide an air vent of
effective area 100 cm
2
, irrespective of the room volume.
(❊) If the room or internal space containing these appliances has a door which opens
directly to outside, no permanent opening is required.
MINIMUM PERMANENT OPENING FREE AREA FOR FLUELESS APPLIANCE
5 m3to 10
m
3
Openable
window or
equivalent also
required
Maximum
appliance
rated input
limit
Room volume
11 m3to
20 m
3
> 20 m
3
< 5 m
3
Type of appliance
Domestic oven, hotplate,
grill or any combination
thereof.
None
50 (❊)
cm
2
Nil
cm
2
Nil
cm
2
100
cm
2
Yes
Provison for ventilation
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3 - Gas connection
GAS INSTALLATION
IMPORTANT NOTE
This appliance is supplied for use on
NATURAL GAS only and cannot be used
on any other gas without modification.
This appliance is manufactured for
conversion to LPG if required and is
supplied with a conversion kit.
The cooker must be installed by a
qualified person in accordance with the
Gas Safety (Installation and Use)
(Amendment) Regulation 1990 and the
relevant building/l.E.E. Regulations.
The following British Standards should
be used as reference when installing this
appliance.
BS6172 1990, BS5440 part 2 1989 and
BS6891 1988.
Failure to install the appliance correctly
could invalidate any manufacturers
warranty and lead to prosecution under
the above quoted regulation.
In the UK C.O.R.G.I registered installers
are authorised to undertake the
installation and service work in
compliance with the above regulations.
GAS CONNECTION
The installation of the cooker to Natural
Gas or LP Gas must be carried out by
a qualified gas engineer. Installers shall
take due account of the provisions of the
relevant British Standards Code of
Practice, the Gas Safety Regulations
and the Building Standards (Scotland)
(Consolidation) Regulations issued by
the Scottish Development Department.
INSTALLATION TO NATURAL GAS
Installation to Natural Gas must conform
to the Code of Practice, etc. The supply
pressure for Natural Gas is 20 mbar.
INSTALLATION TO LP GAS
This appliance must only be connected
to LPG after an LPG conversion kit has
been fitted, (see pages from 11 to 14).
When operating on Butane gas a supply
pressure of 28-30 mbar is required.
When using Propane gas a supply
pressure of 37 mbar is required.
The installation must conform to the
relevant British Standards.
Warning: Only a qualified gas engineer,
also with technical knowledge of
electricity should install the cooker. He
should observe the Regulations and
Codes of Practice governing such
installation of gas cookers.
Note: It is recommended that the gas
connection to the cooker is installed with
a flexible connecting tube made to BS
5386.
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Plug
GAS CONNECTION
The gas supply must be connected to
the gas inlet which is located at the left
or the right hand rear of the appliance
(fig. 3.1).
The pipe does not cross the cooker.
When screwing the connecting tube
operate with two spanners (fig. 3.2).
The unused end inlet pipe must be
closed with the plug, interposing the
gasket.
After connecting to the mains, check that
the coupling are correctly sealed, using
soapy solution, but never a flame.
Fig. 3.2
Fig. 3.1