Caple DD901BK Instruction Manual

Downdraft Extractor

Instruction Manual

DD901BK

Contact Caple on 0117 938 7420 for spare parts or www.caple.co.uk

CONTENTS

Introduction 3

Safety Instructions and Warnings 4

Installation 8

Electrical Connection of the Downdraft Extractor 12

Appliance Description 14

Operating the Downdraft Extractor 15

Care and Maintenance 17

Troubleshooting 18

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INTRODUCTION

Thank you for choosing this Caple downdraft extractor.
To ensure that you get the best results from your new

downdraft extractor, we strongly suggest that you read
this instruction manual thoroughly before use. If treated
with care, your Caple product should give you years of
trouble-free use.

To register ownership, please ensure you complete and
return the guarantee card supplied with the appliance or
visit www.caple.co.uk and register here.

This instruction manual is designed to provide you with
all the required information related to the installation, use
and maintenance of the appliance.

This downdraft extractor is designed to extract unpleasant
odours and cooking vapours from the kitchen. In order
to operate the unit correctly and safely, please read this
instruction manual carefully before installation and use.

Please read this manual carefully before using your
appliance. It contains important safety advice; it explains
how to use and look after your appliance so that it will
provide you with many years of reliable service.

Should a fault arise, please first consult the
“Troubleshooting” section. You can often rectify minor
problems yourself, thus saving unnecessary service costs.

Please keep this manual in a safe place and pass it on to
new owners for their information and safety.

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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
AND WARNINGS:

- These hoods have been designed for personal use in the
home. The appliance must be used by adults. Make sure
that the appliance is out of reach of children and that
they do not use it to play with. Make sure that children
do not operate the controls.

- When the appliance is delivered, check the overall
appearance of the packaging and the product, to ensure
there is no damage.

- Any damage should be reported to your retailer straight
away.

- Your appliance is designed for normal domestic use.
It is not designed for commercial or industrial use, or for
purposes other than those for which it was designed.

- Any consequences of or damage from incorrect
installation or incorrect use of the appliance will not be
covered by the manufacturer’s guarantee.

- Do not ever change or try to change the characteristics
of this appliance. This would be a danger. Repairs must
be performed only by an authorised technician.

- Always disconnect the hood before carrying out cleaning
or maintenance operations.

- Adequately ventilate the room when a cooker hood
and other appliances, powered by energy other than
electricity, are used simultaneously, so that the hood
does not suck any combustion fumes.

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- It is not allowed to cook food over open flames (flambé)
or operate gas hobs without pots or pans on them under
the hood itself (the flames sucked into the hood might
damage the appliance).

- Frying near the appliance must be done under constant
supervision as hot oils and fats may ignite.

- Respect the guidelines for cleaning and replacement of
grease filters. Accumulated deposits of grease are a fire
hazard.

- This appliance must not be used over cook tops powered
by wood or coal or in any case, over cook tops with
power levels that could damage the appliance.

- Never use steam or high-pressure devices for cleaning
your hood (regulations regarding electrical safety).

- Never use the cooker hood without the grease filters.

- The minimum distance between the Downdraft (closed)
and the surface above it must be at least 200mm.

- When handling the downdraft, never put your hands in
the field of action of the extractable unit.

- There must be a minimum space of 50mm between the
edge of a gas hob and the downdraft frame.

- Constantly seeking to improve our products, we reserve
the right to modify their technical, functional, or
aesthetic characteristics deriving from their upgrading.

- In the case of the version with external motor, for normal
downdraft operation, it is necessary to use a suctioning
unit (external motor) made by the same manufacturer.

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- The air collected must not be conveyed into a flue
used for smoke or fumes from appliances powered by
anything other than electricity (central heating systems,
etc.). As far as discharging exhaust air is concerned,
please follow the guidelines given by competent
authorities.

- This appliance is not intended for use by persons
(including children) with reduced physical, sensory or
mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge,
unless they have been given supervision or instruction
concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible
for their safety.

- Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not
play with the appliance.

GENERAL INFORMATION ON
THE DOWNDRAFT EXTRACTOR:

- It is designed to work in both vented mode, with outside
evacuation, and recirculation mode.

- Keep these instructions for use with the appliance. If the
appliance should be sold or passed on to others, make
sure that the instructions are passed on with it. We thank
you for taking note of these suggestions before installing
and using the appliance. They have been written for your
personal safety and the safety of others.

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