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Operating Instructions

HOB

Contents

Operating Instructions,1 Warnings,2 Assistance,3 Description of the appliance,4 Installation,5 Start-up and use,10 Precautions and tips,11 Maintenance and care,12 Troubleshooting,12 After Sales Service,15 Guarantee,16

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Warnings

WARNING: The appliance and its accessible parts become hot during use. Care should be taken to avoid touching heating elements. Children less than 8 years of age shall be kept away unless continuously supervised. 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 concerning use of the appliance in a safe way and understand the hazards involved. Children shall not play with the appliance. Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children without supervision.

CAUTION: In case of hotplate glass breakage:

- shut immediately off all burners and any electrical heating element and isolate the appliance from the power supply

- do not touch the appliance surface.

WARNING: Unattended cooking on a hob with fat or oil can be dangerous and may

result in re. NEVER try to extinguish a re with water, but switch off the appliance and then cover ame e.g. with a lid or a re blanket.

WARNING: Danger of re: do not store

items on the cooking surfaces.

Never use steam cleaners or pressure cleaners on the appliance.

Remove any liquid from the lid before opening it. Do not close the glass cover (if present) when the gas burners or electric hotplates are still hot.

The appliance is not intended to be operated by means of an external timer or separate remote control system.

CAUTION: the use of inappropriate hob guards can cause accidents.

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Assistance

Communicating:

• The type of problem encountered.

• appliance model (Mod.)

• serial number (S/N) This information is found on the data plate located on the appliance and/or on the packaging.

Description of the appliance

Overall view

1 Support Grid for COOKWARE 2 GAS BURNERS 3 Control Knobs for GAS BURNERS 4 Ignition for GAS BURNERS* 5 SAFETY DEVICES*

• GAS BURNERS differ in size and power. Use the diameter of the cookware to choose the most appropriate burner to cook with.

• GAS BURNER IGNITION* enables a specic burner to be lit automatically.

• Control Knobs for GAS BURNERS adjust the size of the

ame.

• SAFETY DEVICE* stops the gas ow if the ame is accidentally extinguished.

* Only available on certain models.

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Installation

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! Before operating your new appliance please read this instruction booklet carefully. It contains important information for safe use, installation and care of the appliance.

! Please keep these operating instructions for future reference. Pass them on to possible new owners of the appliance.

partially or completely full, must not be installed or stored in rooms or storage areas that are below ground level (cellars, etc.). It is advisable to keep only the cylinder being used in the room, positioned so that it is not subject

to heat produced by external sources (ovens, replaces,

stoves, etc. ) which could raise the temperature of the cylinder above 50°C.

Fitting the appliance

Positioning

! Keep packaging material out of the reach of children. It can become a choking or suffocation hazard (see Precautions and tips).

! The appliance must be installed by a qualied professional

according to the instructions provided. Incorrect installation may cause harm to people and animals or may damage property.

! This unit may be installed and used only in permanently ventilated rooms in accordance with current national regulations. The following requirements must be observed:

• The room must be equipped with an air extraction system that expels any combustion fumes. This may consist of a hood or an electric fan that automatically starts each time the appliance is switched on.

In a chimney stack or branched flue. (exclusively for cooking appliances)

Directly to the Outside

The following precautions must be taken when installing the hob:

• Kitchen cabinets adjacent to the appliance and taller than the top of the hob must be at least 600 mm from the edge of the hob.

• Hoods must be installed according to their relative installation instruction manuals and at a minimum

distance of 650 mm from the hob (see gure).

• Place the wall cabinets adjacent to the hood at a minimum

height of 420 mm from the hob (see gure).

If the hob is installed beneath a wall cabinet, the latter must be situated

600mm min.

650mm min.

at a minimum of 700 mm above the hob.

420mm min.

• The installation cavity should have the dimensions

indicated in the gure. Fastening hooks are provided,

allowing you to fasten the hob to tops that are between 20 and 40 mm thick. To ensure the hob is securely fastened to the top, we recommend you use all the hooks provided.

• The room must also allow proper air circulation, as air is

needed for combustion to occur normally. The ow of air

must not be less than 2 m3/h per kW of installed power.

The air circulation system may take air directly from the outside by means of a pipe with an inner

Before the installation remove the grids and burners from the hob and turn it upside down, making sure you don’t damage the thermocouples and spark plugs. Apply the seals that come with the appliance along the outer edges of the hob to prevent any passage of air, humidity

and water (see Figure). For proper application make sure the surfaces to be sealed

are clean, dry and free of any grease/oil.

Examples of ventilation holes for comburant air.

Adjacent Room

Room to be Vented

cross section of at least 100 cm2; the opening must not be vulnerable to any type of blockages.

The system can also provide the air needed for combustion indirectly,

i.e. from adjacent rooms tted with

air circulation tubes as described above. However, these rooms must not be communal rooms, bedrooms

Enlarging the ventilation slot between window and floor.

or rooms that may present a re

hazard.

• Liquid petroleum gas sinks to the oor as it is heavier

than air. Therefore, rooms containing LPG cylinders must also be equipped with vents to allow gas to escape in the event of a leak. As a result LPG cylinders, whether

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