Westinghouse WHI323BC User Manual
USER MANUAL
INDUCTION COOKTOP
WHI323BC
TIPS & INFORMATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TIPS
WARNING
WARNING
WARNING
WARNING
TIPS & INFORMATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TIPS
CONTENTSCONGRATULATIONS
WARNING
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Dear customer,
Congratulations on the purchase of your new cooktop.
Before you use the cooktop, we recommend that you
read through the whole user manual which provides the
description of the cooktop and its functions.
To avoid the risks that are always present when you use
an electrical appliance, it is important that the cooktop
is installed correctly and that you read the safety
instructions carefully to avoid misuse and hazards.
We recommend that you keep this instruction booklet
for future reference and pass it on to any future owners.
A
fter unpacking the appliance, please check it is not
damaged. If in doubt, do not use the appliance but
contact your local Customer Care Centre.
For contact details, refer to the last page of this user
manual. T
Australian Standard AS/NZS 60335.2.6
his appliance complies with requirements of
Conditions of use
This appliance is intended to be used in household
and similar applications such as:
• Staff kitchen areas in shops, offices and other
working environments
• Farm houses
• By clients in hotels, motels and other residential
type environments
• Bed and breakfast type environments
Please ensure you read the instruction manual fully
before you call for service, or a full service fee could
be applicable.
ecord model and serial number here:
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Model number:........................................................................................
Serial number:
PNC: .............................................................................................................
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Important safety instructions ........................................................3
Installation instructions ....................................................................5
Product description ...........................................................................7
Operating instructions ..................................................................... 9
Helpful hints and tips ....................................................................... 11
Care and cleaning ............................................................................. 12
Troubleshooting... .............................................................................. 13
Warranty ................................................................................................ 15
Please read the user manual carefully and store in a handy
place for later reference.
The symbols you will see in this booklet have
these meanings:
WARNING
This symbol indicates information concerning your
personal safety.
CAUTION
This symbol indicates information on how to avoid
damaging the appliance.
IMPORTANT
This symbol indicates tips and information about use
of the appliance.
ENVIRONMENT
This symbol indicates tips and information about
economical and ecological use of the appliance.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT
MAY IMPACT YOUR MANUFACTURER’S
WARRANTY
Adherence to the directions for use in this manual
is extremely important for health and safety. Failure
to strictly adhere to the requirements in this manual
may result in personal injury, property damage
and affect your ability to make a claim under the
Westinghouse manufacturer’s warranty provided
with your product. Products must be used, installed
and operated in accordance with this manual.
You may not be able to claim on the Westinghouse
acturer’s warranty in the event that your
manuf
product fault is due to failure to adhere this manual.
IMPORTANT
Check for any damage or marks
If you find the cooktop is damaged or marked, you must
report it within 7 days if you wish to claim for damage/
marks under the manufacturer’s warranty. This does not
affect your statutory rights.
ENVIRONMENT
Information on disposal for users
• All of the packaging materials are recyclable.
Please dispose of those materials through your local
ecycling depot or by placing them in appropriate
r
collection containers.
• If you wish to discard this product, please contact
your local authorities and ask for the correct method
of disposal.
WARNING
Risk of suffocation, injury or permanent disability.
• Do not let persons, children included, with reduced
physical sensory, reduced mental functions or lack of
experience and knowledge use the appliance. They
must have 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.
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.
• Make sure that the ventilation space of 5 mm,
between the worktop and the front of the below unit,
is free. The warranty does not cover damages caused
by the lack of an adequate ventilation space.
• The bottom of the appliance can get hot. We
recommend to install a non-combustible 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 wiring make sure the
mains terminal is not live.
• Make sure the appliance is installed correctly. Loose
and incorrect plug and socket connections can make
the terminal become too hot.
• The appliance must be installed correctly to ensure
anti-shock protection.
• Cables from other electrical appliances must not
touch the hot surface of the appliance.
• Other than the connection point in the terminal
block, do not let the electrical supply cord touch the
appliance or hot cookware. Ensure electrical supply
cord is not tangled.
• Use a strain relief clamp on cable.
• Use the correct mains cable.
• Make sure there is no 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 contact opening width of minimum 3mm.
• Use only correct isolation devices: line protecting
cut-outs, fuses (screw type fuses removed from the
holder), earth leakage trips and contactors.
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SAFETYCONTENTS
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING
WARNING
WARNING
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TIPS & INFORMATION
WARNING
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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 remotecontrol 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 can become hot.
• Set the cooking zone to “off” after each use. Do not
rely on the pan detector.
• Do not use the appliance as a work surface or as a
storage surface.
• If there is a crack on the surface, disconnect power
supply to prevent the electrical shock.
• Users with a pacemaker must keep a distance of
minimum 30 cm from the induction cooking zones
when the appliance is in operation.
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 drop utensils or cookware on the
glass, the glass 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.
Care And Cleaning
WARNING
Risk of damage to the appliance.
• Regularly clean the appliance to prevent 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.
Built-in appliances
• Only use the built-in appliances after you assemble
the appliance into correct built-in units and work
surfaces that align to the standards.
To attach the seal
• Clean the worktop in the area of the cut out section.
• Bond the seal stripe supplied on the lower edge
of the appliance along the outer edge of the glass
ceramic. Do not extend it. Let stay the cut ends in the
middle of one side. When, you cut it to length (add
some mm), push the two ends together.
Connection cable
• Use the correct mains cable of type H05BB-F Tmax
90°C (or higher) for a single phase or two
phase connection.
• Replace the damaged mains cable with a special
cable (type H05BB-F Tmax 90°C or higher). 3 x
2
2.5mm
local Service Centre.
• The earth cord (green/yellow/cable) must be 2cm
longer than phase and neutral cable (blue and brown
cables).
• The cable conditions must be in accordance with
regulations and the terminal screws tightened
securely.
• The connecting cable is to be secured with the mains
cable cleat and the covering closed by pressing firmly
(lock into place).
• Before switching on for the first time, any protective
foil or stickers must be removed from the glass
ceramic surface.
with an all-pole 25A breaker. Speak to your
Assembly
min.
500mm
min. 50mm
IMPORTANT
Before the installation, note down the serial number
(Ser. Nr.) from the rating plate. The rating plate of the
appliance is on its lower casing.
WARNING
Refer to “Safety information” chapter.
NOTE: The clearance must meet or exceed the minimum
recommended for both the rangehood and cooktop.
Refer to the rangehood installation manual.
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