Westinghouse WHI954BA, WHI645BA, WHI745BA, WHI744BA, WHI634BA User Manual

USER MANUAL

INDUCTION COOKTOPS

WHI634BA, WHI644BA, WHI645BA,

WHI744BA, WHI745BA ,WHI954BA

WARNING

WARNING

TIPS & INFORMATION

ENVIRONMENTAL TIPS

CONTENTSCONGRATULATIONS

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.

After 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. This appliance complies with requirements of
Australian Standard AS/NZS 60335.2.6

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.

Record model and serial number here:

Important safety instructions ........................................................3

Installation instructions ....................................................................5

Specifications ........................................................................................7

Product description .......................................................................... 8

Operating instructions .................................................................... 12

Helpful hints and tips ......................................................................14

Care and cleaning ............................................................................. 15

Troubleshooting... .............................................................................. 16

Notes .......................................................................................................18

Warranty ................................................................................................ 19

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.

Model number:........................................................................................

Serial number: .........................................................................................

PNC: .............................................................................................................

CONTENTS

2 CONTENTS

TIPS & INFORMATION

ENVIRONMENTAL TIPS

WARNING

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

WARNING

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
recycling depot or by placing them in appropriate
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.

SAFETY

3IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTUCTIONS

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

WARNING

WARNING

WARNING

WARNING

WARNING

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 Centre 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.

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.

• Clean regularly the appliance to prevent the
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.

SAFETY

4 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTUCTIONS

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

WARNING

TIPS & INFORMATION

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.

WARNING

Refer to “Safety information” chapter.

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). Speak to
your local Service Centre.

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.

Assembly

IMPORTANT

Before the installation, note down the serial number (Ser.
Nr.) from the rating plate at the front of this manual. The
rating plate of the appliance is on its lower casing.

min.
500mm

min. 50mm min. 50mm

Make sure a ventilation space of 5mm directly below the
benchtop is included in the installation and is kept free.
The warranty does not cover functional failures caused by
the lack of adequate ventilation

min.
5mm

5INSTALLATION

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS (CONTINUED)

WHI634BA, WHI644BA, WHI645BA,
WHI744BA, WHI745BA

R 5mm

600mm

=

WHI954BA

R5mm

=

490

+1

=

mm

=

+1

560

mm490+1mm

880+1mm

min.
20mm

min. 5mm

min. 20mm

600mm

Make sure a ventilation space of 5mm
directly below the benchtop is included in
the installation and is kept free. The warranty
does not cover functional failures caused by
the lack of adequate ventilation

min.
38mm

6 INSTALLATION

min. 5mm

Installation above
an oven