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Maintenance and care
• The hood must always be disconnected from the electricity
supply before beginning any maintenance work.
Metal grease filter
• The purpose of the grease filters is to aspirate grease particles
which form during cooking and it must always be used, either in the
external evacuation or internal recycling function.
Attention: the metal grease filters must be removed and washed,
either by hand or in the dishwasher, every four weeks.
Open the metal grease filter
• First, push the metal grease filter stop backwards, then extract the
filter, pulling downwards. Fig. 3 .
Hand washing
Soak grease filters for about one
hour in hot water with a grease-
loosening cleaner, then rinse off
thoroughly with hot water. Repeat the
process if necessary. Refit the
grease filters when they are dry.
Dishwasher machine
Place grease filters in dish washer.
Select most powerful washing
programme and highest temperatu-
re, at least 65°C. Repeat the
process. Refit the grease filters when
they are dry.
When washing the metal grease
filter in the dishwasher a slight
discoloration of the filter can occur,
this does not have any impact on its
performance.
• Clean the inner housing using a hot detergent solution only (never
use caustic detergents, abrasive powders or brushes).
Fig. 3