1.2 General Safety
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WARNING: The appliance and its accessible parts
become hot during use. Care should be taken to avoid
touching heating elements.
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WARNING: Unattended cooking on a hob with fat or
oil can be dangerous and may result in fire.
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NEVER try to extinguish a fire with water, but switch
off the appliance and then cover flame e.g. with a lid
or a fire blanket.
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CAUTION: The appliance must not be supplied
through an external switching device, such as a timer,
or connected to a circuit that is regularly switched on
and off by a utility.
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CAUTION: The cooking process has to be supervised.
A short term cooking process has to be supervised
continuously.
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WARNING: Danger of fire: Do not store items on the
cooking surfaces.
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Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons and lids
should not be placed on the hob surface since they
can get hot.
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Do not use the appliance before installing it in the
built-in structure.
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Do not use a steam cleaner to clean the appliance.
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After use, switch off the hob element by its control and
do not rely on the pan detector.
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If the glass ceramic surface / glass surface is cracked,
switch off the appliance and unplug it from the mains.
In case the appliance is connected to the mains
directly using junction box, remove the fuse to
disconnect the appliance from power supply. In either
case contact the Authorised Service Centre.
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If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by
the manufacturer, an authorized Service or similarly
qualified persons in order to avoid a hazard.
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WARNING: Use only hob guards designed by the
manufacturer of the cooking appliance or indicated by
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