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How to use the hob burners
Lighting of the hob burners
To ignite the burner, the following instructions are to be followed:
1) Lightly press and turn the knob anti-clockwise, and position the knob indicator to the
symbol
printed on the control panel (fig. 5).
2) Press the knob to operate the electric ignition; or, in the case of a mains failure light
the burner with a match or lighted taper.
3) Adjust the burner according to the setting required.
Fig. 5
Electric ignition
The sparks generated by the electrodes close to the burners will ignite the choosen
burner. Whenever the lighting of the burners is difficult due to peculiar conditions of
the gas features or supply, it is advised to repeat the ignition with the knob on “mini-
mum” position.
Hob burners
Each hob burner is controlled by a sep-
arate gas tap operated by a control
knob (fig. 5) which has 3 positions
marked on the control panel, these are:
– Symbol
: tap closed (burner off)
– Symbol
: High (maximum)
– Symbol
: Low (minimum)
Push in and turn the knob anti-clock-
wise to the selected position.
To turn the burner off, fully rotate the knob clockwise to the off position:
.
The maximum setting of the control tap is for boiling, the minimum setting is for slow
cooking and simmering.
All working positions must be choosen between the maximum and minimum setting,
never between the maximum setting and the “OFF” position.
