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IMPORTANT NOTES:
This is not a cooking function but is only used to clean the oven.
Before starting the self cleaning cycle:
- Take all the accessories out of the oven (drip tray and shelves).
- Clean any traces of liquid which have overflowed.
- Close the oven door and make sure that it is closed properly.
If there are cracks or flaws on the oven door glass (inside/outside) or if
the gaskets are ruined or worn or if the door does not close perfectly,
unplug the appliance and contact the Service Centre.
GENERAL INFORMATION
•
In this function the residual cooking greases on the inside walls of the oven cavity are
pulverised by the high temperature. The fumes produced during this process are fil-
tered by a special catalyst in the upper part of the appliance.
•
Smells and fumes produced during self cleaning are not a cause of alarm. Adequate
ventilation should however be provided in the room where the range is installed, e.g.
by opening a window.
•
Do not wait for the oven to be very greasy before performing this cleaning. It should
not be performed after every cooking, either, but only when the level of dirt justifies it
(on average 1 – 2 times a month depending on oven use).
•
For safety reasons (high temperature of the oven cavity), when the self cleaning starts
the oven door is automatically locked by an electronic device (after about 30 seconds
on the control panel the door locked pilot light lights up). The door can no longer be
opened and is only unlocked at the end of the cleaning cycle or, stopping the cycle,
when the oven cavity has cooled to a temperature lower than 300 °C (570 °F).
•
When the self cleaning function starts an internal fan starts automatically to cool the
oven walls. It only stops at the end of the cycle, when the oven cavity temperature has
dropped below 100 °C (212 °F).
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The procedures for starting, stopping and completing the self cleaning cycle and deal-
ing with any problems are described in the following chapters:
- “How to start the self cleaning cycle”
- “Problems on starting and during the self cleaning cycle”
- “How to stop the self cleaning cycle”
- “What to do when the self cleaning cycle has finished”
- “Abnormal situations and/or operating problems”
CAUTION: During the self clean-
ing cycle the accessible parts
may become hot. Keep children
away.
SELF CLEANING FUNCTION
(this is not a cooking function)
NEVER USE THE RANGE WHEN
ONE OVEN IS OPERATING IN SELF
CLEANING MODE.
NEVER OPERATE BOTH OVENS
OF THE RANGE IN SELF CLEAN-
ING MODE AT THE SAME TIME.
ALWAYS OPERATE OVENS IN
SELF-CLEANING MODE ONE AT A
TIME.
IMPORTANT:
The health of some birds is
extremely sensitive to the fumes
given off during the self-cleaning
cycle.
Exposure to the fumes may result
in death to certain birds.
Always move birds to another
closed and well ventilated room.
WHEN THE SELF CLEANING
MODE HAS BEEN COMPLETED:
• do not operates immediately the
other oven of the range in self
cleaning mode: LET THE RANGE
TO COOL DOWN.
• do not start immediately a new
self cleaning cycle on the same
oven: LET THE RANGE TO COOL
DOWN.
IMPORTANT:
DURING THE SELF-CLEANING
CYCLE THE WARMING DRAW-
ERS DO NOT OPERATE.
If during self-cleaning cycle the
warming drawer control knob has
been turned ON return the knob
to the OFF position. Otherwise at
the end of the self-cleaning cycle
and after having turned the oven
selector control knob to the OFF
position, the warming drawer will
operates.
U S E
&
C A R E
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