15
A
Fig. 4.3
IGNITION OF THE OVEN BURNER
ATTENTION: Never turn the control
knob before opening the oven door.
To ignite the oven burner:
1.
Open the oven door to the full extent.
WARNING: Risk of explosion! The
oven door must be open during this
operation.
2.
Lightly press and turn the thermostat
knob anti-clockwise (fig. 4.2) to
maximum position
285
(fig. 4.1). Press
the knob firmly until the burner lights.
In the case of a mains failure, to light
the oven burner manually, approach
a flame to the hole ‘
A
’ of the oven
floor (fig. 4.3).
Never turn the gas
thermostat before approaching a
flame to the hole “A” of the floor.
3.
Never continue this operation for
more than 15 seconds. If the burner
has still not ignited, wait for about
1 minute prior to repeating the
ignition.
4. After lighting the burner, wait a few
seconds before releasing the knob
(until the safety valve stays open).
5. Check that the burner has lit; if not, turn
the knob clockwise back to “
0
” (OFF)
and repeat the procedure from step 1.
6. Close the oven door slowly and adjust
the burner according to the power
required.
If the flame extinguishes for any reason,
the safety valve will automatically shut off
the gas supply to the burner.
To re-light the burner, first turn the oven
control knob to position
0
,
wait for at
least 1 minute
and then repeat the lighting
procedure.