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SOME SAFETY POINT
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Do not use the appliance as a space heater.
If you smell gas
Open a window. Do not use any electrical switches.
Immediately extinguish naked flames. Isolate appliance from
gas mains supplies via the isolation stopcock. Contact local
gas authority or emergency services as appropriate. In the
event of food fire. Isolate appliance from electric / gas mains
supplies if safe to do so. Try to extinguish flames with the
appropriate equipment (fire blanket or extinguishing foam).
Never
use water on cooking fat / oil fires.
If in difficulty call emergency services.
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Do not store or use flammable products or aerosol
containers near the hotplate or burners.
• Never flambe‚ under an extractor - even if the ventilator is
switched off.
The high flames can cause fire.
For your safety and that of your children
• Do not store items that are attractive to children above or
near the appliance.
• Keep children well away from the appliance:
Remember
that some parts of the appliance
and
the
pans become very hot and dangerous during use, and will
take time to cool down.
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When cooking, do not
wear
clothes that could catch
fire
and cause serious injury.
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Some “Wok” cooking pots are unstable. Check with the
manufacturer before purchasing.
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Avoid using unstable and misshapen pans which may tilt
easily and pans with a very small base diameter, e.g. milk
pans, single egg poachers. The minimum pan diameter
recommended is 125mm (5"). Smaller pans will be
unstable.
Very large pans may cause walls or knobs to overheat.
Using pans which are too big may deform the control
knobs or discolour the walls. This is not covered by the
guarantee.
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Carefully place all pans centrally over the burners.
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Always position pan handles safely away from the front of
the hotplate and out of danger, particularly from small
children.
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Never leave
frying
pan
s with hot oil
unattended.
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Pans and kettles with down turned base rims should not
be used.
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Simmering aids such as asbestos or mesh mats are NOT
recommended. They will reduce burner performance and
could damage the pan supports.
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Commercially available foil spillage aids are unnecessary
on this hotplate.
PROBLEM SOLVER
Any of the following are considered to be abnormal operation
and may require servicing:
Yellow tipping of the hob burner flame.
Sooting up of cooking utensils.
Burners not igniting properly.
Burners failing to remain alight.
Burners extinguished by oven door.
Gas valves, which are difficult to turn.
Your Installer should be contacted if you have any problems
with the installation.
Before you call a service engineer please check if the problem
is something you could fix yourself. The cause of the problem
is often a simple one.
THINGS TO TRY BEFORE CALLING FOR AN ENGINEER
Burner does not burn well
Is the burner dirty or damp? Try cleaning and/or drying the
burner. Appliance not suitable for your gas type? Check the
identification plate on the hotplate base.
Burner does not ignite
Do the burners spark when you press the ignition button? If
not is the power on? See ‘Checking the power supply’ section
further on. If the power supply is OK then there is probably
something wrong with the ignition system.
Are the electrode or burner slots blocked by debris?
Is the burner dirty or damp? Try cleaning and/or drying the
burner. Is the burner trim correctly located?
Are the burner caps correctly located?
Check that there is not a problem with your gas supply. You
can do this by making sure that other gas appliances you may
have are working.
Never use a match or ligther to test the
gas supply
!
Pan supports
Aluminium pans may cause a metallic marking on the pan
supports which does not affect the durability of the enamel
and may be cleaned off with a metal cleaner such as ‘Brasso’.
Checking the power supply
First check the socket by trying out another piece of electrical
equipment in it.
If that works, renew the fuse in the hotplate plug. Use a 10
amp fuse. If the fuse ‘blows’ again there is a fault on the
hotplate. Do not use a fuse with a higher rating. Do not carry
out other electrical work. Unplug the hotplate and tell your
installer.
Power Failure
In the event of a failure in the electrical supply the hotplate
burners may be lit using a match.
Ventilation
The use of a gas cooking appliance results in the production
of heat and moisture in the room in which it is installed. Ensure
that the kitchen is well ventilated: keep natural ventilation
holes open or install a mechanical ventilation device, (mecha-
nical extractor hood). Prolonged intensive use of the applian-
ce may call for
additional ventilation, for example opening a window, or more
effective ventilation, for example increasing the level of
mechanical ventilation where present. For more detail see the
Installation Instructions.
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Poss
ibility of tiltin
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Anti-tip restraint
