Cleaning and maintenance
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Cleaning and maintenance
Cleaning and maintenance
Cleaning
Once the appliance is cool, use a sponge to clean it
with soap and water.
After each use, clean the surface of the respective
burner parts once they have cooled down. If any
residue is left (baked-on food, drops of grease etc.),
however little, it will become stuck to the surface and
more difficult to remove later. The holes and grooves
must be clean for the flame to ignite properly.
The movement of some pans may leave metal residue
on the pan supports.
Clean the burners and pan supports using soapy water
and scrub with a non-wire brush.
If the pan supports are fitted with rubber rests, ensure
that these are also cleaned. The rests may come loose
and the pan support may scratch the hob.
Always dry the burners and pan supports completely.
Water droplets or damp patches on the hob at the start
of cooking may damage the enamel.
After cleaning and drying the burners, make sure the
burner caps are correctly positioned on the diffuser.
Caution!
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Do not remove the control elements when cleaning
the appliance. The appliance may be damaged if
moisture finds its way inside.
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Do not use steam cleaners. This could damage the
hob.
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Never use abrasive products, steel scourers, sharp
implements, knives, etc. to remove bits of hardened
food from the hob.
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Do not use knives, scrapers or similar implements to
clean the point where the glass meets the burner
trims, the metal frames or the glass/aluminium
panels, if fitted.
Maintenance
Always clean off any liquid as soon as it is spilt. This will
prevent food remains from sticking to the hob surface
and you will save yourself any unnecessary effort.
Never slide pans across the glass surface, as you may
scratch it. In addition, try not to drop heavy or sharp
objects on the glass. Never strike any part of the hob.
Grains of sand that may come from cleaning fruits and
vegetables will scratch the glass surface.
Melted sugar, or foods which contain a lot of sugar
which may have spilt, should be cleaned off the
hotplate immediately, using the glass scraper.
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Trouble shooting
Trouble shooting
Sometimes certain faults detected can be easily
resolved. Before calling the Technical Assistance
Service, bear in mind the following advice:
Fault
Possible cause
Remedial action
Electrical operation is gener-
ally impaired.
Defective circuit breaker.
Check inside the fuse box to see if any of the fuses are
damaged. Replace if necessary.
The circuit breaker or one of the residual-current circuit
breakers has been triggered.
Check the control panel to see if the automatic circuit
breaker or a fault current switch has failed.
Automatic ignition is not work-
ing.
There may be remnants of food or cleaning agent resi-
dues trapped between the ignition plugs and the burners.
The spaces in between the ignition plugs and the burners
must be clean.
The burners are wet.
Carefully dry the burner caps.
The burner caps have not been fitted correctly.
Make sure that the caps have been fitted correctly.
The appliance is not earthed or has not been connected
correctly, or the earth cable is damaged.
Contact an electrician.
Automatic ignition is not work-
ing and the
”‚
or
”ƒ
symbol
appears in the display.
The electronics have overheated.
Switch the burners off or use only the lowest heat setting
until the electronics have cooled down sufficiently.
The burner flame is uneven.
The burner parts have not been fitted correctly.
Fit the burner parts to the relative burner correctly.
The burner slots are dirty.
Clean the burner slots.
The gas does not appear to be
flowing correctly or there is no
gas being produced at all.
The gas supply has been shut off by the intermediate
valves.
Open the intermediate valves.
If gas is supplied by a gas cylinder, check that this is not
empty.
Replace the gas cylinder.
