1.2 General Safety
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WARNING: The appliance and its accessible parts become
hot during use. Care should be taken to avoid touching
heating elements.
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WARNING: Unattended cooking on a hob with fat or oil can
be dangerous and may result in fire.
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NEVER try to extinguish a fire with water, but switch off the
appliance and then cover flame e.g. with a lid or a fire
blanket.
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WARNING: The appliance must not be supplied through an
external switching device, such as a timer, or connected to
a circuit that is regularly switched on and off by a utility.
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CAUTION: The cooking process has to be supervised. A
short term cooking process has to be supervised
continuously.
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WARNING: Danger of fire: Do not store items on the
cooking surfaces.
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Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons and lids
should not be placed on the hob surface since they can get
hot.
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Do not use the appliance before installing it in the built-in
structure.
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Do not use a steam cleaner to clean the appliance.
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After use, switch off the hob element by its control and do
not rely on the pan detector.
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If the glass ceramic surface / glass surface is cracked,
switch off the appliance and unplug it from the mains. In
case the appliance is connected to the mains directly using
junction box, remove the fuse to disconnect the appliance
from power supply. In either case contact the Authorised
Service Centre.
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If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the
manufacturer, an authorized Service or similarly qualified
persons in order to avoid a hazard.
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WARNING: Use only hob guards designed by the
manufacturer of the cooking appliance or indicated by the
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