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Maintenance and care
• The hood must always be disconnected from the mains
power supply before beginning any maintenance work.
Metal grease filter
•
The purpose of the grease filters is to aspirate grease particles
which form during cooking and it must always be used, either in the
external evacuation or internal recycling function.
Attention: the metal grease filters must be removed and washed,
either by hand or in the dishwasher, every four weeks.
Open the metal grease filter
• First of all, push the stop Q on the metal grease filter N back, and
then extract the filter by pulling downward. Fig. 4.
Dishwasher machine
Place grease filters in dish washer. Select most powerful
washing programme and highest temperature, at least 65°C.
Repeat the process. Refit the grease filters when it are dry.
When washing the metal grease filter in the dishwasher a
slight discoloration of the filter can occur, this does not have
any impact on its performance.
• Clean the inner housing using a hot detergent solution only
(never use caustic detergents, abrasive powders or brushes).
Fig. 4
Hand washing
Soak grease filters for about
one hour in hot water with a
grease-loosening cleaner, then
rinse off thoroughly with hot
water. Repeat the process if
necessary. Refit the grease
filters when it are dry.