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Hot Surface Hazard
• During use, accessible parts of this appliance will become hot enough to cause burns.
• Do not let your body, clothing or any item other than suitable cookware contact the electric hob
surface until the surface is cool.
• Never leave metal objects (such as kitchen utensils) or empty pans on the electric hob as they can
become hot very quickly.
• Keep children away.
• Handles of saucepans may be hot to touch. Check that saucepan handles do not overhang other
cooking zones that are on. Keep handles out of reach of children.
• Failure to follow this advice could result in burns and scalds.
Cut Hazard
• The razor-sharp blade of an electric hob scraper is exposed when the safety cover is retracted. Use
with extreme care and always store safely and out of reach of children.
• Failure to use caution could result in injury or cuts.
Important Safety Instructions
• Never leave the appliance unattended when in use. Boilover causes smoking and greasy spillovers
may ignite.
• Never try to extinguish fire with water. Switch off the appliance and cover the flame with a lid on
fire blanket.
• Never use your appliance as a work or storage surface.
• After use, always turn off the cooking zones and the electric hob as described in this manual.
• Do not allow children to play with the appliance or sit, stand, or climb on it.
• Do not store items of interest to children in cabinets above the appliance. Children climbing on the
electric hob could be seriously injured.
• Do not leave children alone or unattended in the area where the appliance is in use.
• Do not repair or replace any part of the appliance unless specifically recommended in the manual.
All other servicing should be done by a qualified technician.
• Do not use a steam cleaner to clean your electric hob.
• Do not place or drop heavy objects on your electric hob.
• The hob must not be used to warm the room, the heating zones must only be switched on after a
pot or pan is placed on top and switched off before removing the pot or pan.
• Do not stand on your electric hob.
• Do not use pans with jagged edges or drag pans across the ceramic electric hob as this can scratch
the surface.