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Operating Elements
1
Unlocking button
2
ON/OFF switch with integrated control lamps
3
Base
4
Scale with integrated control lamps
5
Pourer sieve
Commissioning
Caution
Always and only use fresh tap water in the water
boiler! Do NOT consume water that is not specifi-
cally designated as drinking water. If you do, there
will be a risk of damage to your health!
• Before taking the appliance into use, ensure that ...
– the appliance, the plug and the power cable are
in good working order and...
– all packaging materials have been removed from
the device.
• Fill the appliance with water up to the MAX marking
and let it come to a full boil once – as described
in the next section.
• After it has boiled, pour this water away.
• Rinse the water boiler out with clear water.
• Fill the appliance with water up to the MAX marking
on the scale
4
and then bring it to the boil.
When done, pour this water away also.
The appliance is now ready for use.
Boiling water
Danger
Never place the electrical base
3
in close proximity
to water – a potentially fatal risk!
Caution
Always use fresh tap water. Do not consume any
water that has already stood in the water boiler for
longer than one hour. Do not reboil water that has
cooled down. Always pour old water away.
Microbes could have formed in it!
• Lift the kettle off of the base when filling it!
• Open the lid by pressing the unlocking button
1
.
• Hold the kettle upright while filling it. Only in this
way can you correctly read the markings
on the scale
4
. Fill the kettle...
– at least to the MIN mark, so that the device does
not overheat,
– no higher than the MAX mark, so that no boiling
water spills out.
• First close the lid and then place the kettle onto
the base
3
, ensuring that it is is firmly seated on
the base
3
.
• Now insert the plug into the mains power socket.
• Press the ON/OFF switch
2
down until it engages
downwards.
• The control lamp integrated in the scale
4
, as
well as the control lamp in the on/off switch
2
,
indicate that the appliance is now heating itself
up.
• The appliance switches itself off, and the control
lamps go out, as soon as the water is on the boil.
The ON/OFF switch
2
is released upwards.
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