Installation instructions
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Read these instructions before installing or using the appliance.
Thoroughly follow the general safety instructions as well as the important information.
Before using the appliance, an authorized technician must install and connect it. Additionally, this technician must ensure that the power supply and gas connections work properly.
The technician performing the installation is responsible for the perfect operation of the appliance in its place of installation.
The technician must show the user how to disconnect the electricity and gas when necessary.
PRECAUTION: Before connecting the appliance, ensure that the local connection conditions as well as the gas type and pressure and the current supply voltage match the appliance's settings.
It is necessary for all tasks related with installation, adjustment and adaptation to LP gas to
be performed by authorized personnel, and that the codes in force, as well as the requisites of the gas companies, be respected.
Before you begin, turn off the gas and electricity supply to the appliance.
Before installing, turn power OFF at the service panel. Lock service panel to prevent power from being turned ON accidentally.
Before connecting up the appliance to the installation, first check that it has been adjusted for the type of gas that is to be supplied. Our cooktops are delivered from factory fit to work with the gas type indicated on the name plate.
It is obligatory for the place where the appliance is to be installed to have standard ventilation.
Thus, it is necessary for the combustion gases to be vented outside.
Check the dimensions of the cooktop as well as the dimensions of the hole to be cut in the kitchen unit.
The panels located above the work surface, next to the cooktop, must be made of non- inflammable material. The stratified coatings and the adhesive that fixes them must be
Electrical cables must not come into contact with heat zones.
The power cable must be fastened to the kitchen unit to keep it from touching the hot parts of the oven or cooktop.
It is mandatory for appliances with any electrical component to be grounded.
The installation of this appliance must be performed in accordance with the codes in force and only in a
If required by the National Electrical Code (or Ca- nada Electrical Code), this appliance must be ins- talled on a separate branch circuit.
Handle the appliance with care during the entire installation process. Avoid any blows to the appliance.
In the event that these recommendations are not observed, the installation technician will be responsible for any damage caused, and the manufacturer will be exempt from all responsability.
Installing the cooktop on the kitchen unit: Fitting measurements
1 - Minimum distances (mm). Cut a gap of the required size in the work surface. Fig. 1
2 - The wood fibres that have been used to make the cabinets tend to swell quickly
when they come into contact with moisture. Therefore, we recommend to coat the cut surfaces, to protect them from steam or condensed water that could be deposited under the kitchen unit work surface.
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