Verona VECTEM365 VECTEM304 manual Personal Safety

		Use & Care Manual
			ENGLISH
PERSONAL SAFETY
	WARNING	WARNING
		To reduce the risk of burn injuries during
To reduce the risk of injury to persons, in the		cooktop use, observe the following:
event of a grease fire, observe the following:		￿￿ Never use the cooktop to warm or heat a room.
￿￿	Grease is flammable and should be handled	￿￿ Children or pets should not be left alone or
	carefully.	unattended in an area where appliances are in
￿￿	Do not use water on grease fires.	use. They should never be allowed to sit or stand
￿￿	Never pick up a flaming pan. Smother sheet or	on any part of the appliance.
	flat tray.	CAUTION
￿￿	Flaming grease outside of utensil can be	Do not store items of interest to children in cabinets
	extinguished with baking soda or, if available, a	above a range or on the backguard of a range;
	multipurpose dry chemical or foam type	children climbing on the range to reach items could be
	extinguisher.	seriously injured.
￿￿	Let fat cool before attempting to handle it.	When using the cooktop
￿￿	Wipe up spill over immediately.
		￿￿ Do not touch surface units or areas near
￿￿	If you are "flaming" liquors or other spirits under
		units. Surface areas may become hot enough
	an exhaust, turn the fan off. The draft could
		to cause burns. Surface elements may be hot
	cause the flames to spread out of control.
		even though they are dark in color. During and
￿￿	Never leave the surface area unattended at
		after use, do not touch or let flammable
	high heat setting. Boil over cause smoking and
		materials contact heating elements until they
	greasy spill over, which may ignite.
		have had time to cool.
CAUTION
		When using the cooktop installed over oven
Do not allow aluminum foil, plastic, paper or cloth to		￿￿ Do not touch heating elements or interior
come in contact with a hot Surface. Do not allow pans		surfaces of oven. Heating elements may be
to boil dry.		hot even though they are dark in color. Interior
￿￿	Be careful to prevent burns. If the flames do	surfaces of an oven become hot enough to
		cause burns. During and after use, do not
	not go out immediately, evacuate and call the
		touch, or let clothing or other flammable
	fire department.
		materials contact heating elements or interior
￿￿	Always have a working smoke detector near the
		surfaces of oven until they have had sufficient
	kitchen.
		time to cool. Other surfaces of the appliance
￿￿	Leave the hood ventilator on when flambéing
		may become hot enough to cause burns –
	food only if there is smoke without flames.
		among these surfaces are (identification of
Use an extinguisher only if
		surfaces – for example, oven vent openings
￿￿	You know you have a Class ABC extinguisher,
		and surfaces near these openings, oven
	and you already know how to operate it.
		doors, and windows of oven doors).
￿￿	The fire is small and contained in the area
		￿￿ To minimize the possibility of burns, ignition of
	where it started.
		flammable materials and spillage, the handle
￿￿	The fire department is being called.
		of a container should be turned toward the
￿￿	You can fight the fire with your back to an exit.
		center of the cooktop without extending over
￿￿	Never use water on cooking fires.	any nearby surface units.
￿￿	In the event that personal clothing catches fire,	￿￿ Use only certain types of glass, heatproof
	drop and roll immediately to extinguish	glass ceramic, ceramic, earthenware, or other
	flames.	glazed utensils that are suitable for cooktop

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