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, push the metal grease filter stop backwards, then extract the filter, pulling downwards. Fig. 3.
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.
Dishwasher machine
• Place grease filters in dish washer. Select most powerful washing
programme and highest temperatu- re, 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).
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