Safety warnings
•When used as an extractor unit, the hood must be fitted with a hose having preferably the same diameter as the outlet hole.
Should there already be a pipe of diameter 125 mm that ducts to the outside through the walls or roof, it is possible to use the 150/ 125 mm reduction flange provided. In this case the hood will be slightly noisier.
Attention: The hose is not supplied and must be purchased separately.
•The minimum distance between the supporting surface for the cooking vessels on the hob and the lowest part of the range hood must be not less than 50cm from electric cookers and 65cm from gas or mixed cookers.
If the instructions for installation for the gas hob specify a greater distance, this must be adhered to.
•Before any cleaning or maintenance operation, disconnect the hood from the mains by removing the plug or disconnecting the home mains switch.
•The appliance is not intended for use by children or persons with impaired physical, sensorial or mental faculties, or if lacking in experience or
•Children should be monitored to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
•Never use the hood without effectively mounted grating.!
•The hood must NEVER be used as a support surface unless specifically indicated.
•The premises must be sufficiently ventilated, when the kitchen hood is used together with other gas combustion devices or other fuels.
•The suctioned air must not be conveyed into a conduit used for the disposal of the fumes generated by appliances that combust gases or other fuels.
•The flaming of foods beneath the hood itself is severely prohibited.
•The use of exposed flames is detrimental to the filters and may cause a fire risk, and must therefore be avoided in all circumstances.
•Any frying must be done with care in order to make sure that the oil does not overheat and burst into flames.
•As regards the technical and safety measures to be adopted for fume discharging it is important to closely follow the relations
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