Bosch Appliances BOSCH Washer manual Important Safety Instructions, Bosch

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

￿ DANGER ￿

To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, serious injury or death when using your washing machine, follow basic precautions, including the following:

5.	Before the appliance					is	13.	Do not allow children to play on
	removed		from	service		or		or with the appliance. Close su8
	discarded, remove				the	door		pervision of children is neces8
	and	the	power	cord/plug.				sary when the appliance is
6.	Do	not	reach	into	the appliance			used near children.
	if the wash drum				is	moving.	14.	Keep pets away from the
7.	Do	not	install	or	store this			washing	machine.
	appliance where it will be						15.	Do not insert/pull out the power
	exposed		to the weather.					plug with	wet hands.

1. BOSCH

washers

are

provided

8.

Do

not

tamper

with

the

16.

Do not touch the door if

with an Operating, Care and

controls.

washing

at

high temperatures.

Installation

Instructions

Manual.

9.

Do

not

repair or

replace

any

17.

Use

caution

when

draining hot

Read

and

understand

all

part

of the

appliance

or

attempt

water.

instructions

before

using

the

any

service

unless

specifically

18.

Do

not

climb

onto

the

washing

washing

machine.

recommended

in

the

user

machine

and

lean

on

the open

2. Do

not

wash

articles

that have

maintenance

instructions

or

in

door.

been

previously cleaned,

published

user

repair

19.

Do

not

sit

or

stand

on

the top

washed,

soaked,

or spotted

instructions

that

you

the

washing

machine.

with gasoline,

dry

cleaning

understand

and

have

the

skills

20.

To reduce the risk of fire or

solvents,

other flammable

or

to carry

out.

explosive

substances

as

they

electrical

shock,

DO

NOT use

give off

vapors that

could ignite10.

Always

unplug

the

washing

an

extension

cord

or

an

or

explode.

machine

from

the

power

supply

adapter

to

connect

the

before

attempting

any

service.

washing

machine to

the

power

3. Do

not

add

gasoline,

dry

Disconnect

the

power

cord

by

supply.

cleaning

solvents,

or

other

grasping

the

plug,

not

the

cord.

flammable or

explosive

11.

To

reduce

the

risk

of

fire,

21.

The

washing

machine

must

only

be

used

for

its

intended

substances

to

the wash

water.

clothes,

cleaning

rags,

mop

These

substances

give off

purpose.

heads

and

the

like

which

have

vapors that

could

ignite

or

22.

Always

follow

the

fabric

care

traces

of any flammable

explode.

instructions

recommended

by

substance,

such as

vegetable

the

clothing

manufacturer.

4. Under

certain

conditions

oil,

cooking

oil,

petroleum

hydrogen

gas

may be

based oils or distillates, waxes, 23.

Do not use the washing

produced in a hot water system

fats,

etc., must

not be

placed

in

machine if it has a worn power

that

has

not

been used

for

the

washing

machine.

These

cord or loose plug. Contact an

2￿weeks or more. HYDROGEN

items

may

contain

flammable

authorized service

agent.

GAS IS EXPLOSIVE. If the hot

substances

which,

even

after

24.

Make sure that all water

water system has not been

washing, may smoke or catch

connections

to

the

washing

used

for

this

length

of

time,

turn

fire.

machine

have

shut8off

valve(s)

on all hot water faucets

and

let12.

Do

not

machine

wash

and

are

readily

accessible.

the

water flow out of each

fiberglass

materials

(such

as

Close

the washing

machine

faucet

for

several

minutes

curtains

and

window

coverings

water

shut8off

valve(s)

at

the

before

using

the

washing

that

use

fiberglass

materials).

end

of

each

wash

day.

machine.

This

will

release any

Small

particles

may

remain

in

25.

Check

the

fill

hose

connections

accumulated hydrogen

gas.

the

washing

machine

and

stick

on

a

regular

basis

to

ensure

As￿the

gas

is

flammable,

to fabrics in

subsequent

wash

that

they are

tight

and

not

do￿not￿smoke

or use

an

open

loads

causing

skin

irritation.

leaking.

flame

while

carrying out

this

procedure.

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