Maintenance and care
•The hood must always be disconnected from the electricity supply before beginning any maintenance work.
Cleaning the hood
•Clean the outside of the hood using a damp cloth and a mild detergent.
•Never use corrosive, abrasive or flammable cleaning products.
•Never insert pointed objects in the motor’s protective grid.
•Wash the outside surfaces using a delicate detergent solution. Never use caustic detergents or abrasive brushes or powders.
•Only ever clean the switch panel and filter grille using a damp cloth and delicate detergents.
•It is extremely important to clean the unit and change the filters at the recommended intervals. Failure to do so will cause grease deposits to build up that could constitute a fire hazard.
Warning
•Failure to observe the instructions on cleaning the unit and changing the filters will cause a fire hazard. You are therefore strongly recommended to follow these instructions.
•The manufacturer declines all responsibility for any damage to the motor or any fire damage linked to inappropriate maintenance or failure to observe the above safety recommendations.
Metal grease filters
• The purpose of the grease filters is to absorb grease particles which form during cooking and they must always be used, either in the external extraction or internal recirculation function. Attention: the metal grease filters must be removed and washed, either by hand or in the dishwasher, every four weeks.
Removing the metal grease filters
• Push it towards the back of the unit and then
pull it down and out.Fig. 3. |
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Hand washing | Fig. 3 |
Soak grease filters for about one hour in hot | |
water with a |
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rinse off thoroughly with hot water. Repeat the |
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process if necessary. Refit the grease filters |
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when they are dry. | 33 |
Dishwasher | |
Place grease filters in the dishwasher. Select | |
most powerful washing programme and highest | |
temperature, at least 65°C. Repeat the process. | |
Refit the grease filters when they are dry. | |
When washing the metal grease filter in the | |
dishwasher a slight discolouration 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). |
