Home troubleshooting

You do not always need to call the technical assistance service. In many cases, you can solve problems on your own. The following table contains useful advice.

Important:

Only authorized personnel from our Technical Service can perform the necessary tasks relative to the gas and electrical systems.

What's wrong?

Cause Probable

Solution

The general electrical

-Defective fuse.

- Check the fuse in the

system is malfunctioning

 

general fuse box, and replace

 

-The automatic circuit breaker has

it if faulty.

 

- Check the general incoming

 

tripped or a fuse has blown.

cabinet for a tripped automatic

 

 

circuit breaker or blown fuse.

The electric ignitor does

-There is food or cleaning

- The space between the

not work

product residue between the

ignitor and the burner must be

 

ignitor and the burner.

cleaned carefully.

 

-The burners are wet.

-Dry the burner covers carefully.

 

-The burner caps are not set

- Ensure that the covers have

 

correctly.

been correctly set.

The flames on the

-The different parts of the burner

- Correctly set the various parts.

burners are not uniform

have been set incorrectly.

 

 

- The grooves on the burners'

- Clean the grooves on the

 

gas outlets are dirty.

burners' gas outlets.

 

-The burners may not be totally

- Proceed with thorough drying

 

dry.

(take special care with

 

 

monoblock burners).

 

 

 

The gas flow does not

-The gas mains are turned off

- Open possible mid-pipe

appear to be normal or

through a mid-pipe valve.

valves.

no gas comes out

- If the gas comes from a gas

-Replace the gas bottle with a

 

bottle, it may be empty.

full one.

 

 

 

There is a smell of gas

-A gas valve has been left on.

-Check to see if any gas valve

in the kitchen area

 

is on.

 

-There may be a leak from the

- Ensure that the coupling has

 

coupling to the gas bottle.

been made correctly.

The safeties of the

- The control knob has not been

- Once the burner is lit, keep

various burners do not

held down long enough.

the control knob pressed for a

work

 

few more seconds.

 

-The grooves on the burners' gas

- Clean the grooves on the

 

outlets are dirty.

burners' gas outlets.

 

 

 

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