Amica P*4ES11 series User manual

ELECTRIC COOKER
WITH CONTROL SYSTEM
Read this Manual before using the cooker for the rst time.
OPERATING MANUAL
P*4ES11
IOAA-587
(02.2013/1)

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DEAR USER,
By reading this Manual you will become a conscious user of cooking plate, a tech no lo gi cal ly
advanced cooking appliance.
The plate has been designed by a team of engineers and technicians from Re se arch and
Construction Department using the latest technical knowledge and modern elec tro nic tools.
The plate responds to the market demand for reliability, functionality, easy operation and
design of cooking appliances.
Before packing each produced plate is thoroughly tested for safety and per for man ce on our
testing stations.
Please read this Operating Manual carefully before using the appliance for the rst time.
Observe all instructions and suggestions as only thus you will ensure proper ope ra tion and
safe use of your plate.
Keep this Manual in a safe place within reach for further consultation.
Observe all instructions and suggestions given in this Instruction Manual to avoid acci-
dents.
Note!
Operate the appliance only after reading and understanding this Manual.
The appliance has been designed only for cooking. Any other use (for example for
heating) does not comply with its operating prole and may cause danger.
The producer reserves a right to implement changes having no impact on the opera-
tion of the appliance.
Certicate of compliance CE
The Manufacturer hereby declares that this product complies with the general requirements pursuant to the
following European Directives:
lThe Low Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC,
lElectromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2004/108/EC,
l ErP Directive 2009/125/EC,
and therefore the product has been marked with the symbol and the Declaration of Conformity has been
issued to the manufacturer and is available to the competent authorities regulating the market.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Basic information .................................................................................................2
Safety instructions ...............................................................................................4
Saving energy.......................................................................................................6
Description of the appliance ...............................................................................8
Installation.............................................................................................................9
Operation.............................................................................................................13
Cleaning and routine maintenance...................................................................16
Warranty ............................................................................................................16

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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Warning: The appliance and its accessible parts
become hot during use. Care should be taken to
avoid touching heating elements. Children less than 8
years of age shall be kept away unless continuously
supervised.
This appliance can be used by children aged from 8
years and above and persons with reduced physical,
sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience
and knowledge if they have been given supervision or
instruction concerning use of the appliance in a safe
way and understand the hazards involved. Children
shall not play with the appliance. Cleaning and user
maintenance shall not be made by children without
supervision.
Warning: Unattended cooking on a hob with fat or
oil can be dangerous and may result in re.
NEVER try to extinguish a re with water, but switch
off the appliance and then cover ame e.g. with a lid
or a re blanket.
Warning: Danger of re: do not store items on the
cooking surfaces.

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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
The appliance is not intended to be operated by me-
ans of an external timer or separate remote-control
system.
You should not use steam cleaning devices to clean
the appliance.
●Ensure that children do not play with the appliance.
●Make sure that the power cords of other equipment do not touch any hot surfaces of the
appliance.
●Plug of the power cord should be accessible after appliance has been installed.
●Do not install the appliance near the cooling equipment.
● Do not leave the appliance unattended while cooking. Oils and fats may catch re due
to overheating.
●If there is damage to the appliance it can be reused after the defect is repaired by a
trained professional.
● Persons without proper qualications and training must not make any alterations or repairs
of the appliance.
●In case of any technical defect, immediately unplug the appliance and refer the defect to
service to be repaired.
●Using the appliance for cooking and baking results in the emission of heat and moisture
in the room in which it is installed. Make sure that kitchen is well ventilated. Natural ven-
tilation openings or forced mechanical ventilation (exhaust hood) should be available.
●Prolonged intensive use of the appliance may require additional ventilation, for example,
opening a window or a more effective ventilation, such as increasing efciency of me-
chanical ventilation, if applicable.

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SAVING ENERGY
Everybody who properly uses energy not only saves money but also
consciously acts in aid of the natural environment. So let’s save electric
energy by:
●Using proper cookware.
Pots and pans with at and thick bottoms will let you save up to one-third of electric energy.
Remember about the lid as otherwise the consumption of energy quadruples!
● Matching cookware to the size of the hotplate.
A cooking pot should never be smaller than the used hotplate.
●Maintaining hotplates and pot bottoms clean.
Dirt obstructs the transfer of heat – heavily burnt food residuals can often be cleaned only
with chemicals harmful to the natural environment.
●Avoiding necessary “peeping into pots”.
●Switching off hotplates at the right moment and using the residual heat.
When cooking for a long time, switch off the hotplate 5 to 10 minutes before the end of cook-
ing as thus you can save up to 20% of electric energy.
●Not using the plate near refrigerators / freezers.
As the consumption of energy unnecessary rises.

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The appliance is protected
from damage during trans-
portation by its packaging.
After unpacking please dis-
pose of the packing materials
in a manner creating no risk
to the environment.
All materials used for packing are harmless
to the natural environment, can be recycled
in 100% and have been identied with ap-
propriate symbol.
Note! Packing materials (polyethylene bags,
pieces of polystyrene etc.) should be kept
away from children during unpacking.
UNPACKING
When disposing of the device,
do not bring it to regular munici-
pal waste containers. Instead,
bring it to electrical and elec-
tronic waste recycling and reuse
center. A relevant label has been
put on the device, its instructions
manual, or on the package.
The device has been manufactured of recy-
clable materials. By bringing old device to
recycling collection center, you show that you
care about nature.
Ask your local environmental care authority
for information on location of such facilities.
DISPOSING OF THE DEVICE

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DESCRIPTION OF THE APPLIANCE
Electric cooker P*4ES11
1,2,3,4 - hotplates
5 - control knobs
6 - signalling diode
Fig.1
Technical data
- rated voltage 230 V, 50 Hz
- overall dimensions 580 x 510 x 45mm
- weight 10,9 kg
The cooker is provided with:
- hotplates - normal Ø 180 - 1500 W
Ø 145 - 1000 W
quick-heating Ø 145 - 1500 W - varies depending on the model.
Ø 180 - 2000 W

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INSTALLATION
Making the worktop recess
●Worktop thickness should be 28 - 40 mm, while its width at least 600 mm. The worktop
must be at and level. Edge of the worktop near the wall must be sealed to prevent ingress
of water or other liquids.
● There should be sufcient spacing around the opening, in particular, at least 50 mm di-
stance to the wall and 60 mm distance to the front edge of worktop.
●Worktop must be made of materials, including veneer and adhesives, resistant to a tem-
perature of 100°C. Otherwise, veneer could come off or surface of the worktop become
deformed.
●Edge of the opening should be sealed with suitable materials to prevent ingress of water.
● Worktop opening must cut to dimensions as shown on gure 1.
●Ensure minimum clearance of 80 mm below the hob to allow proper air circulation and
prevent overheating.
560
490
min
60
min
50
1

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Installing the hob in worktop opening P*4E**
INSTALLATION
●Use four “A” brackets for 38 mm thick worktops. Fit the hob into worktop opening as shown
on gure 2and 3. To properly secure hob in 28 mm thick worktop, use four 15x15x50 mm
wooden blocks in addition to “A” brackets. Fit the hob into worktop opening as shown on
gure 4and 5.
● Check if adhesive seal is properly applied to the hob‘s ange.
● Loosely attach xing brackets to the bottom of the hob
● Remove dust from the worktop, insert hob into the opening and press in rmly,
● Position xing brackets perpendicularly to the hob‘s edge and tighten rmly.
1. worktop
2. screw
3. xing bracket
4. hob
5. seal
2
35
4
1. worktop
2. screw
3. xing bracket
4. hob
5. seal
6. wooden block
54
321
15
15
6
54
321
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490
min
60
min
50
520
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50
560
490
min
60
min
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520
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INSTALLATION
Fix the mains connection cable in a stay wire.
Before connecting the plate to the electrical system read information provided on the rating
plate and wiring diagram.
NOTE! The installer is obliged to complete and leave with the user a “certicate of connect-
ing the plate to the mains” (attached to the warranty card). Methods of connection other than
those indicated on the diagram can damage the plate.
Connecting the plate to the electrical system
Note!
The plate can be connected to the mains only by a qualied certied installer. Wil-
ful adaptations or modications to the electrical system are prohibited.
Guidelines for the installer
The plate is factory-set for three-phase alternating current power supply (400 V 3N~50 Hz).
It may be adapted for one-phase current power supply (230 V) by adequate bridging on the
connection strip, in accordance with the attached wiring diagram. The wiring diagram is also
provided in the bottom part of the lower cover. The connection strip can be accessed once
the lid on the bottom cover is removed. Please remember to match the mains connection
cable to the type of connection and the rated power of the plate.
Note!
Do not forget to connect the protective circuit to a terminal of the connection strip
marked with sign. The plate power supply system should be protected by appro-
priately selected safety device or after the power supply protection, by appropriate
safety switch cutting off the power in case of emergency.

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INSTALLATION
1
L1 L2 N
243
PE
5
1
L1 L2 N
243
PE
5
L3
123456
L1 L2 L3 NNPE
400/230 V three phase connection with
a neutral lead, terminals 4-5 are brid-
ged, individual phases are connected
to terminals 1, 2, 3 respectively, neutral
lead to bridged terminals 4-5, and the
protective conductor to
400/230 V two phase connection with a
neutral lead, terminals 2-3 and 4-5 are
bridged, protective conductor to
230 V single phase connection with a
neutral lead, terminals 1-2-3 and 4-5 are
bridged, protective conductor
to
WIRING DIAGRAM
Important! Heating elements operate at 230V.
Important! For each connection the protective conductor must be connected to the ter-
minal marked .
1
2
3
1N~ OWY
3X 4 mm2
OWY
4X 2,5 mm2
OWY
5X 1,5 mm2
Phase conductors L1=R, L2=S, L3=T, N- neutral lead; - protective earth
Recom-
mended
connection
lead
2N~
3N~

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OPERATION
NOTE!
Please read the contents of this Operating Manual carefully and observe its instruc-
tions.
Information about your cooker is specied on the rating plate – according to the
below example.
Switching on the appliance:
Turn the appropriate knob (5) to switch on the selected hotplate (1,2,3,4). The signalling
diode (6) lights up and the heating power can now be adjusted by setting the knob to a
desired position. The heating elements are controlled by energy switches allowing step
power adjustment. The system effectively uses the set power depending on the needs
of the user and does not cause its losses.
Before rst use
Before rst use the hotplates should be heated without pots for 4 minutes.
When used for the rst time the plate can give off a bit of a smell so switch on the
ventilation system or open the window.
Using the hotplates
How to save energy?
Fig. 4 Fig. 5
A B C

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OPERATION
Good pots save energy. The bottom of the appropriately selected cooking pot should be thick
and at and have approximately the same diameter as the used hotplate as only then the
optimal transfer of heat can be achieved (Fig. 4).
How is the energy lost?
Fig. 5 A. The pot is too small for the selected hotplate.
Fig. 5 B. The bottom of the pot is not at (concave).
Fig. 5 C. The lid has been put improperly.
Please pay attention to the following:
• do not switch the hotplate on if you have not put a pot on it,
• only use pots with clean and dry bottoms,
• never cook food in plastic pots or containers,
• do not put plastic objects (teaspoons, forks etc.) on a hot hotplate,
• always use pots with lids but remember that the lid should not protrude out of the edge
of the pot and the condensate should not drip on the cooker,
• protect the plate against corrosion,
• switch off the plate 5 -10 minutes before taking the pot off.
switched
off
switched
on
switched
on
Fig.6
The symbols above the knobs assign the knob to the hotplate it controls.
A hotplate is switched off if:
— digit “0” on the knob is under the vertical line on the working plate – in
case of using descriptions on the ridge of the knob,
— indicator on the knob is under digit “0” on the working plate – in case of
using descriptions on the working plate.
The heating power is adjusted gradually, by turning the knob to the right or to the
left. Switching on a hotplate lights up the signalling diode.

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OPERATION
Frying
Set the knob to position 3 to heat up the fat, put in the meat and turn the power down to 2,
increase or decrease the power depending on the needs.
General comments to the use of hotplates.
Depending on the type, the plate can be equipped with normal or quick-heating
hotplates.
Cooking and frying on normal and quick-heating hotplates
The quick-heating hotplate has higher power than the normal hotplate and is marked with a
red circle enabling easy recognition. The circle can gradually become burnt away with use.
Cooking
To boil the food set the knob to position 3 and then return to position 1 to maintain the process;
increase or decrease the power of the hotplate depending on the needs (see the table).
Knob
setting
Exemplary cooking activity
boiling, quick heating, frying
roasting meat, sh
slow roasting or frying
cooking soups and larger amounts of food
boiling potatoes
stewing vegetables
switching off
3
●
2
●
1
●
0

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Daily cleaning and proper maintenance have
crucial impact on the durability of your plate.
CLEANING AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE
Switch off the cooker (set all the
knobs to “0”) and allow it to cool
down before cleaning. Wipe the
cooker with a soft cloth using a bit of
washing liquid. Never use abrasive
or scrubbing cleaning agents.
Besides daily operations aimed at keeping the plate clean you should:
● arrange regular inspections to verify the operation of the control components and working
assemblies. After the warranty period the plate should be inspected at least once every
two years in a Customer Service Centre,
● remove all the found operational faults,
● arrange regular conservation of the working assemblies of the plate
Routine maintenance
Working plate
●The enamel working plate should be cleaned using warm water with a bit of washing liquid.
Larger stains can be removed using gentle scrubbing liquids.
Hotplates
●Dirt (i.e. burnt residuals of food) should be removed from the surface of the hotplates using
a soft cloth (the black surface of the hotplates should never be washed or scrubbed). The
stainless ornamental rings can be cleaned using washing liquids or gentle liquid scrubbing
agents and wiped dry.
The surface of the hotplates should be regularly polished with white mineral oil or sili-
cone oil. Never use animal or vegetable fats like butter, lard, oil etc. for the purpose.
WARRANTY
Warranty
Warranty services according to the warranty card.
The producer shall not be held liable for any damages caused by improper operation of the
product.
Please enter the type and factory number of the plate from the rating plate
Type.................................................. Factory number............................................

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