Electrolux GK58TSCN User manual

GK58TSCN
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CONTENTS
Safety information 2
Safety instructions 3
Product description 5
Daily use 6
Helpful hints and tips 8
Care and cleaning 9
Troubleshooting 10
Installation 11
Technical information 12
Environment concerns 13
Garantie, Garanzia, Guarantee 13
Subject to change without notice.
SAFETY INFORMATION
Before the installation and use of the appliance, carefully read
the supplied instructions. The manufacturer is not responsible
if an incorrect installation and use causes injuries and dam-
ages. Always keep the instructions with the appliance for fu-
ture reference.
CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE SAFETY
Warning! Risk of suffocation, injury or permanent disability.
• 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 are supervised by an adult or a person who is responsi-
ble for their safety.
• Do not let children play with the appliance.
• Keep all packaging away from children.
• Keep children and pets away from the appliance when it op-
erates or when it cools down. Accessible parts are hot.
• If the appliance has a child safety device, we recommend
that you activate it.
• Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by chil-
dren without supervision.
GENERAL SAFETY
• The appliance and its accessible parts become hot during
use. Do not touch the heating elements.
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• Do not operate the appliance by means of an external timer
or separate remote-control system.
• Unattended cooking on a hob with fat or oil can be danger-
ous and may result in fire.
• Never try to extinguish a fire with water, but switch off the
appliance and then cover flame e.g. with a lid or a fire blan-
ket.
• Do not store items on the cooking surfaces.
• Do not use a steam cleaner to clean the appliance.
• Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons and lids
should not be placed on the hob surface since they can get
hot.
• If the glass ceramic surface is cracked, switch off the appli-
ance to avoid the possibility of electric shock.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
INSTALLATION
Warning! Only a qualified person must
install this appliance.
• Remove all the packaging.
• Do not install or use a damaged appli-
ance.
• Obey the installation instruction supplied
with the appliance.
• Keep the minimum distance from the
other appliances and units.
• Always be careful when you move the
appliance because it is heavy. Always
wear safety gloves.
• Seal the cut surfaces with a sealant to
prevent moisture to cause swelling.
• Protect the bottom of the appliance from
steam and moisture.
• Do not install the appliance adjacent to a
door or under a window. This prevents
hot cookware to fall from the appliance
when the door or the window is opened.
• If the appliance is installed above drawers
make sure that the space, between the
bottom of the appliance and the upper
drawer, is sufficient for air circulation.
• The bottom of the appliance can get hot.
Make sure to install a non-combustile
separation panel under the appliance to
prevent access to the bottom.
Electrical connection
Warning! Risk of fire and electrical
shock.
• All electrical connections must be made
by a qualified electrician.
• The appliance must be earthed.
• Before carrying out any operation make
sure that the appliance is disconnected
from the power supply.
• Use the correct electricity mains cable.
• Do not let the electricity mains cable tan-
gle.
• Make sure the mains cable or plug (if ap-
plicable) does not touch the hot appli-
ance or hot cookware, when you con-
nect the appliance to the near sockets
• Make sure the appliance is installed cor-
rectly. Loose and incorrect electricity
mains cable or plug (if applicable) can
make the terminal become too hot.
• Make sure that a shock protection is in-
stalled.
• Use the strain relief clamp on cable.
• Make sure not to cause damage to the
mains plug (if applicable) or to the mains
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cable. Contact the Service or an electri-
cian to change a damaged mains cable.
• The electrical installation must have an
isolation device which lets you discon-
nect the appliance from the mains at all
poles. The isolation device must have a
contact opening width of minimum 3
mm.
• Use only correct isolation devices: line
protecting cut-outs, fuses (screw type
fuses removed from the holder), earth
leakage trips and contactors.
USE
Warning! Risk of injury, burns or
electric shock.
• Remove all the packaging, labelling and
protective film (if applicable) before first
use.
• Use this appliance in a household envi-
ronment.
• Do not change the specification of this
appliance.
• Do not let the appliance stay unattended
during operation.
• Do not operate the appliance with wet
hands or when it has contact with water.
• Do not put cutlery or saucepan lids on
the cooking zones. They become hot.
• Set the cooking zone to “off” after use.
• Do not use the appliance as a work sur-
face or as a storage surface.
• If the surface of the appliance is cracked,
disconnect immediately the appliance
from the power supply. This to prevent
an electrical shock.
• When you place food into hot oil, it may
splash.
Warning! Risk of fire or explosion.
• Fats and oil when heated can release
flammable vapours. Keep flames or heat-
ed objects away from fats and oils when
you cook with them.
• The vapours that very hot oil releases can
cause spontaneous combustion.
• Used oil, that can contain food remnants,
can cause fire at a lower temperature
than oil used for the first time.
• Do not put flammable products or items
that are wet with flammable products in,
near or on the appliance.
Warning! Risk of damage to the
appliance.
• Do not keep hot cookware on the control
panel.
• Do not let cookware to boil dry.
• Be careful not to let objects or cookware
fall on the appliance. The surface can be
damaged.
• Do not activate the cooking zones with
empty cookware or without cookware.
• Do not put aluminium foil on the appli-
ance.
• Cookware made of cast iron, aluminium
or with a damaged bottom can cause
scratches on the glass or glass ceramic.
Always lift these objects up when you
have to move them on the cooking sur-
face.
CARE AND CLEANING
Warning! Risk of damage to the
appliance.
• Clean regularly the appliance to prevent
the deterioration of the surface material.
• Do not use water spray and steam to
clean the appliance.
• Clean the appliance with a moist soft
cloth. Only use neutral detergents. Do
not use abrasive products, abrasive
cleaning pads, solvents or metal objects.
DISPOSAL
Warning! Risk of injury or suffocation.
• Contact your municipal authority for infor-
mation on how to discard the appliance
correctly.
• Disconnect the appliance from the mains
supply.
• Cut off the mains cable and discard it.
SERVICE
• Contact the Service to repair the appli-
ance. We recommend only the use of
original spare parts.
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
3
5
1 2
4
145
mm
145
mm
120/180
mm
170/210
mm
1Cooking zone
2Cooking zone
3Cooking zone
4Control panel
5Cooking zone
CONTROL PANEL LAYOUT
1 2 3 54 6 7 8
10 91112
Use the sensor fields to operate the appliance. Indicators, displays and sounds
tell which functions operate.
Sensor field Function
1
To activate and deactivate the appliance.
2
To lock / unlock the control panel.
3
To activate and deactivate the STOP+GO function.
4
To activate Automatic Heat Up function.
5
Timer indicator of the cooking zones To show for which zone you set the time.
6
The timer display To show the time in minutes.
7
A heat setting display To show the heat setting.
8
To activate and deactivate the outer ring.
9
A control bar To set the heat setting.
10
/ To increase or decrease the time.
11
To set the cooking zone.
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Sensor field Function
12
To activate and deactivate the outer rings.
HEAT SETTING DISPLAYS
Display Description
The cooking zone is deactivated.
- The cooking zone operates.
The function operates.
The Automatic Heat Up function operates.
+ digit There is a malfunction.
/ / OptiHeat Control (3 step Residual heat indicator) : continue cook / stay
warm / residual heat.
Lock / The Child Safety Device operates.
The Automatic Switch Off function operates.
OPTIHEAT CONTROL (3 STEP
RESIDUAL HEAT INDICATOR)
Warning! / / The risk of
burns from residual heat!
OptiHeat Control shows the level of the re-
sidual heat.
DAILY USE
Warning! Refer to the Safety chapters.
ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION
Touch for 1 second to activate or deac-
tivate the appliance.
AUTOMATIC SWITCH OFF
The function deactivates the appliance
automatically if:
•All cooking zones are deactivated ( ).
• You do not set the heat setting after you
activate the appliance.
• You spill something or put something on
the control panel for more than 10 sec-
onds, (a pan, a cloth, etc.). An acoustic
signal sound some time and the appli-
ance deactivates. Remove the object or
clean the control panel.
• You do not deactivate a cooking zone or
change the heat setting. After some time
comes on and the appliance deacti-
vates. See below.
• The relation between heat setting and
times of the Automatic Switch Off func-
tion:
•, - — 6 hours
•- — 5 hours
•- — 4 hours
•- — 1.5 hours
THE HEAT SETTING
Touch the control bar at the heat setting.
Move your finger along the control bar to
change the setting. Do not release before
you have a correct heat setting. The display
shows the heat setting.
ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION OF
THE OUTER RINGS
You can adjust the surface you cook to the
dimension of the cookware.
To activate the outer ring touch the sensor
field / . The indicator comes on.
Do the procedure again to deactivate the
outer ring. The indicator goes out.
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AUTOMATIC HEAT UP
You can get a necessary heat setting in a
shorter time if you activate the Automatic
Heat Up function. This function sets the
highest heat setting for some time (see the
diagram), and then decreases to the neces-
sary heat setting.
To start the Automatic Heat Up function for
a cooking zone:
1. Touch ( comes on in the display).
2. Immediately touch the necessary heat
setting. After 3 seconds comes on
in the display.
To stop the function change the heat set-
ting.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1314
TIMER
Count Down Timer
Use the Count Down Timer to set how long
the cooking zone operates for only this one
time.
Set the Count Down Timer after the se-
lection of the cooking zone.
You can set the heat setting before or after
you set the timer.
•To set the cooking zone: touch
again and again until the indicator of a
necessary cooking zone comes on.
•To activate the Count Down Timer:
touch of the timer to set the time (
00
-
99
minutes). When the indicator of the
cooking zone start to flash slow, the time
counts down.
•To see the remaining time: set the
cooking zone with . The indicator of
the cooking zone starts to flash quickly.
The display shows the remaining time.
•To change the Count Down Timer: set
the cooking zone with . Touch or
.
•To deactivate the timer: set the cook-
ing zone with . Touch . The re-
maining time counts back to
00
. The in-
dicator of the cooking zone goes out. To
deactivate you can also touch and
at the same time.
When the countdown comes to an end,
the sound operates and
00
flashes. The
cooking zone deactivates.
•To stop the sound: touch
CountUp Timer ( The count up timer)
Use the CountUp Timer to monitor how
long the cooking zone operates.
•To set the cooking zone (if more than
1 cooking zone operate ) : touch
again and again until the indicator of a
necessary cooking zone comes on.
•To activate the CountUp Timer: touch
of the timer comes on. When the
indicator of the cooking zone starts to
flash slow, the time counts up. The dis-
play switches between and counted
time (minutes).
•To see how long the cooking zone
operates: set the cooking zone with .
The indicator of the cooking zone starts
to flash quickly. The display shows the
time that the cooking zone operates.
•To deactivate the CountUp Timer: set
the cooking zone with and touch
or to deactivate the timer. The indica-
tor of the cooking zone goes out.
Minute Minder
You can use the timer as a Minute Minder
while the cooking zones do not operate.
Touch . Touch or of the timer to
set the time. When the time comes to an
end, the sound operates and
00
flashes.
•To stop the sound: touch
STOP+GO
The function sets all cooking zones that
operate to the lowest heat setting ( ).
When operates, you cannot change the
heat setting.
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The function does not stop the timer
function.
•To activate this function touch . The
symbol comes on.
•To deactivate this function touch .
The heat setting that you set before
comes on.
LOCK
When the cooking zones operate, you can
lock the control panel. It prevents an acci-
dental change of the heat setting.
Set the heat setting first.
To activate this function touch . The
symbol comes on for 4 seconds.
The Timer stays on.
To deactivate this function touch . The
heat setting that you set before comes on.
When you deactivate the appliance, you al-
so deactivate this function.
THE CHILD SAFETY DEVICE
This function prevents an accidental opera-
tion of the appliance.
To activate The Child Safety Device
•Activate the appliance with . Do not
set the heat settings.
•Touch for 4 seconds. The symbol
comes on.
•Deactivate the appliance with .
To deactivate The Child Safety Device
•Activate the appliance with . Do not
set the heat settings. Touch for 4
seconds. The symbol comes on.
•Deactivate the appliance with .
To override The Child Safety Device for
only one cooking time
•Activate the appliance with . The sym-
bol comes on.
•Touch for 4 seconds. Set the heat
setting in 10 seconds. You can operate
the appliance.
• When you deactivate the appliance with
, The Child Safety Device operates
again.
OFFSOUND CONTROL (DEACTIVATION
AND ACTIVATION OF THE SOUNDS)
Deactivation of the sounds
Deactivate the appliance.
Touch for 3 seconds. The displays come
on and go out. Touch for 3 seconds.
comes on, the sound is on. Touch ,
comes on, the sound is off.
When this function operates, you can hear
the sounds only when:
•you touch
• the Minute Minder comes down
• the Count Down Timer comes down
• you put something on the control panel.
Activation of the sounds
Deactivate the appliance.
Touch for 3 seconds. The displays come
on and go out. Touch for 3 seconds.
comes on, because the sound is off. Touch
, comes on. The sound is on.
HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS
COOKWARE
Information about the cookware
• The bottom of the cookware must be as
thick and flat as possible.
• Cookware made of enamelled steel and
with aluminium or copper bottoms can
cause the colour change on the glass-ce-
ramic surface.
ENERGY SAVING
How to save energy
• If it is possible, always put the lids on the
cookware.
• Put cookware on a cooking zone before
you start it.
• Stop the cooking zones before the end of
the cooking time to use residual heat.
• The bottom of pans and cooking zones
must have the same dimension.
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ÖKO TIMER (ECO TIMER)
To save energy, the heater of the cook-
ing zone deactivates before the count
down timer sounds. The difference in
the operation time depends on the heat
setting level and the length of the cook-
ing operation.
THE EXAMPLES OF COOKING
APPLICATIONS
The data in the table is for guidance
only.
Heat
set-
ting
Application: Time Hints
1 To keep cooked food warm as necessary Put a lid on the cookware
1 - 3 To make Hollandaise sauce and to
melt butter, chocolate and gelatine
5 - 25 min Mix at intervals
1 - 3 To make fluffy omelettes and
baked eggs solid
10 - 40 min Cook with a lid on
3 - 5 To simmer rice and milk-based
dishes and to heat up ready-
cooked meals
25 - 50 min Add a minimum of two times as
much liquid as rice. Mix milk
dishes halfway through
5 - 7 To steam vegetables, fish and
meat
20 - 45 min Add some tablespoons of liquid
7 - 9 To steam potatoes 20 - 60 min Use maximum of. ¼ l of water
for 750 g of potatoes
7 - 9 To cook larger quantities of food,
stews and soups
60 - 150 min Add a maximum of 3 l of a liquid
to the ingredients
9 - 12 To lightly fry escalopes, veal cor-
don bleu, cutlets, rissoles, saus-
ages, liver, eggs, pancakes and
doughnuts and to cook roux
as necessary Turn halfway through
12 -
13
To fry hash browns, loin steaks
and steaks
5 - 15 min Turn halfway through
14 To boil large quantity of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot, roast) and to deep-fry
chips
CARE AND CLEANING
Clean the appliance after each use.
Always use cookware with clean bottom.
Scratches or dark stains on the glass-
ceramic cause no effect on how the
appliance operates.
To remove the dirt:
1. – Remove immediately: melted plas-
tic, plastic foil, and food with sugar. If
not, the dirt can cause damage to
the appliance. Use a special scraper
for the glass . Put the scraper on the
glass surface at an acute angle and
move the blade on the surface .
–Remove after the appliance is
sufficiently cool: limescale rings ,
water rings, fat stains, shiny metallic
discolorations. Use a special cleaning
agent for glass ceramic or stainless
steel.
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2. Clean the appliance with a moist cloth
and some detergent.
3. At the end rub the appliance dry
with a clean cloth.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Problem Possible cause Remedy
You cannot activate or operate
the appliance.
The appliance is not connec-
ted to an electrical supply or it
is connected incorrectly.
Check if the appliance is cor-
rectly connected to the electrical
supply (refer to connection dia-
gram).
Activate the appliance again and
set the heat setting in less than
10 seconds.
You touched 2 or more sensor
fields at the same time.
Touch only one sensor field.
The STOP+GO function oper-
ates.
Refer to the chapter “Daily Use”.
There is water or fat stains on
the control panel.
Clean the control panel.
An acoustic signal sounds and
the appliance deactivates.
An acoustic signal sounds
when the appliance is deacti-
vated.
You put something on one or
more sensor fields.
Remove the object from the
sensor fields.
The appliance deactivates. You put something on the sen-
sor field .
Remove the object from the
sensor field.
The residual heat indicator
does not come on.
The cooking zone is not hot
because it operated only for a
short time.
If the cooking zone operated
sufficiently long to be hot, speak
to the service centre.
The Automatic Heat Up func-
tion does not operate.
The cooking zone is hot. Let the cooking zone become
sufficiently cool.
The highest heat setting is set. The highest heat setting has the
same power as the Automatic
Heat Up function.
You cannot activate the outer
ring.
Activate the inner ring first.
The sensor fields become hot. The cookware is too large or
you put it too near to the con-
trols.
Put large cookware on the rear
cooking zones if necessary.
There is no acoustic signal
when you touch the panel sen-
sor fields.
The signals are deactivated. Activate the signals (refer to
“OffSound Control”).
comes on. The Automatic Switch Off op-
erates.
Deactivate the appliance and
activate it again.
comes on. The Child Safety Device or the
Lock function operates.
Refer to the chapter “Daily Use”.
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Problem Possible cause Remedy
and a number come on. There is an error in the appli-
ance.
Disconnect the appliance from
the electrical supply for some
time. Disconnect the fuse from
the electrical system of the
house. Connect it again. If
comes on again, speak to the
service center.
If you tried the above solutions and cannot
repair the problem, speak to your dealer or
the customer service. Give the data from
the rating plate, three digit letter code for
the glass ceramic (it is in the corner of the
glass surface) and an error message that
comes on.
Make sure, you operated the appliance cor-
rectly. If not the servicing by a customer
service technician or dealer will not be free
of charge, also during the warranty period.
The instructions about the customer service
and conditions of guarantee are in the guar-
antee booklet.
INSTALLATION
Warning! Refer to the Safety chapters.
Before the installation
Before the installation of the appliance, re-
cord the information below from the rating
plate. The rating plate is on the bottom of
the appliance casing.
• Model ...........................
• PNC .............................
• Serial number ....................
Warning! During installation in
combustible matter, NIN SEV 1000 and
fire protection guidelines and
regulations of the Association of
Cantonal Fire Insurance shall be strictly
adhered to.
BUILT-IN APPLIANCES
• Only use the built-in appliances after you
assemble the appliance into correct built-
in units and work surfaces that align to
the standards.
CONNECTION CABLE
• The appliance is supplied with the con-
nection cable.
• Replace the damaged mains cable with a
special cable (type H05VV-F or higher).
Speak to your local Service Centre.
ELECTRICAL CONNECTION
• Install the appliance with a socket supply
line. If there is no socket supply line, the
fixed home electrical system must include
an isolating device with at least a 3 mm-
contact separation to enable a simultane-
ous and all-pole cut off from the mains
(according to NIN SEV 1000).
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ASSEMBLY
min.
50mm
min.
500mm
490+1mm 560+1mm
R 5mm
55mm
min.
12 mm
min.
20 mm
min.
28 mm
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Modell GK58TSCN Prod.Nr. 949 594 352 00
Typ 58 HAD 54 XO 400 V 50 Hz
Made in Germany
Ser.Nr. .......... 6.5 kW
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ELECTROLUX
Cooking zones power
Cooking zone Nominal Power (Max heat setting) [W]
Right rear —120 / 180 mm 900 / 1800 W
Right front — 145 mm 1200 W
Left rear — 145 mm 1200 W
Left front — 170 / 210 mm 1400 / 2300 W
ENVIRONMENT CONCERNS
Recycle the materials with the symbol .
Put the packaging in applicable containers
to recycle it.
Help protect the environment and human
health and to recycle waste of electrical and
electronic appliances. Do not dispose
appliances marked with the symbol with
the household waste. Return the product to
your local recycling facility or contact your
municipal office.
PACKAGING MATERIAL
The packaging materials are friendly to
the environment and can be recycled.
The plastic components are identified
by marking: >PE<,>PS<, etc. Discard
the packaging materials as household
waste at the waste disposal facilities in
your municipality.
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GARANTIE, GARANZIA, GUARANTEE
KUNDENDIENST, SERVICE-CLIENTÈLE, SERVIZIO CLIENTI, CUSTOMER
SERVICE CENTRES
Servicestellen Points de Service Servizio dopo
vendita Point of Service
5506 Mägenwil/Zürich Industri-
estrasse 10
3018 Bern Morgen-
strasse 131
1028 Préverenges
Le Trési 6
6928 Manno Via
Violino 11
9000 St. Gallen Zürcherstrasse
204e
4052 Basel St. Jakob-Turm
Birsstrasse 320B
6020 Emmenbrücke Seetal-
strasse 11
7000 Chur Comercialstrasse 19
Ersatzteilverkauf/Points de vente de re-
change/Vendita pezzi di ricambio/
spare parts service:
5506 Mägenwil, Industriestrasse 10, Tel.
0848 848 111
Fachberatung/Verkauf/Demonstration/
Vente/Consulente (cucina)/Vendita
8048 Zürich, Badenerstrasse 587, Tel. 044
405 81 11
Garantie Für jedes Produkt gewähren wir
ab Verkauf bzw. Lieferdatum an den End-
verbraucher eine Garantie von 2 Jahren.
(Ausweis durch Garantieschein, Faktura
oder Verkaufsbeleg). Die Garantieleistung
umfasst die Kosten für Material, Arbeits-
und Reisezeit. Die Garantieleistung entfällt
bei Nichtbeachtung der Gebrauchsanwei-
sung und Betriebs-vorschriften, unsachger-
echter Installation, sowie bei Beschädigung
durch äussere Einflüsse, höhere Gewalt,
Eingriffe Dritter und Verwendung von Nicht-
Original Teilen.
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Garantie Nous octroyons sur chaque pro-
duit 2 ans de garantie à partir de la date de
livraison ou de la mise en service au con-
sommateur (documenté au moyen d’une
facture, d’un bon de garantie ou d’un justifi-
catif d’achat). Notre garantie couvre les frais
de mains d’œuvres et de déplacement, ain-
si que les pièces de rechange. Les condi-
tions de garantie ne sont pas valables en
cas d’intervention d’un tiers non autorisé,
de l’emploi de pièces de rechange non
originales, d’erreurs de maniement ou d’in-
stallation dues à l’inobser-vation du mode
d’emploi, et pour des dommages causés
par des influences extérieures ou de force
majeure.
Garanzia Per ogni prodotto concediamo
una garanzia di 2 anni a partire dalla data di
consegna o dalla sua messa in funzione. (fa
stato la data della fattura, del certificato di
garanzia o dello scontrino d’acquisto) Nella
garanzia sono comprese le spese di mano-
dopera, di viaggio e del materiale. Dalla co-
pertura sono esclusi il logoramento ed i
danni causati da agenti esterni, intervento di
terzi, utilizzo di ricambi non originali o dalla
inosservanza delle prescrizioni d’istallazione
ed istruzioni per l’uso.
Warranty For each product we provide a
two-year guarantee from the date of pur-
chase or delivery to the consumer (with a
guarantee certificate, invoice or sales re-
ceipt serving as proof). The guarantee cov-
ers the costs of materials, labour and travel.
The guarantee will lapse if the operating in-
structions and conditions of use are not ad-
hered to, if the product is incorrectly instal-
led, or in the event of damage caused by
external influences, force majeure, interven-
tion by third parties or the use of non-genu-
ine components.
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