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Warnings and Recommendations Warnings and Recommendations
Safety Warnings
Thank you for purchasing German Pool Built-in Induction Cooker.
We recommend that you spend some time to read this Instruction / Installation Manual in order to
fully understand how to install correctly and operate it.
Your safety is important to us. Please read this information before using your cooktop.
Installation
Electrical Shock Hazard
• Disconnect the appliance from the mains electricity supply before carrying out any work or
maintenance on it.
• Connection to a good earth wiring system is essential and mandatory.
• Alterations to the domestic wiring system must only be made by a qualied electrician.
• Failure to follow this advice may result in electrical shock or death.
Cut Hazard
• Take care - panel edges are sharp.
• Failure to use caution could result in injuries or cuts.
Important Safety Instructions
• Read these instructions carefully before installing or using this appliance.
• No combustible materials or products should be placed on this appliance at any time.
• In order to avoid hazard, this appliance must be installed according to these instructions for
installation.
• This appliance is to be properly installed and earthed only by a suitably qualied person.
• This appliance should be connected to a circuit which incorporates an isolating switch providing
full disconnection from the power supply.
• Failure to install the appliance correctly could invalidate any warranty or liability claims.
Operation and Maintenance
Electrical Shock Hazard
• Do not cook on a broken or cracked cooktop. If the cooktop surface should break or crack,
switch the appliance off immediately at the mains power supply (wall switch) and contact a
qualied technician.
• Switch the cooktop off at the wall before cleaning or maintenance.
• Failure to follow this advice may result in electrical shock or death.
Health Hazard
• This appliance complies with electromagnetic safety standards.
• However, persons with cardiac pacemakers or other electrical implants (such as insulin pumps)
must consult with their doctor or implant manufacturer before using this appliance to make sure
that their implants will not be affected by the electromagnetic eld.
• Failure to follow this advice may result in death.
Hot Surface Hazard
• During use, accessible parts of this appliance will become hot enough to cause burns.
• Do not let your body, clothing or any item other than suitable cookware contact the Induction
glass until the surface is cool.
• Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons and lids should not be placed on the hob surface
since they can get hot
• Keep children away.
• Handles of saucepans may be hot to touch. Check saucepan handles do not overhang other
cooking zones that are on. Keep handles out of reach of children.
• Failure to follow this advice could result in burns and scalds.
Cut Hazard
• The razor-sharp blade of the cooktop scraper is exposed when the safety cover is retracted. Use
with extreme care and always store safely and out of reach of children.
• Failure to use caution could result in injuries or cuts.
Important Safety Instructions
• Never leave the appliance unattended when in use. Boilover causes smoking and greasy
spillovers that may ignite.
• Never use your appliance as a work or storage surface.
• Never leave any objects or utensils on the appliance.
• Do not place or leave any magnetisable objects (e.g. credit cards, memory cards) or electronic
devices (e.g. computers, MP3 players) near the appliance, as they may be affected by its
electromagnetic eld.
• Never use your appliance for warming or heating the room.
• After use, always turn off the cooking zones and the cooktop as described in this manual (i.e. by
using the touch controls). Do not rely on the pan detection feature to turn off the cooking zones
when you remove the pans.
• Do not allow children to play with the appliance or sit, stand, or climb on it.
• Do not store items of interest to children in cabinets above the appliance. Children climbing on
the cooktop could be seriously injured.
• Do not leave children alone or unattended in the area where the appliance is in use.
• Children or persons with a disability which limits their ability to use the appliance should have
a responsible and competent person to instruct them on its usage. The instructor should be
convinced that they can use the appliance without causing danger to themselves or their
surroundings.
• Do not repair or replace any part of the appliance unless specically recommended in the
manual. All other servicing should be done by a qualied technician.
• Do not use a steam cleaner to clean your cooktop.
• Do not place or drop heavy objects on your cooktop.
• Do not stand on your cooktop.
• Do not use pans with jagged edges or drag pans across the Induction glass surface as this can
scratch the glass.
• Do not use scourers or any other harsh abrasive cleaning agents to clean your cooktop, as these
can scratch the Induction glass.
• If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, its service agent or
similarly qualied persons in order to avoid a hazard.
• This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications such as: staff
kitchen areas in shops, ofces and other working environments; farm houses; by clients in
hotels, motels and other residential type environments; bed and breakfast type environments.