Hotpoint Creda LI2I3A User manual

Instructions for Installation and Use
Electric Hood

Using your new Cooker Hood is very simple. Nevertheless, to get the best results it is
important that you read this handbook thoroughly before installing and using your
appliance for the first time.
Electrical Requirements
Any permanent electrical installation must comply with the latest I.E.E. Regulations and
local electricity company regulations. For your own safety, this should be undertaken by a
qualified electrician eg. your local electricity company or a contractor who is on the roll of
the National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting (NICEIC).
Please ensure that when the appliance is installed it is easily accessible for the engineer
in the event of a breakdown.
INCORRECT INSTALLATION COULD AFFECT THE SAFETY OF THE APPLIANCE
If the Cooker Hood is permanently wired in, it must be via a suitable double pole isolating
switch placed in a readily accessible position adjacent to the unit.
Electrical Connection
Before connecting to the mains supply ensure that the mains voltage corresponds to the
voltage on the rating plate, inside the Cooker Hood.
WARNING: THIS APPLIANCE MUST NOTBE EARTHED!
It is fitted with a 2 core mains supply cable and must be permanently connected to the
electricity supply via a double pole switch having 3mm minimum contact gap on each
pole. A Switched Fuse Connection Unit to BS 1363 Part 4, is a recommended mains supply
connection accessory to ensure compliance with the Safety Requirements applicable to
fixed wiring instructions.
DISCONNECT THE COOKER HOOD FROM THE MAINS SUPPLY BEFORE CARRYING OUT ANY
KIND OF MAINTENANCE OR CLEANING.
WARNING:
CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PLAY WITH THE APPLIANCE OR TAMPER WITH
THE CONTROLS.
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Your new Cooker Hood

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Contents Page
Electrical Requirements 2
Get to know your Cooker Hood 4
Installing your Cooker Hood
Installation for Recirculation 5-7
Installation for Extraction
Mounting Height
Fixing to the Cabinet
Fixing to the Wall
Operating your Cooker Hood 8
The Controls
Do’s and Don’ts
Caring for your Cooker Hood 9-10
Filters and their Replacement
Cleaning
How to Replace the Light
Troubleshooting 11
Key Contacts Back Cover
Appliance manufactured in EU.
Retention of this Instruction Book
This Instruction Book must be kept handy for reference as it contains important details on the safe and proper use
of the appliance.
If you sell or pass the appliance to someone else, or move house and leave it behind, make sure this Book is
also provided so the new owner can become familiar with the appliance and safety warnings.
If the Book is lost or damaged a copy may be obtained from:
Indesit Company, Morley Way , Peterborough, PE2 9JB
CE marking certifies that this appliance conforms to the
following EEC directives:-
-Low Voltage Equipment 72/23/EEC
-Electromagnetic Compatibility 89/336/EEC

Get to know your Cooker Hood.
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Unpacking
Before installation, ensure that you have removed all packing pieces.
Dimensions
Height 15cm (5
3
/ 4
in)
Width 60cm (23
1
/ 2
in)
Depth 55cm (21
1
/ 2 in)
Including visor.
Wire Clips
Light
Visor
Controls
Grease
Filter

Installing your Cooker Hood
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Your new Cooker Hood can be installed either
for recirculation or extraction through an
outside wall.
Installation:
These distances, between hobs and grease
filter must be observed.
Minimum 65cm over an electric hob.
Minimum 75cm over a gas hob.
Minimum 40-45cm over a high level grill/
top oven.
See page 7.
Installation for Recirculation:
If it is not possible to exhaust to the outside,
the hood can be used to filter and recirculate
the air (Fig.1).
-To set deflector ready for extraction, slide
the conversion control towards the outside
of the conveyor until index Cis visible
(Fig.2a).
-To set deflector ready for recirculation,
slide the control towards the inside of the
conveyor (Fig.2b).Pull the plastic tongue
that blocks the index C outwards,to make
the insertion of the deflector easier. Fit the
supplied cover on the upper outlet hole.
NOTE: The hood is more efficient in the
exhaust mode, therefore this position
should be selected during the warmer
months of the year when no heating is
being used. When the room is being
heated, if the recirculation position is
selected heat will not be wasted.
To obtain the best performance it is
advisable to switch on the hood a few
minutes before you start cooking and leave
it running approximately 15 minutes after
finishing.
Installation for Extraction:
This method is recommended if at all possible.
Fumes and grease laden air are drawn into the
underside of the hood and expelled out.
The air can be expelled either upwards
through a ventilating shaft (Fig.3 A) or directly
through the wall to the outside (Fig.3 B).
Ducting will be required if the Cooker Hood is
mounted away from the outside vent.
To connect the pipe, fit the coupling ring
(Fig.3 C) in the selected outlet. Use the cover
(Fig.3 D) to close the unused outlet.
IMPORTANT: The exhaust air must not be
expelled through a smoke or waste-gas
chimney which is in use or through a shaft
used for ventilating rooms or into the
cavity of a cavity wall.
If the room contains a flued fuel burning
appliance, such as a gas or oil fired central
heating boiler, which is not of the ‘Balanced
Flue’type, you should make sure that there
is adequate air inlet into the room at all
times so that fumes from the boiler are not
drawn back into the room by the Cooker
Hood.
NOTE: All installations must comply with
local authorities and building regulation
requirements for the discharge of exhaust
air into the atmosphere.
Fig.1
Fig.2
Fig.3
Extraction Recirculation
Fig.2a Fig.2b

Installing your Cooker Hood
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Top Extraction (Fig.4)
If the exhaust air is being drawn upwards, a
pipe with a diameter of 100mm is necessary
and the blanking plate must be fitted in the
rear outlet. To check that the hood is set up
for extraction, open the grille panel and make
sure that the conversion lever on the unit is in
the exhausting position.
Rear Extraction (Fig.5)
If the air is to be drawn off to the rear, a pipe
with a diameter of 100mm is necessary and
the blanking plate should be fitted in the top
outlet.
Ducting:
In order to obtain satisfactory air extraction,
long ducts should not be used. Pipes with a
minimum internal diameter of 100mm and
with as smooth an inner wall as possible are
recommended. The ducting MUST be
manufactured from a fire retardant material.
Fig.4
Fig.5

Installing your Cooker Hood
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Wall Vent Kit:
For connecting the hood either directly
through a wall or in conjunction with a duct-
ing pipe,we recommend the use of a Wall
Vent Kit. A 3m extension pipe is also available.
Both of these are 100mm diameter and may
be obtained from your nearest retailer or the
Genuine Parts and Accessories Mail Order
Hotline (see back cover) and must be used
where there is a cavity wall.
MOUNTING
Mounting Height:
Your Cooker Hood is suitable for wall
mounting or fixing to the underside of a wall
cupboard. In either case the underneath of
the hood should be 65cm above an electric
hob,
75cm above a gas hob, 40-45cm above a high
level grill/top oven.
For the best results, the hood should be
mounted as near as possible to the minimum
recommended height.
WARNING: The fan motor of this appliance
incorporates a thermal cut-out device
which will operate if the hood is installed
below the minimum recommended heights
listed above, or if the motor becomes over-
heated. If the cut-out device is activated,
switch off the fan motor and allow the
hood to cool.
The cut-out device will reset itself when the
fan motor has cooled significantly.
NOTE: This hood has been designed and
approved for installation over an electric
hob with a maximum input of 7kW or a gas
hob with a maximum input of 10kW when
fitted in accordance with the heights
recommended above.
A template is enclosed for both wall and
under-cupboard fixing.
Fixing to the cabinet:
Ensure that the cabinet is securely fixed to the
wall, use 4 screws supplied and proceed as
follows:
Make holes at the bottom of the cabinet using
the template supplied. Fit the four 4.2 x
35mm screws supplied, in the holes, from
inside the cabinet (Fig.7).
Fixing to the wall:
Fit the template to the wall.
Make four 8mm diameter holes in the wall,
(2 on Fig.8 Hand 1 on either of the points
Fig.8 I).
Fit four 8mm wall plugs
Fit two 5mm diameter x 45mm long screws
on H.Do not tighten completely.
Now hang the hood (holes H), tighten the two
screws and fit the screws in hole Ifrom inside
the hood.
Fig.8
Fig.7

Operating your Cooker Hood
Do’s and Don’ts
The Controls
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DO
Do have the visor open when using the hob
even if the fan on the hood is not
switched on.
Do take extra care when frying.
Do keep the heating areas on your hob
covered over with pots and pans etc.
when using the hob and cooker hood
simultaneously.
Do make sure that there is an adequate air
inlet if you are venting externally and
have a boiler or fire in the room, so that
fumes are not drawn back from the flue.
DON’T
Don’t use without the grease filter
Don’t leave a naked flame under the hood.
Don’t obstruct the recirculation grille on
top of the hood (If using the hood
for recirculation).
The area above the grille should be
kept clear of obstruction for at least
150mm (6in) above the cooker
hood.
Don’t leave cooker/hob hotplates ‘On’
when not covered, as the fan motor
of this cooker hood incorporates a
thermal cut-out device which will
operate if the hood overheats. The
fan motor will take approximately 20
minutes to automatically reset at
which point the hood will resume
normal functions.
NEVER do flambé cooking beneath this
cooker hood.
NEVER leave frying pans or deep fat fryers
unattended during use, overheated
fat/oil may catch fire.
Make sure that the Cooker hood is wired in
and the power supply is switched on.
Your Cooker hood has three speeds, to give
you the correct extraction level to suit your
cooking conditions.
1Low
2Normal
3Boost
The control marked with the symbol
controls the fan speed.
Position 1, should be selected when
simmering or using only one pan.
Position 2 for normal cooking,up to four pans.
Position 3 when frying or cooking foods with
strong odours.
Simply slide the selector to the required
setting. It is advisable to leave it running for
approximately 15 minutes after finishing
cooking to ensure all odours are extracted.
There is a separate selector for the light.
The switch marked with the symbol
controls illumination and indicates
when illumination is operating. ‘O’is the OFF
position. The visor can be adjusted to enlarge
the extraction area.

Caring for your Cooker Hood
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Before doing any cleaning or replacing the fil-
ters or light bulb, always ensure that the elec-
tricity supply to the Cooker Hood is switched
‘OFF’.
Filters and their replacement:
THE GREASE FILTER -
Your Cooker Hood is fitted with a grease filter
which absorbs grease, dust etc. and helps to
keep the appliance clean inside. Gradually the
filter will become saturated and should be
replaced every 2 months
.
IMPORTANT:There could be a possible fire
hazard if the grease filter is not replaced
when necessary and according to these
instructions.
Replacement grease filters are available from
your nearest retailer or our Genuine Parts and
Accessories Mail Order Hotline (see back
cover).
RELEASING THE GRILLE PANEL -
To open the grille
panel press the
catches into the
centre of the grille.
The grille will be
released and will fall
down, pivoting to
the rear (Fig.9).
Remove the metal
filter retainer by
pulling gently, to
release it from the
slot in the casing.
REPLACING THE GREASE FILTER -
1. Push the wire clips to one side and remove
(Fig.10).
2. Remove the saturated grease filter.
3. Place the new grease filter in the filter grille
(Fig.11).
4. Replace the retaining clips.
5. Close the grille panel.
THE CARBON FILTER -
(Recirculation only)
The activated carbon filter absorbs odours
arising from the cooking. In use, the filter will
slowly become saturated and gradually less
effective. The filter will normally require
changing every four months, depending on
the amount and type of cooking you have
done.
See page 5 (Figs. 1 and 2) to set your Cooker
Hood to the recirculation option.
TO FIT THE CARBON FILTERS -
The deflector should be fixed to ensure the air
flow is away from the wall to avoid dirtying or
marking the rear wall (Fig.12) .
Place the new carbon filter, ensuring that it is
aligned. to lock the filter turn in the direction
of the arrow (Fig.13)
The Hood must not be connected to ducting
when in the recirculating mode.
Regular replacement of the charcoal filter will
ensure optimum performance from the hood
when recirculating.
TO REPLACE THE CARBON FILTER -
Remove the grille by turning the locks and
pull the grille out and downwards.
Remove the saturated carbon filter by rotating
it in an anti-clockwise direction and replace it
with a new one.
Fig.13
Fig.12
Fig.11
Fig.10
Fig.9

Caring for your Cooker Hood
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Cleaning:
The exterior of the Cooker Hood should be
cleaned regularly to keep it looking like new.
Wipe over with a soft cloth, wrung out in
warm water and dry with a clean soft cloth.
Wear protective gloves.
You can use mild non-abrasive cleaners but
always read the manufacturer’s instructions
first. Always test their suitability on a small
area of the Cooker Hood not noticeable in
normal use.
NOTE: DO NOT use scouring pads or
abrasive cleaners as they may scratch the
surface.
How to replace the light:
Should the light fail to work, switch ‘Off’the
mains supply to the Hood.
Open the grille and check the bulb is screwed
securely into the bulb holder then switch‘On’
the mains supply.
If the light fails to work do not worry, it will
not affect the working of your hood. Obtain a
replacement 40 watt (E14) bulb. Switch‘Off’
the mains supply. Unscrew the old bulb anti-
clockwise to remove and replace with the
new bulb turning clockwise until secure. Refit
the filter grille and switch back‘On’at the
mains.
NOTE: When changing the bulb, an
identical replacement must be fitted to
ensure the safe operation of the hood.
Fig.14

Troubleshooting.
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First,don’t panic!
There may be nothing wrong at all. Look for
your problem below,then check the things we
suggest.More often than not,this will give you
the answer to your problem,and you’ll be able
to carry on without having to telephone your
Service Office.
It is not working!
Are you using a plug and socket?
- Check that the plug is firmly pushed in.
- Check the power supply, by plugging in
another appliance.
- Has the fuse blown?
It is not working!
Is the mains lead wired directly into a
double pole isolating switch?
- Check that the wires in the mains lead are
correctly connected.(See page 2)
The Cooker Hood is not working
satisfactorily...
- Check you have selected the correct fan
speed.(See page 8)
- Check you have left the cover over the
recirculation grille on top of the Hood
(extraction only), (See page 6).
- Check if the grease filter needs replacing
(See page 9).
The light is not working...
- Check the bulb is screwed in securely.
- Replace the light bulb (See page10)
The Cooker Hood switches off
intermittently...
- Check the mounting height above the
hob is correct (See page 5).
The heat from the hob may cause the fan
motor to overheat/cut-out.
If,after following these instructions,you are
still having problems,contact your nearest
Service Centre (See back cover).
Parts
Please remember your new appliance is a
complex piece of equipment.
Repairs may only be performed by qualified
technicians. ‘DIY’repairs or unqualified and
untrained service people may put you in
danger, could damage the appliance and
might mean that you lose cover under the
Guarantee.
If you do experience a problem with the
appliance, don’t take any risks,call in a Service
Engineer (See back cover).
Our Parts are designed exclusively to fit only
GDA Ltd appliances. Do not use them for any
other purpose as you may create a safety
hazard.

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