Whirlpool ACM230/IX Installation guide

Health & Safety, Use & Care, Installation Guide and
Online Warranty Registration Information
Model: ACM230/IX

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INDEX
Safety precautions and warnings................................................................... 3
Installation........................................................................................................ 11
Safety distances.................................................................................................. 13
Power cord......................................................................................................... 15
Wiring diagram .................................................................................................. 15
Description......................................................................................................... 16
Cooking zone information................................................................................... 17
Control description........................................................................................... 17
Sensor keys........................................................................................................ 17
Cooking zone display.............................................................................................. 17
Timer display....................................................................................................... 17
Start and use..................................................................................................... 18
Commissioning.................................................................................................... 18
Booster Function................................................................................................. 19
Switching off....................................................................................................... 20
Timer function..................................................................................................... 20
Operation............................................................................................................. 21
Troubleshooting................................................................................................ 22
Cleaning and maintenance....................................................................................... 25
Protecting the environment..................................................................................... 26
Safety devices................................................................................................... 27

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND WARNINGS
This hob is compliant with current safety regulations. Improper
use can cause damage to property and/or to persons.
Read the operating instructions carefully before operating
the hob as they contain important indications for installation,
safety, use and maintenance of the appliance.
Observing them avoids dangers for persons and prevents
damage to materials.
Keep the user instructions and hand them over to any other
users.
Intended use
- This hob is intended for use in the home.
- It must always be used within the limits of the normal
domestic environment, not within a professional or
commercial context, to prepare and keep food warm. Any
other use is not permitted.
- This appliance is not intended for use by persons
(including children) with reduced physical, sensory or
mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge,
unless they have been given supervision or instruction
concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible
for their safety.
- These persons can only use the appliance on their own
if it has been clearly explained to them how it works, in
order to use it safely. It is important that they know how to
recognise and understand what dangers may derive from
incorrect use of the appliance.
- Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not
play with the appliance or nearby.

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Children
- Keep children under the age of eight away from the
appliance; alternatively, supervise them at all times.
- Children over the age of eight may only use the hob on
their own if it has been clearly explained to them how it
works and if they are able to use it correctly. It is important
to recognise and understand what dangers may derive
from incorrect use of the appliance.
- Children must not carry out cleaning work on the hob
without supervision.
- Supervise children in the immediate surroundings. The
appliance in operation is very hot and remains hot for
some time after it has been turned off. Keep children away
from the appliance until it has cooled down completely.
This will prevent the risk of being burned.
- Use the lock function to prevent children from turning on
the appliance. When using the hob, activate the lock so
that children cannot change the settings (selected).
Danger of asphyxiation!
Children can wrap themselves in the packaging material
(e.g. in the film) or wrap it around their heads resulting in
suffocation. Keep the packaging material away from children.
Danger of burns!
Keep items that could attract their attention out of the reach
of children, placing them in compartments above or behind
the hob.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND WARNINGS

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND WARNINGS
These objects could cause them to climb onto the appliance.
Danger of electric shock!
Do not start or immediately turn off the hob if the
glass ceramic plate is damaged or cracked.
Disconnect the hob from the power supply
Technical safety
- Repairs or incorrectly performed installation and
maintenance work can seriously endanger the user.
- Installation and maintenance work, as well as repairs, may
only be carried out by qualified technician.
- Damage to the hob can compromise the safety of users.
Check that there is no visible damage. Never use a
damaged appliance.
- Electrical safety is only guaranteed if the hob is connected
to a compliant earthing system. Make sure that this
fundamental safety condition is verified. If in doubt, have
the electrical system checked by a qualified technician.
- Do not use the hob in non-stationary locations (e.g. on ships)
- Contact with live parts or changes to electrical or
mechanical structures can endanger the user and cause
malfunctions in the hob.
- Never open the casing of the appliance under any
circumstances. Multiple sockets or extensions is not
allow do not guarantee the necessary level of safety (fire
hazard).

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND WARNINGS
- For safety reasons, the hob must only be used after being
installed. Consult this data before making the connection. In
case of uncertainty, contact an electrician.
- The connection data (voltage and frequency) indicated on
the data plate of the hob must fully correspond with that of
the electrical mains, otherwise the appliance could become
damaged.
- The appliance is not intended for operation with an external
programmer clock or with a remote control system.
- The hob must be connected to the electric mains by an
electrician. If a damaged power cord is replaced, a special
power cord must be installed by an electrician.
- To carry out installation, maintenance or repair work,
disconnect the hob from the power supply.
The appliance is only disconnected from the power supply if:
- the fuse of the electrical system is disabled or
- the fuses of the electrical system have been completely
unscrewed, or
- the plug (if present) has been removed from the socket.
To remove the plug, always hold it; never pull the cord.
- If the hob is equipped with a communication module,
make sure that the module is disconnected from the mains
during installation, maintenance or repair work.
- The filter of a module contains components that remain
charged after the main power supply has been removed.
In the event of residual voltage, the filter components must
discharge the voltage.

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND WARNINGS
Normally measuring devices can discharge the contacts.
The discharge time typically takes around 1 minute.
Correct use
- Spray cans, slightly flammable liquids or combustible
materials are flammable. Therefore, do not store lightly
flammable objects in the drawers directly under the hob.
The cutlery tray, if present, must be made of heat-resistant
material.
- Do not heat empty pots or pans.
- Cookware must be placed directly on the glass ceramic
and must be centred.
- Do not put anything between the pot and the glass (e.g.
trivet).
- When cooking preserves or jars, closed jars can explode
due to overpressure. Do not use the hob to prepare
preserves or to heat jars.
- When covering the hob, there is a danger that the cover
material will ignite, shatter or melt if the ignition is switched
on or the residual heat is removed.
- Do not cover the hob, for example with cover plates, a
cloth or protective film.
- If an electrical appliance is used in the immediate vicinity
of the hob, for example a blender, make sure that the
power supply cable does not come into contact with the
hob. The insulation of the power supply cable may be
damaged or melt.
- Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons and lids
should not be placed on the hotplate since they can get
hot.

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND WARNINGS
- If the hob has been fitted behind the door of a unit, only
operate it with the unit door open.
- Close the unit door only when the residual heat indicators
have turned off.
- The appliance in operation is very hot and remains hot
for a certain time after it has been switched off. The risk
of burns no longer exists only when the residual heat
indicators are turned off.
- If the hob is very hot, there is a risk of being burnt. It is
advisable to protect hands from heat by using special knobs
or pot holders. Only use dry gloves or pot holders. Wet or
damp fabrics are good heat conductors and may cause
scalding.
- If the hob is on or has been inadvertently switched on,
or in the event of residual heat, there is a risk that metal
objects may overheat (danger of burns).
- Other types of materials could melt or ignite.
- Wet lids could stick to the hob due to the suction effect.
- Do not use the appliance as a support surface.
- Switch off the cooking zones after use.
- If sugar or food containing sugar, plastic or tinfoil ends up
on the hot hob and they melt, they can damage the glass
ceramic surface as they cool. Immediately turn off the hob
and immediately remove these substances with a spatula.
Wear gloves oven.
- Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons and lids
should not be placed on the hob surface since they can
get hot
- Danger of fire: Do not store items on the cooking surfaces

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND WARNINGS
- Clean the cooking zones with a glass ceramic cleaner as
soon as they have cooled and resistand pot indicator is off.
- Pans from which liquids evaporate directly can damage
the glass ceramic surface. Always remain in the vicinity of
the appliance when it is operating.
- Pots and pans with a rough base may scratch the ceramic
hob. Only use pots and pans with a smooth base.
- To move cookware it is always advisable to lift it off. This
way the surface of the hob is not scratched.
- Salt, sugar or grains of sand, e.g. derived from cleaned
vegetables, can scratch if they reach the base of the
cooking cookware. Make sure that the glass ceramic
surface and the base of the cooking cookware are clean
before placing them on the hob.
- Light objects (e.g. a salt-cellar) that fall over can also crack
or damage the glass ceramic plate. Caution: Do not drop
any objects on the glass ceramic surface.
- Hot objects may damage the electronics under the sensor
keys and indicator lights. Never place hot pots or pans on
the sensor keys or on the indicator lights
- As the induction hobs heat very quickly, the temperature
of the base of the pans can very quickly reaching the point
of self-combustion for fats and oils. Always remain in the
vicinity of the appliance when it is operating.
Greases and oils can be heated up in one minute and never
use the Booster.
- CAUTION: the cooking process has to be supervised.
A short term cooking process has to be supervised
continuously
- WARNING: Unattended cooking on a hob with fat or oil
can be dangerous and may result in a fire

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND WARNINGS
Warning for persons wearing pacemakers:
- Bear in mind that in the immediate vicinity of the appliance,
when it is operating, an electromagnetic field is generated.
The possibility of a pacemaker's operation being affected
is very remote.
- If in doubt, contact the pacemaker manufacturer or your
doctor.
- The electromagnetic field of the hob when on can
compromise the operation of magnetisable objects.
- Credit cards, life-saving devices, pocket calculators etc.
must not be found in the immediate vicinity of a hob when
on.
- The appliance is equipped with a cooling fan. If there is
a drawer underneath the recessed appliance, a sufficient
distance must be observed between the contents of the
drawer and the lower part of the appliance to ensure the
necessary ventilation of the hob.
- Metal objects stored in a drawer under the appliance may
become red hot if the appliance is used for a prolonged
length of time. Do not store metal objects in a drawer
located directly beneath the hob.
- Do not store small or pointed objects or paper in the
drawer, as these could reach into the casing through the
ventilation slots or could be sucked in and thus damage
the fan or impair its cooling.
- Never use two pans on a single cooking zone.