Brandt AI1519X Guide D'utilisation page 16

SAFETY AND IMPORTANT PRECAUTIONS
These instructions are also available on the web site.
Please take heed of this advice when installing and using
your appliance. These instructions are intended to protect
your safety and the safety of others. Keep this manual
with your appliance. If you sell or give the appliance to
anyone else,make sure that you also give them this
manual.
•In order to constantly improve our products, we reserve
the rightto to make changes to their technical, functional
or aesthetic characteristics in line with technological
progress.
• Make a note of the references of your appliance on the
"ConsumerService" page so that you can readily find
them in future.
Important precautions
• This appliance is designed for use by consumers in
the home. Donot use it for commercial or industrial
purposes or for any otherpurpose for which it is not
intended.
• This appliance is designed for use by consumers in
the home. Do not use it for commercial or industrial
purposes or for any other purpose for which it is not
intended.
• This appliance can be used by children aged under 8
and by persons with diminished physical, sensory or
mental capacities, or persons without any experience
or knowledge, provided that they are properly attended
to or are giventhe instructions on how to use the appliance
in complete safety and that anypotential risks are
anticipated. Children must not play with this appliance.
The appliance must not be cleaned and maintained by
unattended children.
• Caution: The accessible parts of this appliance may
become hot when usedwith cooking equipment.
• Adjust the speed to the cooking method and the
number of pans in use. It is preferable to use the
rings at the back of the range.
• To make optimal use of your appliance, keep the
length of the duct and the number of bends in the
duct to a strict minimum.
Electrical risks
• All the power supply circuits must be disconnected
before touching the connection terminals. If the power
cord is damaged, itmust be replaced by the
manufacturer, its after-sales service or asimilarly qualified
person in order to avoid any danger.
• The appliance can be disconnected by using an
accessible poweroutlet or by incorporating a switch in
the fixed lines, in accordancewith the installation rules.
• Do not change or attempt to change the characteristics
of thisappliance. Doing so can be dangerous.
• The appliance must only be repaired by an approved
specialist.
• Always disconnect the hood before cleaning or
maintaining it.
• Never use steam or high-pressure tools to clean your
appliance(for the purposes of electrical safety).
Risk of asphyxiation
• The regulations applying to the evacuation of air must
be obeyed. The air must not be sent into a duct used to
evacuate fumes from appliances that use gasor other
fuels (this does not apply to appliances that only emit
air into the room).
• The room must be suitably ventilated when the range
hood is used at the sametime as appliances that use
gas or other fuels (this does not apply to appliances
that only emit air into the room).
Risk of fire
• It is forbidden to flambé food or to turn on gas rings
that are notcovered by a cooking recipient beneath the
hood, as the flamesmay sucked in and damage the
appliance.
• Keep a constant eye on fryers used beneath the hood.
When heated to veryhigh temperatures, oil and fat can
catch fire.
• Clean the appliance and replace the filters at the
recommended frequency. Accumulated deposits of
grease can cause a fire.
• It is forbidden to use the hood above a fuel fire (wood,
coal, etc.).
• If the hood is installed above a gas-fired appliance,
leave at least 70 cm between the top of the range and
the underside of the hood. If the instructions ofthe range
installed under the hood specify a distance greater than
70 cm, thenthis distance must be respected.