3Safety warningsFor the user• The cooker hood is designed to extract unpleasant odours from thekitchen, it will not extract steam.• Always cover lighted elements, to prevent excess heat fromdamaging the appliance. In the case of oil, gas and coal firedcookers it is essential to avoid open flames.• Also, when frying, keep the deep frying pan on the cooker top/cooker under careful control.• The hot oil in the frying pan might ignite due to overheating.• The risk of self-ignition increases when the oil being used is dirty.• It is extremely important to note that overheating can cause a fire.• Never carry out any flambé cooking under the hood.• Always disconnect the unit from the power supply beforecarrying out any work on the hood, including replacing thelight bulb (take the cartridge fuse out of the fuse holder or switchoff the automatic circuit breaker).• It is very important to clean the hood and replace the filter atthe recommended intervals. Failure to do so could causegrease deposits to build up, resulting in a fire hazard.For the installer• When used as an extractor unit, the hood must be fitted with a120mm diameter hose.• When installing the hood, make sure you respect the followingminimum distance from the top edge of the cooking hob/ringsurfaces:electric cookers 650 mmgas cookers 750 mmcoal and oil cookers 800 mm min.• The national standard on fuel-burning systems specifies a maxi-mum depression of 0.04 bar in such rooms.• The air outlet must not be connected to chimney flues or combus-tion gas ducts. The air outlet must under no circumstances beconnected to ventilation ducts for rooms in which fuel-burningappliances are installed.• The air outlet installation must comply with the regulations laid downby the relevant authorities.• When the unit is used in its extractor version, a sufficiently largeventilation hole must be provided, with dimensions that are