heated objects away from fats and oilswhen you cook with them.• The vapours that very hot oil releasescan cause spontaneous combustion.• Used oil, that can contain food rem-nants, can cause fire at a lower tem-perature than oil used for the firsttime.• Do not put flammable products oritems that are wet with flammableproducts in, near or on the appliance.WARNING!Risk of damage to the appliance.• Do not keep hot cookware on the con-trol panel.• Do not let cookware to boil dry.• Be careful not to let objects or cook-ware fall on the appliance. The surfacecan be damaged.• Do not activate the cooking zoneswith empty cookware or without cook-ware.• Do not put aluminium foil on the ap-pliance.• Do not let acid liquids, for examplevinegar, lemon juice or limescale re-mover, touch the hob. This can causematt patches.• This appliance is for cooking purposesonly. Do not use the appliance for oth-er purposes, as for example roomheating.• The use of a gas cooking appliance re-sults in the production of heat andmoisture. Provide good ventilation inthe room where the appliance is instal-led.• Make sure that the ventilation open-ings are not blocked.• Prolonged intensive use of the appli-ance may call for additional ventila-tion, for example opening of a win-dow, or more effective ventilation, forexample increasing the level of me-chanical ventilation where present.• Use only stable cookware with the cor-rect shape and diameter larger thanthe dimensions of the burners. Thereis a risk of overheating and rupture ofthe glass plate (if applicable).• Make sure the flame does not go outwhen you quickly turn the knob fromthe maximum to the minimum posi-tion.• Make sure pots are centrally posi-tioned on the rings and do not stickout over edges of the cooking surface.• Use only the accessories supplied withthe appliance.• Do not install a flame diffuser on theburner.2.3 Care and CleaningWARNING!Risk of damage to the appliance.• Clean regularly the appliance to pre-vent the deterioration of the surfacematerial.• Do not use water spray and steam toclean the appliance.• Do not clean the burners in the dish-washer.• Clean the appliance with a moist softcloth. Only use neutral detergents. Donot use abrasive products, abrasivecleaning pads, solvents or metal ob-jects.2.4 DisposalWARNING!Risk of injury or suffocation.• Contact your municipal authority forinformation on how to discard the ap-pliance correctly.• Disconnect the appliance from themains supply.• Cut off the mains cable and discard it.• Flat the external gas pipes.6 www.aeg.com