10IMPORTANT WARNINGSSafety warningsDanger!Failure to observe the warning may result in life threateninginjury by electric shock.- This appliance can be used by childrenaged from 8 years and above and per-sons with reduced physical, sensoryor mental capabilities or lack of ex-perience and knowledge if they havebeen given supervision or instructionconcerning use of the appliance ina safe way and understand the haz-ards involved. Children shall not playwith the appliance. Cleaning and usermaintenance shall not be made bychildren without supervision.- Children of less than 3 years should bekept away unless continuously super-vised.- Children aged from 3 years and lessthan 8 years shall only switch on/offthe appliance provided that it hasbeen placed or installed in its intend-ed normal operating position andthey have been given supervision orinstruction concerning use of the ap-pliance in a safe way and understandthe hazards involved. Children agedfrom 3 years and less than 8 yearsshall not plug in, regulate and cleanthe appliance or perform user main-tenance. CAUTION — Some partsof this product can become veryhot and cause burns. Particularattention has to be given wherechildren and vulnerable peopleare present.- Do not use the appliance near show-ers, bathtubs, sinks, swimming pools,etc.- If the power cable has been damaged,it must be replaced by the manufac-turer or the technical service centre orby a qualified person so as to avoid allrisks.- ATTENTION: in order to avoid any dan-ger caused by an accidental resettingof the safety system, this appliancemust not be powered through an ex-ternal timer.Important!Failure to observe the warning could result in injury or dam-age to the appliance.- The appliance must not be locatedimmediately below a fixed socket-outlet.- The use of an extension lead is not recommended, asoverheating of the extension lead may occur during theoperation of the heater.Danger of burns!!Failure to observe the warning could result in burns orscalds.- WARNING: In order to avoidoverheating, never under anycircumstances cover the appli-ances during operation, as this wouldlead to dangerous overheating.Please note:This symbol indicates recommendations and important in-formation for the user.- Never use the heater to dry laundry.- Never place the power cable on top of the heater whileit is hot.- We recommend that you not place the heater in adraught, because strong draughts of air may adverselyaffect the equipment’s operational efficiency.- Only use the heater in an upright position.- The heater must be positioned at least 30cm from fur-niture or other objects.- The first time you use the appliance, operate it of atleast 15 minutes with the thermostat at maximum to