AEG ELECTROLUX EFC9740.2X, Instructions For Installation, Use And Maintenance Manual

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COOKER HOOD 

1  GENERAL 

The model you have selected is a decorative suction cooker hood which can also work as 
filtering hood. 
A SUCTION HOOD extracts air, fumes and vapours from the inside environment and then 
expels them outside. It is not necessary to use carbon filters for purifying. 
A FILTERING HOOD extracts air, fumes and vapours from the inside environment, purifies 
them by means of carbon filters and then emits the purified air into the same environment. In 
this case, the use of carbon filters is absolutely necessary (see FIG.1). 
Carbon filters are available separately and can be purchased as optional accessories (see 
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES). 

2  BEFORE MOUNTING 

Before mounting you should be aware of: 

2.1) 

Check that the minimum distances between the lower part of the cooker hood and the 
upper part of the cooker is as given in Fig.2: 
600 mm if electric cooker (we advice a minimum distance of 700 - 800 mm) 
700 mm if gas cooker (we advise a minimum disance of 700 - 800 mm) 

WARNING!

 If the user decides to install the hood at lower 

distances, the manufacturer declines any responsibility for eventual damages caused 
by the hood due to strong heat or damages to property or persons etc. caused 
directly or indirectly by any type of malfunctioning breakdown or possible fire (see 
FIG.2). 

2.2)

  Arrange for a socket outlet or standard connection to the electric mains; 

2.3) 

if the hood is used as a 

suction hood,

 it is necessary to make a hole towards the 

outside (i.e. in the open air) for the scavenging of the fumes. 

WARNING! 

 It is absolutely forbidden for the user to connect the air 

discharge of the hood, when used as a suction hood, to boiler chimneys, gas, fume 
or vapour scavenging chimneys or any other duct, even only ventilation ducts, which 
have been used or will be used for other devices. Moreover, it is not permitted to 
connect the scavenging pipe for fumes in other adjacent rooms or wellholes, or pipes 
for fire-fighting devices. 
In any case it is necessary to respect all norms concerning scavenging of the air. 
Any user who does not adhere to these instructions is risking his own life and the lives of 
others.  In this case, the manufacturer declines any responsibility (see FIG.3). 

2.4)

  If the hood is used as a 

suction

 hood, it is necessary to guarantee enough air- 

exchange for instance making a hole for ventilation on the outside wall by qualified 
personnel. 
In case it is used an ELECTROLUX COOKER HOOD in an low energy consumption 
house or in a house with confort air, it is necessary to follow the data of the producer, in 
order not to affect the air behaviour in a negative way. 
If the cooker is gas, it is not advisable to use the hood at the same time as fireplaces, 
furnaces, gas or other fuel stoves, or water heaters which burn up oxygen from the 
environment in order to function, and in any case depression in the cooker area must be 
below 

4

Pa (0.04 mbar)

 and the room must be sufficiently aired. 

If in doubt, national and international standards precisely indicate the rules for the state 
of art installation of gas systems and for environment air change, to avoid the possibility 
of incomplete combustions with the risk of poisonous fumes being emitted (see FIG. 4).