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Installation advice
Touch-control ceramic hobs are particularly sensitive
electrical appliances.
Leaving aside the end result, these hobs, produced by
a specific technique, are completely different from
conventional hobs.
Since the electronic equipment is extremely sensitive,
special care must be taken when installing the hob,
which will be affected by knocks or humidity.
Moreover, because of their special structure touch-
control hobs have a built-in installation height which
exceeds
40 mm
the standard maximum thickness of
ordinary hobs.
The unit below the hob has to be modified during built-
in installation and assembly.
To allow built-in installation, the engineer must remove
the front and rear stabilizer cross-pieces at each end of
the wooden unit.
Since this unit is often installed between other units, its
stability is not impaired.
However, this modification is not possible on all units.
Corner units, for example, usually have a swivel body
fixed at the bottom and top by means of a beam.
In this case, the top part cannot be removed because
the swivel body might fall if disconnected from the
stabilizer.
There may also be problems in installation if the unit
below the hob contains a built-in appliance which uses
water or produces steam (refrigerators, dishwashers,
washing machines and some types of oven).
Experience has shown that the heat generated between
the appliance and the hob without ventilation will cause
condensation which damages the hob.
