Important Safety Advice - Dimplex OFC1000 Handbuch

Dear Customer,
Please read the following information carefully before using
the appliance for the first time for your own safety and to
ensure correct use.
Attention! The appliance may only be used for normal domestic
use and not for industrial purposes.

Important Safety Advice

• The appliance must only be used as described
in the instructions for use! Use for any other
purpose is forbidden! Any damage resulting
from improper use and non-observance of the
safety information will invalidate any liability and
warranty!
• WARNING: This appliance must not be used
in a bathroom.
• WARNING: In order to avoid a hazard due
to inadvertent resetting of the thermal cut-out,
this appliance must not be supplied through an
external switching device, such as a timer, or
connected to a circuit that is regularly switched
on and off by the utility.
•
This appliance can be used by children aged
from 8 years and above and persons with
reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities
or lack of experience or knowledge if they have
been given supervision or instruction concerning
the use of the appliance in a safe way and
understand the hazards involved. Children shall
not play with the appliance. Cleaning and user
maintenance shall not be made by children
without supervision.
• Children of less than 3 years should be kept
away unless continuously supervised. Children
aged from 3 years and less than 8 years shall
only switch on/off the appliance provided that
it has been placed or installed in its intended
normal operating position and they have been
given supervision or instruction concerning
the use of the appliance in a safe way and
understand the hazards involved. Children aged
from 3 years and less than 8 years shall not plug
in, regulate and clean the appliance or perform
user maintenance.
•
CAUTION: Some parts of this product can
become very hot and cause burns. Particular
attention has to be given where children and
vulnerable people are present.
• All liability is disclaimed for any frost damage
caused by a heating capacity that is insufficient
for the room size, bad heat insulation of the
room, incorrect use or force majeure (e.g. power
failure).
• Only connect the appliance to A.C. mains as
specified on the rating plate!
• Never operate the appliance with wet hands!
Danger to life!
•
WARNING: Do not use this heater in the
immediate surroundings of a bath, a shower or
a swimming pool.
• The appropriate regulations of the country
regarding installation of electrical equipment in
such areas must be adhered to!
• Do not expose the appliance to rain or other
moisture! The appliance is not for outdoor use.
• The appliance must only be stored indoors!
• Never use the appliance if the appliance or cord
is damaged. Risk of injury!
• If the mains lead is damaged it must be
replaced by the manufacturer or its service agent
or a similarly qualified person in order to avoid
a hazard.
• Improper repairs can expose the user to
considerable danger.
• The appliance may only be opened up and
repaired by authorised qualified personnel.
• Do not store or use any flammable materials or
sprays in the vicinity of the appliance when the
appliance is in use. Fire hazard!
• Do not use the appliance in flammable
atmospheres (e.g. in the vicinity of combustible
gases or spray cans)! Explosion and fire
hazard!
• The appliance should not be used in areas
which are a fire risk, such as garages, stables,
or wooden sheds.
• Important! Do not insert any foreign objects
into the appliance openings! Risk of injury
(electric shock) and damage to the appliance!
• The appliance air inlet and outlet openings must
not be obstructed in any way!
• Do not place any items of clothing, towels or
similar on the appliance to dry! Overheating
and fire hazard!
THE HEATER CARRIES THE WARNING
SYMBOL INDICATING THAT IT MUST
NOT BE COVERED.
• The appliances is not suitable for connection
to permanent wiring!
• WARNING: This Appliance must be earthed.
• WARNING: This heater must not be located
immediately below a fixed socket outlet.
• The socket-outlet must be accessible at all times
to enable the mains plug to be disconnected as
quickly as possible!
• The appliance is not suitable for animal
breeding purposes!
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