Fisher & Paykel 9 Series User Manual page 16

External vacuuming
Select this function to release air out of glass bottles containing, eg oil or wine to prevent
reaction with oxygen.
Ensure that the vacuum container is safe for use with food or use a commercially available
vacuum container.
For external vacuuming of glass bottles, only use bottles that are suitable for vacuuming.
Unsuitable or damaged bottles could implode during external vacuuming and cause injury.
When evacuating air from wine bottles, set external vacuuming to level 1 to avoid gas in the
wine from being affected.
An external vacuuming accessories kit is supplied for this function. The kit includes a
suction inlet adapter, a tube, a vacuum stopper and a stopper adapter.
adapter
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2
3
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FUNCTIONS
adapter
adapter
Connect one end of the suction tube to
the large adapter attached to the suction
inlet in the vacuum tank.
To release air from the bottle:
Place the bottle on a flat and stable
surface near the drawer.
Connect the stopper adapter to the other
end of the tube, and connect the adapter
to the vacuum stopper of the bottle.
To release air from the vacuum container:
Connect the other end of the tube to
the vacuum container. Use an adapter if
necessary.