Maintenance And Care; Metal Grease Filter; Open The Metal Grease Filter - AEG CHDF 6260 Operating And Installation Instructions

Maintenance and care

• The hood must always be disconnected from the mains power
supply before beginning any maintenance work.

Metal grease filter

• The purpose of the grease filters is to aspirate grease particles
which form during cooking and it must always be used, either in the
external evacuation or internal recycling function.
Attention: the metal grease filters must be removed and washed,
either by hand or in the dishwasher, every four weeks.

Open the metal grease filter

• Extract the vapout catcher, remove the rear grease filter pulling the
handle designed for this purpose, then proceed in the same way to
remove the front grease filter. Fig. 2.
Hand washing
• Soak grease filters for about one hour in hot water with a grease-
loosening cleaner, then rinse off thoroughly with hot water. Repeat
the process if necessary. Refit the grease filters when it are dry.
Dishwasher machine
• Place grease filters in dish washer. Select most powerful washing
programme and highest temperature, at least 65°C. Repeat the
process. Refit the grease filters when it are dry.
When washing the metal grease filter in the dishwasher a slight
discoloration of the filter can occur, this does not have any impact
on its performance.
• Clean the inner housing using a hot detergent solution only (never
use caustic detergents, abrasive powders or brushes).
Fig. 2
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