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Please read these instructions before
• Do not switch on unless the percolator
using your percolator, keep them in
contains at least one cupful of water.
a safe place for future reference.
• Do not allow the mains lead to
Carefully remove all packaging
before use but keep the packaging
hang over the edge of the worktop,
until you are satisfied that the
or anywhere it may accidentally be
percolator is working correctly.
caught or tripped over.
• Close supervision is necessary when
IMPORTANT
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any appliance is used near children.
SAFEGUARDS
• Do not leave appliance unattended
When using any electrical appliances,
when in use.
basic safety precautions should
• This appliance is not intended for
always be followed, including the
following:
use by young children or infirm
persons without supervision.
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• This percolator is for household
INSTRUCTIONS
use only.
• To be protected against electrical
• Unplug the power base from the
hazards do not immerse the mains
wall socket when not in use and
lead, plug, power base, or percolator
before moving and cleaning. Allow
in water or any other liquid.
the percolator to completely cool
down before cleaning and storing.
• Do not use in a bathroom or outdoors.
• Ensure that the lid is fully closed before
• Use handles or knobs do not touch
switching the percolator on.
hot surfaces.
• Ensure that the percolator is
• Do not open the lid when the
correctly placed onto the power
water is boiling.
base before switching on.
• Take care when pouring –
• Do not fill above the 10 cup mark
pour slowly, and do not over-tilt
on the water level indicator. Remove
the percolator.
the percolator from its power base
• Water will remain hot for a
before filling or pouring.
considerable time after boiling
• Do not place the percolator, power
and can present a scald hazard.
base, or mains lead on or near any
• Keep the percolator, power base
hot surface, hot hob or gas burners.
and the mains lead away from
• Do not use the percolator for any
the edge of worktops and out the
reach of children.
purpose other than heating water.
• Use the percolator only with the
• Replacement fuses are available
power base supplied and vice versa.
from Dualit and should be ASTA
approved to BS 1362.
• Do not operate any appliance with
a damaged lead or plug, or after
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HOW TO USE
the appliance malfunctions, or has
• Position the power base as close to
been damaged in any manner.
a wall socket as possible. Locate
If the mains lead is damaged,
the mains cable so that it does not
it must be replaced by a special
overhang the work surface, &
cordset available from Dualit
cannot be caught accidentally.
helpline: + 44 (0) 1293 652 500.
Shorten the mains lead by winding
it around the cord storage area
SAVE THESE
under the power base, and bring it
INSTRUCTIONS
out of the cord exit in the base.
Opening The Lid
• Remove the percolator from the
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BEFORE USE
power base.
• Remove all packaging from the
• Hold the percolator handle firmly
percolator and its power base.
Before using the percolator for the
in one hand, hold the lid knob in
the other, and remove carefully.
first time, or if it has been out of
use for a long time, fill with water
Filling
to the 10 cup mark and use without
coffee for one operation, then
• Remove the percolator from the
discard the water and rinse the
power base.
percolator out with fresh cold water.
• Lift the lid from the percolator and
Connection To The Mains Supply
remove the stainless steel cover,
coffee basket and percolator tube.
• Check that the voltage marked on
• Fill the percolator with the required
the appliance corresponds with the
amount of fresh cold water.
supply voltage.
The capacity, in cups, is marked
• NOTE: Any plug cut from power
on the inside wall of the percolator.
supply cord should be disposed
• Do not attempt to use the
of immediately. Inserting any cut
percolator if the water level is
off plug into a 13A socket-outlet
below the 4 cups mark, and do not
is hazardous.
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fill it above the highest cup mark.
• Never use the plug without the fuse
If the percolator is overfilled,
cover fitted. Ensure replacement fuse
boiling water may be ejected,
is the same current value as original.
causing a scalding hazard.
• Put the required amount of ground
• Plug the power base into the
coffee in the coffee basket.
wall socket.
These markings correspond with
• Gently position the percolator onto
the cup markings on the water
the base. The indicator light may
level indicator.
cycle orange when brewing and
turn green when ready.
The markings are given purely as a
guide. You will need to experiment
• The element will boil a small amount
to find the quantities necessary to
of water rapidly, forcing it up the
suit the blend you use and your
percolator tube and into the lid
own taste.
knob, where it will be directed
down onto the basket lid, and into
When filling the basket, put a
the coffee. While this water is
finger over the centre tube to
percolating through the coffee,
prevent coffee grounds from falling
the element will boil more water
through the tube.
and force it up the percolator tube.
• Lower the coffee basket onto the
• When all of the water has circulated
percolator tube until the bottom
in this way, the "orange" power
of the basket rests on the spring.
light on the base of the percolator
• Hold the percolator tube/coffee
will change to "green" which tells
basket assembly by the top of the
you that your coffee is ready to
percolator tube, and lower the
pour. The "green" power light will
stay on and the percolator will keep
whole assembly into the percolator,
your coffee hot while it is plugged
so that the bottom of the
into the electrical outlet.
percolator tube fits on the element
in the centre of the percolator.
• Remove the percolator from the
• Place the cover on top of the
power base before attempting to
pour. After use always remove from
coffee basket, lower the
the power base and never leave it
percolator lid on to the top
switched on unattended.
of the percolator, and push
firmly to close.
• When filling or carrying the
percolator, do not tilt it backwards,
• For the lid to close properly,
as this may allow water to pass
the percolator tube must be
through the steam tube onto the
centred. If the lid will not close
control area. Should this happen,
properly, rotating it should solve
the percolator must be allowed to
the problem.
dry before reuse.
Brewing
• To avoid the risk of splashing, pour
• Check that there is sufficient
slowly and do not over-tilt
water in the percolator.
the percolator.
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