Zephyr AK6500 series Use, Care And Installation Manual page 12

CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE
SELFCLEANFEATURE
Using Self Cleaning:
Models AK6500,AK6536, AK6542, AK2500, AK2536 hoods are designed with a self cleaning feature.
The centrifugal blower system automatically liquefies cooking residue accumulated in its internal
housing,and deposits the residue in the cleaning cup. Nevertheless,grease from cooking can also
dry and adhere in the internal housing. Running the self clean function periodically will flush out
accumulated residue in the range hood's internal housing.
CleaningFrequency:
Cleaning shouldbe completedapproximately o ncea monthundernormaluse.
Detergent:
Non-corrosive, non-abrasive grease cutting spray detergents are recommended.
Self Clean:
Turnbloweron lowestspeedfor cleaning.
With nozzle on 'spray', squirt the grease cutting
detergent through the safety grill,directly onto
blower blades 10-15 times.
Allow self cleaning to complete for 5 minutes,
turn blower off.
Removecleaning cup. Clean w/mild detergent
or in dishwasher under normal wash cycle.
(if desired, repeat above steps with water
to rinse out detergent)
Models:AK6500, A K6536,AK6542,AK2500,AK2536 Page9