The Laundry; Environmental Issues; Gias Service - Hoover HNC260 Anleitung

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The Laundry

● WARNING Do not tumble dry fabrics treated with dry cleaning fluids.
● WARNING Foam rubber materials can, under certain circumstances, when
heated become ignited by spontaneous combustion. Foam plastic, foam
rubber and rubber-like material are not suitable for tumble drying.
Articles made from these materials MUST NOT be placed in the dryer.
● Always refer to the laundry care labels for directions on suitability for
drying.
● Clothes should be spin dried or thoroughly wrung before they are put
into the tumble dryer. Clothes that are dripping wet should NOT be put
into the dryer.
● Lighters and matches must not be left in pockets and NEVER use
flammable liquids near the machine.
●
Glass fibre curtains should NEVER be put in this machine. Skin irritation
may occur if other garments are contaminated with the glass fibres.
● Garments treated or contaminated with flammable cleaning sprays or
liquids such as petrol, cooking oil or aerosol sprays MUST NOT be put in
this machine.

Environmental Issues

● All packaging materials used are environmentally-friendly and recyclable.
Please help dispose of the packaging via environmentally-friendly means.
Your local council will be able to give you details of current means of
disposal.
● To ensure safety when disposing of an old tumble dryer disconnect the
mains plug from the socket, cut the mains power cable and destroy this
together with the plug. To prevent children shutting themselves in the
machine break the door hinges or the door lock.

GIAS Service

●
To ensure the continued safe and efficient operation of this appliance we
recommend that any servicing or repairs are only carried out by an
authorised GIAS Service engineer.
If the appliance is not running properly or breaks down,
switch it off and disconnect the plug from the socket.
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Consult GIAS Service for possible repair.
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