Installing your appliance – Lec TS55142W User Manual
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Installing Your Appliance
Before you start
This appliance must stand vertically on a flat, even
leveling feet by
carpeted surfaces as this prevent
Install the appliance in a well ventilated room. The
any heat heat
Do not expose the appliance to damp conditions, open
air or rain.
Do not lift the appliance by the pipes or the door when
moving. Should the appliance become damaged, contact
Customer Care and do not use the appliance until you
are instructed to do so by a service engineer.
Installation clearances
Allow 50mm clearance at the rear of the appliance and
adequate clearance on each side of the appliance and
over the top to ensure proper ventilation (see figures
1a and 1b) and use whichever dimensions suit your
installation requirements best.
Getting started
Once you have installed your appliance in an appropriate
location, follow the start up procedure below:
Before you plug in the appliance, clean thoroughly the
inside, and any accessories with warm water and
bicarbonate of soda (0.5ml to 0.5 litres) and dry with a
soft cloth.
Leave the appliance to stand for 2 - 3 hours to allow
the refrigerant to settle following installation and
cleaning.
If the appliance has been transported horizontally, it
must be left to stand vertically for 12 hours before
installation.
Once dry, plug the appliance into the socket.
Turn the thermostat to the required setting - a medi-
um setting is usually suitable.
Leave the appliance for at least 4 hours before storing
any food inside to allow a sufficient temperature to be
reached.
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1b
1a
Total space required in use
1175mm
955mm
appliance should not be placed
sources (cookers, heaters etc.) or in any unheated
(garages, out ho uses etc.) as the ambient temperature affects the performance of
surface, to level the appliance
turning them until the appliance is as level as possible.
Do not install onto
adequate ventilation.
This appliance is intended to be used in households but is not intended to be used in
applications such as:
– Staff kitchen areas in shops, offices and other working environments;
– Farm houses and by clients in hotels,motels and other residential type environments
– Bed and breakfast type environments;
– Catering and similar non-retail applications
the
near to
rooms
use
the appliance.
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