Smeg PA106SX Manuel D’Utilisation

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Instructions for the installer 
 
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2.2  Clearance above and around domestic appliances 
 
 
 
 
  Extract from AS5601 
 
   
 
 
 
  REQUIREMENTS 
 
 
 
1  Overhead clearances – (Measurement A
 
 
 Range 
hoods 
and exhaust fans shall be installed in accordance with the
manufacturer’s instructions. However, in no case shall the clearance between the
highest part of the 
hob 
of the cooking 
appliance 
and a 
range hood 
be less than 
600 mm or, for an overhead exhaust fan, 750 mm
 
 
Any other downward facing 
combustible surface 
less than 600 mm above the 
highest part of the 
hob 
shall be protected for the full width and depth of the
cooking surface area in accordance with Clause 5.12.1.2. However, in no case
shall this clearance to any surface be less than 450 mm
 
2  Side clearances – (Measurements B & C
 
Where B, measured from the periphery of the nearest 
burner 
to any vertical 
combustible surfac
e, is less than 200 mm, the surface shall be protected in 
accordance with Clause 5.12.1.2 to a height C of not less than 150 mm above 
the 
hob 
for the full dimension (width or depth) of the cooking surface area. Where
the cooking 
appliance 
is fitted with a ‘splashback’, protection of the rear wall is
not required. 
 
3  Additional requirements for Freestanding and Elevated Cooking  
Appliaces  –
(Measurements D & E
 Where 
D, the distance from the periphery of the nearest 
burner 
to a horizontal 
combustible surface 
is less than 200 mm, then E shall be 10 mm or more, or the 
horizontal surface shall be above the 
trive
t.