Cleaning And Sanitizing Operations; Periods At A Standstill - Virtus BAA0022 Instrucciones Y Advertencias

9.3 CLEANING AND SANITIZING OPERATIONS

A cleaning and sanitizing kit specifically designed for this appliance is available from your
dealer.
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Do not use corrosive substances to remove limescale from the appliance, because this will
invalidate the warranty, and may cause serious damage to the materials and components of the
appliance.
Do not use jets of water to clean the appliance.
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All cleaning operations must be carried out only after the electric power and water supplies
have been disconnected, as described previously, by professionally qualified and authorized
personnel.
Follow the instructions given in the cleaning and sanitizing manual supplied with the appliance.
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IMPORTANT:
All the ice produced during the first 5 cycles after cleaning and sanitizing operations, and any
ice already in the container, must be eliminated.
Complete sanitizing can only be carried out only by the Authorized Technical Service Centres, and must
be done regularly depending on the conditions of use of the appliance, the chemical and physical
features of the water, and after every period in which the appliance has remained at a standstill for any
length of time.
You are advised to ask your dealer to draw up a scheduled maintenance contract that will cover the
following:
• cleaning the condenser
• cleaning the filter located on the water supply solenoid valve
• cleaning the ice-tray
• checking the charge of coolant gas
• checking the operating cycle
• sanitizing the appliance
If you do not intend to use the appliance for a certain period of time, proceed as follows:
• switch off the electric power source by means of the switch (7 in Fig. 4), and remove the plug of the
appliance from its socket (if any)
• shut off the water supply by turning off the water supply tap (8 in Fig. 4)
• carry out all the operations envisaged for scheduled maintenance of the appliance (see chapter 9)
• empty the internal basin by raising the flaps (if any) and removing the overflow pipe
• empty out the pump body by blowing compressed air into the pipe that supplies water to the sprayer bank
• clean filter of water supply solenoid valve as described in chapter 9.1
• clean filter of air condenser (if any) as described in chapter 9.2

10 PERIODS AT A STANDSTILL