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(continued,
PROBLEM
OPERATING SOUNDS
FRESH FOOD
OR FREEZER
COMPARTMENT
TEMPERATURE
TOO WARM
FOODS DRY OUT
FROST OR
lCE
CRYSTALS ON
FROZEN FOOD
SLOW ICE CUBE
FREEZING
ICE CUBES HAVE
ODOR/TASTE
AU~MATIC
ICEMAKER
DOES NOT WORK
POSSIBLE
CAUSk;
AND
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Q
The high speed compressor motor required to maintain near zero temperatures in the
large freezer compartment may produce higher sound levels
than
your
old
refrigerator.
● Normal fan air flow-one fan blows
cold
air through the refrigerator and freezer
compartments, another fan cools the compressor motor.
● These NORMAL sounds
will
also
bc
heard
from
time
[o
time:
c
Defrost timer switch clicks at defrost.
●
Defrost water dripping into drain pan.
●
Temperature control clicks ON or OFF.
●
Refrigerant
boihng
or gurgling.
●
Cracking or popping of cooling coils caused by expansion and contraction during
defrost and refrigeration following defrost.
●
With automatic iccmaker,
the
sound
of
cubes dropping into the bin and water
running in pipes as icemaker refills.
● Temperature control not set cold enough.
Refkr
to TEMPERATURE CONTROLS
on page 5.
●
Warm weather—frequent door openings.
. Door left open
for
too long t
inlc.
●
Package may be holding door open.
————
c
Foods not covered, wrapped or sealed properly.
. Door may have been
left
ajar or package holding door open.
. Too frequent and too long door openings.
c
Frost within package is normal.
. Door may have been left ajar.
. Turn temperature of freezer compartment colder.
●
Old cubes need to be discarded.
. Ice storage bin needs to be
cmptied or washed.
. Unsealed packages in refrigerator and/or
Ircezer
compartments may be transmitting
odor/taste to ice cubes.
● Interior of refrigerator needs cleaning-refer to page 17.
●
Poor-tasting incoming water. Install
water
filter—see page 12.
. Icemaker feeler arm in OFF (up) position.
●
Water supply turned off or not connected.
● Freezer compartment too warm.
s
Cubes too small—water shutoff
valve
conrlecting
refrigerator to home water
line
may
be clogged.
● Sometimes cubes
fuse
to the side
oj’
the
ice
mold
and
holcl
the
feeler
arm
in the OFF
(up) position. Remove this ice
to
restart
?he
iccmakcr.
. When reaching for cubes by hand,
y~)u
may
have
pl.lshcd
the
feeler
arm
into the OFF
(up) position by mistake.
. Piled up cubes in storage bin
may
cause
icemaker
lo
shut
off
prematurely. With
icemaker feeler arm in OFF (up) position, level cubes in bin
by
hand.
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