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PROBLEM
POSSIBLE CAUSE AND REMEDY
OPERATING SOUNDS
Q
The high
speed compressor motor required to
maintiin
near zero temperatures in the
large freezer compartment may produce higher sound levels than your old refrigerator.
● Normal fan airflow-one fan blows cold air through the refrigerator and freezer
compartments, another fan cools the compressor motor.
● These NORMAL sounds will also be heard from time to time:
●
Defrost timer switch clicks at defrost.
●
Defrost water dripping.
●
Temperature control clicks ON or OFF.
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Refrigerant boiling or gurgling.
●
Cracking or popping of cooling coils caused by expansion and contraction during
defrost and refrigeration following defrost.
●
With automatic icemaker, the sound of cubes dropping into the bin and water
running in pipes as icemaker refills.
FRESH FOOD . Temperature control not set cold enough. Refer to TEMPERATURE CONTROLS
OR FREEZER
on page 5.
COMPARTMENT
TEMPEWTURE
●
Warm weather—frequent door openings.
~0
WARM
●
Door left open for too long time.
Q
Package may be holding door open.
FOODS DRY OUT
s
Foods not covered, wrapped or sealed properly.
FROST OR ICE
. Door may have been left ajar or package holding door open.
CRYSTALS ON
FROZEN FOOD
●
Too frequent and too long door openings.
● Frost within package is normal.
SLOW ICE CUBE
. Door may have been left ajar.
FREEZING
● Turn temperature of freezer compartment colder.
ICE CUBES HAVE
● Old cubes need to be discarded.
ODOR/TASTE
●
Ice storage bin needs to be emptied or washed.
● Unsealed packages in refrigerator and/or freezer compartments may be transmitting
odor/taste to ice cubes.
c
Interior of refrigerator needs cleaning—refer to page 18.
● Poor-tisting incoming water. Install a water filter-see page 13.
AUTOMATIC
● Icemaker feeler arm in OFF (up) position.
ICEMAKER
DOES NOT WORK
. Water supply turned off or not connected.
● Freezer compartment too warm.
●
Cubes too small—water shutoff valve connecting refrigerator to home water line may
be clogged.
●
Sometimes cubes fuse to the side of the ice mold and hold the feeler arm in the OFF
(up) position. Remove this ice to restart the icemaker.
●
When reaching for cubes by hand, you may have pushed the feeler arm into the OFF
(up) position by mistake.
s
Piled up cubes in storage bin may cause icemaker to shut off prematurely. With
icemaker feeler arm in OFF (up) position, level cubes in bin by hand.
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