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If you need service or
assistance, we suggest
you follow these four steps:
1. Before calling for assistance.. .
If your ice maker will not operate:
Performance problems often result from little things
you can find and fix yourself without tools of any kind
If your refrigerator will not operate:
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Has the freezer had enough ttme to get cold? With
a new refrigerator, this might take overnight
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Is the signal arm ON. In the down positIon
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Is the water valve turned on7 Is water getting to the
Ice maker7
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Is the electric cord plugged In’J
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Is a fuse blown or a circuit breaker tripped?
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Is the Temperature Control turned ON?
If there Is a rattling or jlngllng nolse, or other
unfamlllar sounds:
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Is something on top or behind the refrigerator mak-
ing noise when the refrigerator is running?
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New features on your new refrigerator make new
sounds. You may be hearing air flowing from the
fans, timer clicks for the defrosting cycle, defrost
water draining into the defrost pan
If there Is water in the defrost pan:
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In hot, muggy weather, this
IS
normal The pan can
even be half full Make sure the refrigerator
IS
level
so the pan doesn’t overflow
If the lights aren’t working:
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Check fuses and circuit breakers Make sure it’s
plugged in
If a bulb is burned out:
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See Instructions for changing light bulbs on page
8. Use appliance bulbs only
If the motor seems to run too much:
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Is the condenser, behind the base grille. free of
dust and lint?
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On hot days, or if the room
IS
warm, the motor
naturally runs longer
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If the door has been opened a lot, or if a large
amount of food has been put in. the motor
will
run
longer to cool down the interior
Remember: Motor running time depends on dif-
ferent things, number of doot openings. amount of
food stored, temperature of the room, setting of the
controls.
And, your new refrigerator may be larger than
your old one so
it
has more space to be cooled It
also has a regular freezer Instead of a frozen food
compartment. All this means better refrigeration and
may require more running time than your old one
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