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Caring For Your Refrigerator
If electricity goes off
1. Call the power company.
Ask how long power will be off.
2.Keepfreezercloeeuiif~ceisto
be interrupted 24 houm or less.
This will help food stay frozen.
3. If #ervice ia to be
interrupted
longer than 24 hours, do this:
Remove all frozen food and store in
a frozen food locker.
OR
Vacation and moving guide
Place 2 lbs. (0.9 kg) of dry ice in
freezer for every cubic foot of
freezer space. This will keep foods
frozen for 2 to 4 days.
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Wear
gloves to protect your hands
fromdryicebunu.Failuretodoeo
could result in dry ice burns.
OR
If dry ice or a food locker is not
available, use or can perishable
food at once.
NOTE: A full freezer stays cold longer
than a partly filied one. A freezer full of
meat stays cold longer than a freezer full
of baked goods.
Food containing ice crystals may be
safely refrozen, but the quality and flavor
of the food may be affected.
Use refrozen food quickly. If the
condition of the food is poor, or you feel
it is unsafe to eat, dispose of it
immediately.
short vacatioIll3
(lefm than 4 weeks)
. Use up perishable foods.
m Freeze other food items.
Long vacations
(more than 4 weeks)
. Remove all food.
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Turn Refrigerator Control to OFF.
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Unplug refrigerator.
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Clean, rinse and dry the interior.
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Keep refrigerator and freezer doors
slightly open by taping wood or
rubber blocks at the top of each
door. This allows air to enter the
refrigerator and freezer sections
and prevents odors and mold from
building up inside while you’re
away.
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Do Not allow children to climb on,
play war or crawl inside the
refrigerator when the doora are
blocked open. They may become
injured or trapped.
. To restart refrigerator when you
return, see page 4 for resetting
controls.
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. Remove all food.
. Pack frozen foods in dry ice.
. Turn Refrigerator Control to OFF.
. Unplug refrigerator.
. Clean, rinse and dry the interior.
. Take out all removable parts.
. Wrap removable parts in paper and
tape them all together. Store inside
refrigerator.
. Raise leveling legs.
. Tape the doors shut.
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Tape the electric cord to the cabinet
exterior.
. When you reach your new home,
replace the removable parts and
follow steps beginning on page 2.
Normal operating sounds
You can expect to hear the following
sounds when your refrigerator is
operating:
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Slight hum or soft hise as the
refrigerator’s fan motor moves air.
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Clkldng or snapping sounds oazur
when the refrigerator starts and
stops running. The defrost timer
also clicks when the defrost cycle
starts and stops.
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Water sounds occur as water
gurgles through tubing for a few
minutes after refrigerator stops
running. You may also hear defrost
water running into the defrost-
water pan.
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Operating soundn from the high-
efficiency compressor and motor. It
may run longer than your older
refrigerator.
Energy saving tips
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Check the door gaskets for a tight
seal. Level the refrigerator to be
sure of a good seal
w Clean dust and lint from the
condenser coils every other month.
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Open the doors as seldom as
possible. Decide what you need
before you open the door. Remove
everything you need at one time.
Organize and label food so you will
not have to search for items you
want. Close door immediately after
you remove food items.
. Store food in the refrigerator and
freezer so that air movement is not
blocked.
. Set the refrigerator and freezer
temperatures so that the drinks
remain cold enough for your
family’s taste and ice cream
remains firm. Do Not set
temperatures colder than they need
to be.
. Set the Exterior Moisture Control to
the OFF position unless moisture
forms on the outside of the
refrigerator.
. Do Not install your refrigerator next
to your range, water heater,
furnace, radiator, other heat sources
or in direct sunlight.
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