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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. Keep freezer closed if service is to
be interrupted 24 hours or less.
This will help food stay frozen.
3. If service is to be interrupted
longer than 24 hours, do this:
Remove all frozen food and store in a
frozen food locker.
OR
Place 2 lbs. (0.9 kg) of dry ice in
freezer for every cubic foot of freezer
space. This wiIl keep foods frozen
for 2 to 4 days.
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Wear gloves to protect your hands
from dry Ice bums. Failure to do so
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 filled 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.
Vacation and moving guide
Short vacations
(less than 4 weeks)
. Use up perishable foods.
. Freeze other food items.
. If you have an automatic ice maker,
lift signal arm to turn off the ice
maker, shut off ice maker water
supply, and empty ice bin.
Long vacations
(more than 4 weeks)
If you have an automatic ice maker,
shut off ice maker water supply at
least a day before your vacation.
When last load of ice drops, lift
signal arm to turn off ice maker and
empty ice bin.
Remove all food.
Turn Refrigerator Control to OFF.
Unplug refrigerator.
Clean, rinse and dry the interior.
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.
Personal Injury Hazard
Do Not allow children to operate,
play with or climb on the
refrigerator when the doors are
blocked open. Children may
become injured or trapped.
. To restart refrigerator when you
return, see page 4 for resetting
controls.
Moving
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If you have an automatic ice maker,
shut off ice maker water supply at
least a day before you move. When
last load of ice drops, lift signal arm
to turn off ice maker and empty ice
bin.
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.
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.
Remember to connect the water
Normal operating sounds
You can expect to hear the following
sounds when your refrigerator-freezer is
operating:
Slight hum or soft hiss
as the
refrigerator’s fan motor moves air.
Clicking or snapping
sounds occur
when the refrigerator starts and
stops running. The defrost timer
also clicks when the defrost cycle
starts and stops.
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.
Buzzing sounds
(from the ice maker
water valve), trickling water and
clatter (or thud) of ice may be heard
if you have an ice maker.
Operating sounds
from the high-
efficiency compressor and motor. It
will run longer than your older
refrigerator.
Energy saving tips
Check the door gaskets for a tight
seal. Level the refrigerator to be
sure of a good seal.
Clean dust and lint from the
condenser coils every other month.
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.
supply line if you have an automatic
ice maker.
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