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Cleaning Your Refrigerator
The refrigerator section defrosts
automatically. The freezer section needs
defrosting from time to time. The freezer
section should be defrosted
whenever
frost builds up to a l/4-inch (6 mm)
thickness.
Defrosting the freezer
Electrical Shock and Product
Damage Hazard
1 Do Not place electrical devices in
freezer to aid defrosting. Electri-
cal shock and injury could occur.
. Do Not use an ice pick, knife or
other sharp-pointed txxl to
defrost freezer. Damage could
occur.
1. Turn the Temperature Control to
OFF and unplug power cord.
2. Put empty pan in the refrigerator or
the top shelf in the center.
3. Move frozen food and ice to the
refrigerator section.
4. Close the refrigerator door. Leave
the freezer door open.
5. Put a pan of
hot water in the
freezer. This helps melt the frost.
Don’t place the
pan over
drain hole
in center of the freezer.
6. Defrost water will drain through
drain hole into the pan you put in
the refrigerator section. You may
have to melt frost from the drain
hole by pouring a little hot water
around it.
PART
Removable parts
(shelves, crisper, etc.)
Outside
Inside walls
(Allow the freezer walls to warm up
so cloth won’t stick)
7. Wash the inside of the freezer with
Water from this melted frost drips into a
a solution of 2 tablespoons (26 g) of
drain trough just below the cold plate.
baking soda and one quart (.95 L)
Then it runs down the back wall and
warm water. Rinse and drv
throuuh the drain just above the crisper.
thoroughly.
8. Remove the pan of defrost water
from the refrigerator; put frozen
food and ice back into freezer.
9. Reconnect power cord and reset
The diain leads to a defrost water pan
on the top of the refrigerator motor. Heat
from the motor evaporates the water
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the Temperature Control.
Put a pan
of hot water
in freezer to
Defrost
If the drain becomes clogged, force
warm water mixed with baking soda
through the drain until the water flows
freely.
Cleaning tips
Both sections should be cleaned about
once a month. To help prevent odors,
wipe up spills immediately.
1. Turn Temperature Control to OFF
Put a pan in refrigerator
to
catch defrost water.
and unplug power cord.
2. Take out all removable parts and
clean according to the following
There is a cold plate on the back wall at
chart:
the top of the refrigerator section. When
the refrigerator motor runs, frost collects
on the cold plate. When the motor turns
off, the frost melts.
WHAT TO USE
HOW TO CLEAN
Sponge or cloth: mild detergent
and warm water.
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Wash with wet sponge or cloth.
. Rinse and dry.
Sponge, soft cloth or paper towel;
mild detergent and warm water;
appliance wax (or
good
auto
paste wax).
. Wash
with wet sponge, cloth or paper
towel.
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Rinse and dry.
. Twice a year -
apply appliance wax or
good auto paste wax to painted metal
surfaces with a clean, soft cloth.
Waxing painted, metal surfaces
provides rust protection.
m Do Not use wax on plastic parts.
Sponge, soft cloth or paper towel;
mild detergent and warm water
OR 2 tablespoons (26 g) baking
soda to 1 quart (0.95 L) warm
water
. Wash with wet sponge, cloth or paper
towel.
. Rinse and dry.
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