Cleaning your
refrigerator
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The freezer section of your refrigerator needs
defrostrng from ttme to time The fresh food section
defrosts automatically.
Both the fresh food and freezer compart-
ments shouid be cleaned about once a month to
help prevent odors from building up. Of course, spills
should be wiped up rrght away
To clean your refrigerator, turn the Tempera-
ture Control to ‘OFF.” Unplug It, take out all remov-
abie parts and clean It according to the following
chart
There IS a cold plate on the back wall at the
:op df the fresh food compartment. When the refrig-
erator motor rurls, frost collects on the cold plate.
When the motor
turns off, the frost
melts
Water from
this melted frost drips
Into a drain trough
just below the cold
plate. Then it runs
down the back wall
and through a drain
Just above the cris-
per. The drain leads
to a defrost water
pan on top of the re-
frigerator motor Heat from the motor evaporates the
water
Remove
If the drain be-
comes clogged, re-
move the drain cap.
Force warm water
mixed with baking
soda through the drain
until the water flows
through freely. Replace
Force Soda /Water
Solution Through
Drain
the cap. Make sure It is
pushed all the way
down
Defrosting the freezer.. .
The
treezer section
should be defrosted
whenever frost builds up to a V-Inch (6 mm) thick- 1
ness DO NOT USE ANY TYPE OF ELECTRIC DEFROST-
ER OR SHARP UTENSILS [ICE PICK, KNIFE, ETC.) to 4
speed defrosting These can cause damage
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Defrost Drain
.
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Put Pan of Hot Water
.
in Freezer to Speed
Melting.
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w Put pan in Refrigerator
to Catch Defrost Water.
1 Put empty pan In the refrigerator on the top shelf
m the center
2 Move frozen food and ice to the refrigerator .
section.
3. Turn the Temperature Control to “OFF.”
4. Close the refrigerator door. Leave the freezer door
open.
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5. Put a pan of
hot
water in the center of the freezer.
This helps melt frost. Don’t place pan over drain
hole In center of freezer.
6. Defrost water will drain through a hole in the bot-
tom of the freezer into the pan you put in the
refrtgerator. You may have to melt frost from the
drain hole by pouring a little hot water around the
hole.
7 Wash the inside of the freezer with a solution of
two tablespoons (30 mg) of baking soda and
one quart (1 L) warm water. Rinse well and dry
8. Remove the pan of defrost water from the refrig-
erator; put frozen food and ice back into freezer.
9. Reset the Temperature Control.
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