Caring For Your Refrigerator
Vacation and moving care Power interruptions
Short vacations lf electricity goes off, call the power company.
Ask how long power will be off.
No need to shut off the refrigerator if you will be
away for less than four weeks. Use up perish- 1. tf service is to be interrupted 24 hours or less,
ables; freeze other items. keep both doors closed. This will help foods
stay frozen.
1. Turn off your ice maker.
2. lf service is to be interrupted longer than
2. Shut off the water supply to the ice maker.
24 hours:
3. Empty the ice bin.
(a) Remove all frozen food and store in a
4. Make sure all ice crescents are dispensed out frozen food locker.
of the mechanism.
OR
Long vacations
(b) Place 2 Ibs. (0.9 kg) of dry ice in freezer for
Remove all the food if you are going for a month every cubic foot of freezer space. This will
or more. Turn off the water supply to the ice keep food frozen for 2 to 4 days. Wear
maker af least one day ahead. When the last gloves to protect your hands from dry ice
load of ice drops, turn off the ice maker. Make burns.
sure all ice crescents are dispensed out of the
(c) lf neither a food locker or dry ice is avail-
mechanism. able, use or can perishable food at once.
Unplug the refrigerator and clean it . . . rinse
(d) Ice bin may need to be emptied if ice has
well and dry. Tape rubber or wood blocks to the
thawed into a solid mass.
tops of both doors . . . keeping them open far
enough for air to get in. This will keep odor and 3. A full freezer will stay cold longer than a partly
filled one. A freezer full of meat will stay cold
mold from building up.
longer than a freezer full of baked goods. lf
food contains ice crystals, if may be safely
refrozen, although the quality and flavor may
be affected. If the condition of the food is poor
Personal Injury Hazard or if you feel if is unsafe, dispose of it.
Do not allow children to climb on, play Questlons 3
near or climb lnslde the refrigerator when
Call our Consumer Assistance Center telephone
the doors are blocked open. They may
become Injured or trapped. number. (See page 18.)
To restart refrigerator, see ?Using Your Refrigera-
tor? on page 5.
Movlng
Shut off the ice maker water supply a day ahead
of time. Disconnect the water line. After the last
supply of ice drops, lii the signal arm to turn off
the ice maker. Make sure all ice crescents are
dispensed out of the mechanism.
Remove all food. Pack frozen food in dry ice.
Unplug the refrigerator and clean it thoroughly.
Take out all removable parts. Wrap all parts
well and tape them together so they don?f shift
and rattle. Screw in the leveling rollers; tape the
doors shut; and tape the electric cord to the
cabinet.
When you get to your new home, put every-
thing back and refer to page 4. Don?t forget to
reconnect the water supply line to the ice maker. |
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