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Caring For Your Refrigerator
Holiday and moving care Power interruptions
Short holidays If electricity goes off, call the power company. Ask
No need to shut off the refrigerator if you will be how long power will be off.
away for less than four weeks. Use up perish- 1. If service is to be interrupted 24 hours or less,
ables; freeze other items. keep both doors closed. This will help foods
Long holidays stay frozen.
2. If service is to be interrupted longer than
Remove all the food if you are going for a month 24 hours:
or more.
Unplug the refrigerator and clean it rinse (a) Remove all frozen food and store in a
well and dry. Tape rubber or wood blocks to the frozen food locker.
OR
tops of both doors . keeping them open far
enough for air to get in. This will keep odor and (b) Place 0.9 kg (2 Ibs.) of dry ice in freezer for
mold from building up. every cubic foot of freezer space. This will
keep food frozen for 2 to 4 days. Wear
gloves to protect your hands from dry ice
burns.
Personal Injury Hazard (c) If neither a food locker or dry ice is avail-
able, use or can perishable food at once.
Do not allow children to climb on, play 3. A full freezer will stay cold longer than a partly
near or climb inside the refrigerator when filled one. A freezer full of meat will stay cold
the doors are blocked open. They may longer than a freezer full of baked goods. If
become injured or trapped.
food contains ice crystals, it may be safely
refrozen, although the quality and flavor may
To restart refrigerator, see ?Using Your Refrigera- be affected. If the condition of the food is poor
tor? on page 5. or if you feel it is unsafe, dispose of it.
Moving
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?t 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.
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