Caring For Your Refrigerator
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Cleaning your refrigerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Power interruptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Vacation and moving care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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Your refrigerator is built to give you many years of dependable service. However, there are a
few things you can do to extend its product life. This section tells you how to clean your
refrigerator and what to do when going on vacation, moving or during a power outage.
Cleaning your refrigerator
Both the refrigerator and freezer sections
defrost automatically. However, clean both
about once a month to prevent odors from
Personal Injury Hazard
building up. Wipe up spills right away.
Refrigeration system tubes are located
To clean your refrigerator, turn the Refrig-
near the defrost pan and can become
erator Control to OFF, unplug it, take out all
hot. Remove and install defrost pan
removable parts and clean the refrigerator
carefully.
according to the following directions,
Failure to do so could result in personal
injury.
PART WHAT TO USE HOW TO CLEAN
Removable parts Sponge or cloth with mild l Hand wash, rinse and dry
(shelves, crisper, detergent and warm thoroughly.
etc.) water
Outside Sponge, cloth or paper l Wash outside of cabinet. Do not
towel with mild detergent, use abrasive or harsh cleaners.
warm water and an l Rinse and dry thoroughly.
appliance wax (or good
l Wax painted metal surfaces at least
auto paste wax)
twice a year. Apply wax with a
clean, soft cloth. Waxing painted
metal surfaces provides rust
protection.
Do not wax plastic parts.
Inside walls Sponge, soft cloth or l Wash with mixture of warm water
(allow freezer to paper towel with baking and
warm up so cloth soda or mild detergent - mild detergent, or
won?t stick) and warm water - baking soda (26 g [2 tablespoons]
to .95 L [l quart] of water).
l Rinse and dry thoroughly.
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