Caring For Your Refrigerator
Vacation and moving care Power interruptions
Short vacations If electricity goes off, call the power company.
No need to shut off the refrigerator if you will Ask how long power will be off.
be away for less than four weeks. Use up 1. If service is to be interrupted 24 hours or less,
perishables; freeze other items. keep both doors closed. This will help
1. Turn off your ice maker. frozen food stay frozen.
2. Shut off the water supply to the ice maker. 2. If service is to be interrupted longer than
3. Empty the ice bin 24 hours:
4. Make sure all ice crescents are dispensed out (a) Remove all frozen food and store in a
of the mechanism. frozen food locker.
Long vacations OR
(b) Place 2 Ibs. (0.9 kg) of dry ice in freezer for
Remove all the food if you are going for a month or every cu. ft. of freezer space. This will keep
more. Turn off the water supply to the ice maker at food frozen for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves to
least a day ahead. When the last load of ice drops,
turn off the ice maker. Make sure all ice crescents protect your hands from dry ice burns.
(c) If neither food locker storage nor dry
are dispensed out of the mechanism. ice is available, use or can perishable
Unplug the refrigerator and clean it.. .rinse well food at once.
and dry. Tape rubber or wood blocks to the tops
of both doors.. keeping them open far enough for (d) Ice bin may need to be emptied if ice has
air to get in. This will keep odor and mold from thawed into a solid mass.
building up.
3. A full freezer will stay cold longer than a partly
filled one. A freezer full of meat will stay cold
longer than a freezer full of baked goods. If food
contains ice crystals, it may be safely refrozen,
Personal Injury Hazard although the quality and flavor may be affected.
Do not allow children to climb on, play near, If the condition of the food is poor or if you feel it
or crawl inside the refrigerator when the is unsafe, dispose of it.
doors are blocked open. They may become
injured or trapped. Questions?
Call your COOL-LINE@ service assistance
telephone number. (See page 18.)
To restart refrigerator, see ?Using Your
Refrigerator? on page 5.
Moving
Shut off the ice maker water supply a day ahead of
time. Disconnect the water line. After the last sup-
ply of ice drops, lift 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?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 everything
back and refer to page 4. Don?t forget to reconnect
the water supply line. Draw and discard 2 to 3
quarts (1.9 to 2.8L) of water to flush the water
dispensing system. |
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