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 be Ask how long power will be off.
away for less than four weeks. Use up perisha- If service is to be interrupted 24 hours or less,
bles; freeze other items. If your refrigerator is keep both doors closed. This will help
equipped with an automatic ice maker: frozen food stay frozen.
1. Turn it off. If service is to be interrupted longer than
24 hours:
2. Shut off the water supply to the ice maker.
(a) Remove all frozen food and store in a
3. Empty the ice bin. frozen food locker.
Long vacations OR
Remove all the food if you are going for a month or (b) Place 2 Ibs. (0.9 kg) of dry ice in freezer for
more. If your refrigerator is equipped with an auto- every cu. ft. of freezer space. This will keep
matic ice maker, turn off the water supply to the ice food frozen for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves to
maker at least a day ahead. When the last load of protect your hands from dry ice burns.
ice drops, turn off the ice maker. (c) If neither food locker storage nor dry
Unplug the refrigerator and clean it.. .rinse well
ice is available, use or can perishable
and dry. Tape rubber or wood blocks to the top of food at once.
both doors.. keeping them open far enough
A full freezer will stay cold longer than a partly
for air to get in. This will keep odor and mold from filled one. A freezer full of meat will stay cold
building up.
longer than a freezer full of baked goods. If food
contains ice crystals, it may be safely refrozen,
although the quality and flavor may be affected.
If the condition of the food is poor or if you feel it
Personal Injury Hazard is unsafe, dispose of it.
Do not allow children to climb on, play near
or climb inside the refrigerator when the Questions?
doors are blocked open. They may become Call your COOL-LINE@ service assistance
injured or trapped. telephone number. (See page 14.)
To restart refrigerator, see ?Using Your
Refrigerator? on page 5.
Moving
If your refrigerator is equipped with an automatic
ice maker, shut off the ice maker water supply a
day ahead of time. Disconnect the water line. After
the last supply of ice drops, lift the signal arm to
turn off the ice maker.
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 if you have an ice maker. |
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