Caring For Your Refrigerator
Vacation and moving care Power interruptions
Short vacations If 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 perisha- 1. If service is to be interrupted 24 hours or less,
bles; freeze other items. keep both doors closed. This will help
frozen food stay frozen. Long vacations
2. If service is to be interrupted longer than
Remove all the food if you are going for a month 24 hours:
or more.
(a) Remove all frozen food and store in a frozen
Unplug the refrigerator and clean it.. rinse well food locker.
and dry. Tape rubber or wood blocks to the top of
both doors.. . keeping them open far enough OR
for air to get in. This will keep odor and mold from (b) Place 2 Ibs. (0.9 kg) of dry ice in freezer for
building up. every cu. ft. of freezer space. This will keep
food frozen for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves to
protect your hands from dry ice burns.
(c) If neither food locker storage nor dry ice is
available, use or can perishable food
at once.
Personal Injury Hazard 3. A full freezer will stay cold longer than a partly
Do not allow children near the refrigerator
when the doors are blocked open. They filled one. A freezer full of meat will stay cold
longer than a freezer full of baked goods. If food
may become injured or trapped. contains ice crystals, it may be safely refrozen,
although the quality and flavor may be affected.
To restart refrigerator, see ?Using Your If the condition of the food is poor or if you feel it
is unsafe, dispose of it.
Refrigerator? on page 5.
Questions?
Moving
Remove all food. Pack frozen food in dry ice. Call your COOL-LINE@ service assistance
telephone number. (See page 11.)
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 legs; 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.
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