At roomtempera|uresunder60°F(16_0),thereis a risk
thai thetemperaturein Ihe main compartmentwill drop
beJewfreezingpoFnt,evenwiththe Ihen'nostalat the
warmeslselting.
5,3 How to make ice
The Refrigeratoris suppliedwiththreepPaslicicetrays.
FIllthesewilhwaterto no nlorethanthebrim of the
intemaFseparators.Arrangethebaysone besidetheolher
at thebottomof the frozenfoodcompartment,
Alittlewaterspread overthe bottomwillimprovethermal
contactbetweenthetraysand the plate,
Ifyou s_artthefreezingin theevening,therewillbe3 lbs
(1,360grams)ofice availablethefollowingmorning,
Slots Ihe ice[nthe traysor in a separatecontainerinthe
compadmenl,
5.4 Frozen food compartment
Inaddiliontomakingice,youcan also slere frozenfood in
theuppercompartment.How]Gag foodcan be,kept
withoutlossofqualitydependsonits nalureand onthe
storagetemperature,
Thislemperatureis not [_tuencedby the thermoslal
setting,nort_ytheuse madeofthe maincompartrnenl.
Evenwiththet_.ermostatset todefresl,the tempemEure
willbe suilabtefor I_.epreservationoffrozenfood. The
temperaturedOesovary,however,withroomtemperalure:
Atupto 90°F(32 C) the compartmentwill maintain0 F
(-18'C) or betterandat I10°F (43"C1itwillstillmaintain
15°F(-9°C).
The lemperatumdoesnotvary to any greatextent from
onepointIs anotherwiWn thecompartment,bul it is
somewhalI_er atthe boltemlefL Obvioslyothis willbe
thebestplaceto storethe moresensitivefood,When
frozenfoodis beingslored in the compartmentitis
advisabletomakeicein only onetroyata time,placingit
at thebottom right,
Thecomp_rtmentis basicallydesignedIo storef[ezen
food,thoughitcanalso beused tofreeze limitedamounts
ofunfrozenfood.Inthiscase,itcan handle upto 3 I_
{about1.5 k_los)per24 hourperiod,at ambient
temperaturesupto 90°F(32°C).
Afterproperpackaging:
=Allowany hot food to cooldownle roomtemperature
sale[detheRefrigeralor.
• When at roomtemperalure,the food shouldbe placedin
themain compartmentof the_ef_igerator,toprecoolfor
a few hours,
=,L_leron,preferablyin Ihe evening,placethe food in
contactwiththebottomof Iheuppercompartmenl.
5.5. Defrosting
Aftera limeice willbeginto collectonthefins ofthe
evaporator(Et), toa pointwhere itwi!lreducethe
efficiencyeltheRefrigertatonThisiswhythe Refrigerator
needstobedefrostedperiodbatly.The intervalbetween
Iwodelre_tingoperatFenscanvary considerably:
from oneweektomere than a month,dependingon the
climateandtheexlent towhichthe Refrigeratoris used.
Werecommenddefrosl[ngwhenever50 per centof the
spacebetweenthefins is takenupby ice, Checkthe
upperportionolthe left handfins, wherethe iceis
inclinedto celrectmore quickly.
Todefrostyou do not haveto removefoodfrom the main
compartmentorfrom theFreezeJ',
Simplyset Ihethermostalknob(C2) to the "defrost"
position(C6),and leaveit for a coupteofhours,
The Refrigeratorwillcontinueto workona low flame Io
provideref_geralionfor the Freezer.
The iceon the finswill meltandrun througha d_ainIo
the rearofthe Refrigeralorandinlo a numberof small
container(D51whereitwillevaporale.
Checkthefins to makesure thattheyare freeof ice
(someiceremainingonthe lube canbe disregarded)
a_ thenadjust lhellzermos_ltoitsusualse_ng.
The RefrJgeratorwillsoonresumeits normaloperation,
TheFreezerneedsdefroslingless frequenUy.
Todefrost,seeunderitem 5.5.
Never useknives or sharpoblectsto removethe
icelayer. Youmay causereakagein the ammonia
system.
if theevaporatoris heavily loadedwith ice,
defrostingmast notbe doneasexplainedbefore,
sincethecapacityof the container(D5) is limited
toabout one quart (one ffter) _zndthey might then
overflow.In this ease,follow the instructionsgiven
below,
5.6 Shutting down the Refrigerator (Fig. E)
TheabsorplionRefrigerate(is builttoworkconlinuously
formanyyears, ]-here ere nomovingpa_ andthusno
friction.At times,however,itneedstobeturnedoff:
= When it willnotbe usedfor sometime - forafew
weeksormere.
,*Whenthereisa largebuild-upoficeon the evaporator
orin thefrozenfoodstoragecompartment.
In suohcases, the following procedure is recommended:
"Turn off Iha gas at the selector (C3) and remote aMthe
foodst_lfs,
• Remove allthe toose componentsfrom the
Refrigerator, such as racks, drawers,etc.,
including the balteries for the lighting.
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