KitchenAid KBLA20ELSS0 Refrigerator USE, Ensuring Proper Air Circulation, Using the Controls

REFRIGERATOR USE

Ensuring Proper Air Circulation

In order to ensure proper temperatures, you need to permit airflow between the refrigerator and freezer sections. As shown in the illustration, cool air enters the freezer section through vents in the rear and top. The air flows forward through the freezer section and recirculates under the freezer floor. Cool air enters the refrigerator section through the top, flows down and across shelves to the doors and recirculates to return air vents at the bottom.

Do not block any of these vents with food packages. If the vents are blocked, airflow will be prevented and temperature and moisture problems may occur.

IMPORTANT: Because air circulates between both sections, any odors formed in one section will transfer to the other. You must thoroughly clean both sections to eliminate odors. To prevent odor transfer and drying out of food, wrap or cover foods tightly.

Using the Controls

For your convenience, your refrigerator and freezer controls are preset at the factory. When you first install your refrigerator, make sure that the controls in the refrigerator and freezer compartments are still preset to the mid-settings as shown.

Mid-setting “4”

IMPORTANT:

■To turn your refrigerator off, turn the freezer control to the word OFF or until the word OFF appears. Neither compartment will cool when the freezer control is set to OFF.

■The refrigerator control adjusts the refrigerator compartment temperature. The freezer control adjusts the freezer compartment temperature. Settings to the left of the mid- setting make the temperature less cold. Settings to the right of the mid-setting make the temperature colder.

■Wait 24 hours before you put food into the refrigerator. If you add food before the refrigerator has cooled completely, your food may spoil.

NOTE: Adjusting the Refrigerator and Freezer Controls to a higher (colder) than recommended setting will not cool the compartments any faster.

■The preset settings should be correct for normal household use. The controls are set correctly when milk or juice is as cold as you like and when ice cream is firm.

■If the temperature is too warm or too cold in the refrigerator or freezer, first check the air vents to be sure they are not blocked before adjusting the controls.

Adjusting Control Settings

Give the refrigerator time to cool down completely before adding food. It is best to wait 24 hours before you put food into the refrigerator. The settings indicated in the previous section should be correct for normal household refrigerator usage. The controls are set correctly when milk or juice is as cold as you like and when ice cream is firm.

If you need to adjust temperatures in the refrigerator or freezer, use the settings listed in the chart below as a guide. Always remember to wait at least 24 hours between adjustments.

CONDITION/REASON:	RECOMMENDED
	ADJUSTMENT:
REFRIGERATOR too warm	Turn REFRIGERATOR
■ Door opened often	Control to next higher
	number, wait 24
■ Large amount of food added
	hours, then recheck

■Room temperature very warm

FREEZER too warm/ice not made		Turn FREEZER
fast enough		Control to next higher
■	Door opened often	number, wait 24
		hours, then recheck
■ Large amount of food added
■ Very cold room temperature
	(can’t cycle often enough)
■	Heavy ice usage
REFRIGERATOR too cold		Turn REFRIGERATOR
■ Control not set correctly for your		Control to next lower
		number, wait 24
	conditions
		hours, then recheck
FREEZER too cold		Turn FREEZER
■ Control not set correctly for your		Control to next lower

conditions	number, wait 24
	hours, then recheck

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