KitchenAid Cabinet Depth Side-by-Side Refrigerator manual Understanding Sounds You May Hear, Style

6.Adjust the front leveling bolt to bring the refrigerator top parallel with the cabinet above the refrigerator. Leave approximately ¹⁄₈ in. (3.18 mm) gap between the top hinges and the cabinet. If you do not have a cabinet above the refrigerator, simply adjust the refrigerator to make it level.

Style 1

1.Leave ¹⁄₈ in. (3.18 mm) minimum clearance for leveling the refrigerator. Leave ¹⁄₄ in. (6.35 mm) minimum clearance if you have full-overlay cabinet doors.

2.Front of the refrigerator

Style 2

1.Leave ³⁄₄ in. (19.05 mm) minimum clearance between a full-overlay cabinet door and a refrigerator with a trim kit.

2.Front of the refrigerator

7.Adjust the rear leveling bolt to bring the refrigerator level with the side cabinets or cabinet end panels.

8.If you want, you may now use the four leveling bolts to raise the refrigerator to close the gap between the refrigerator top hinge and the cabinet opening. Check that all four rollers still touch the floor and that the cabinet doors above the refrigerator open all the way.

NOTE: Cabinets with full-overlay doors will require ¹⁄₄ in. (6.35

mm)additional clearance between the top hinge and cabinet to prevent the doors from hitting the hinge when opening. If you have a trim panel kit on the refrigerator doors, ³⁄₄ in. (19.05 mm) additional clearance is needed to prevent the cabinet doors from hitting the refrigerator door trim.

9.Replace the base grille.

Understanding Sounds You May Hear

Your new refrigerator may make sounds that your old one didn’t make. Because the sounds are new to you, you might be concerned about them. Most of the new sounds are normal. Hard surfaces, like the floor, walls, and cabinets, can make the sounds seem louder than they actually are. The following describes the kinds of sounds and what may be making them.

■If your product is equipped with an ice maker, you will hear a buzzing sound when the water valve opens to fill the ice maker for each cycle.

■The defrost timer will click when the automatic defrost cycle begins and ends. Also, the Thermostat Control (or Refrigerator Control depending on the model) will click when cycling on and off.

■Rattling noises may come from the flow of refrigerant, the water line, or items stored on top of the refrigerator.

■Your refrigerator is designed to run more efficiently to keep your food items at the desired temperature. The high efficiency compressor may cause your new refrigerator to run longer than your old one, and you may hear a pulsating or high-pitched sound.

■Water dripping on the defrost heater during a defrost cycle may cause a sizzling sound.

■You may hear the evaporator fan motor circulating the air through the refrigerator and freezer compartments.

■As each cycle ends, you may hear a gurgling sound due to the refrigerant flowing in your refrigerator.

■Contraction and expansion of the inside walls may cause a popping noise.

■You may hear air being forced over the condenser by the condenser fan.

■You may hear water running into the drain pan during the defrost cycle.