Sounds you may hear.. .
Your new refrigerator may make sounds that your old one didn’t.
Because the sounds are new to you. You mrght be concerned about them Don’t be. Most of the new sounds are normal. Hard surfaces llke the floor, walls and cabinets can make the sounds seem louder.
The following chart describes the kinds of sounds that mrght be new to You, and what may be making them.
Possible | Sounds: | Probable | Causes: |
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l | Slight | Hum, | Soft Hiss: | Your | refrigerator | has | two | fans; | you | may | hear | the | fan motors | and moving air | ||
l | Clicking | or | Snapping | The | defrost | timer | makes | a | definite | clrck | when | the | refrigerator | stops running. lt | ||
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| also | makes | a sound | when | the | refriaerator | starts. |
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l Water Sounds:When the refrigerator stops running, You may hear gurgling in the tubing for a few minutes after it stops. You may also hear defrost water running Into the defrost water pan
l Ice Maker Sounds:You may hear a buzzing (from the water valve), trickling water and the clatter of ice dumped Into the bin
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Running Sounds:Your refrigerator has a
Beeping Sounds:The SYSTEMS SENTINEL* Performance Monrtor is designed to make a beeping
sound when something IS not as it should be. See pages 6 and 7 for more information
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Energy | saving | tips.. . |
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You can help | your | refrigerator |
| use | less | electricrty. |
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l Check door gaskets for a tight seal. Level the cab- |
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l | Clean | the |
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| coil | regularly. |
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l | Open | the |
| door | as | few | times | as | possible. | Think |
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| about | what | You | need | before | you | open | the | door. | l | |||||
| Get | everything | out | at | one | time. | Keep | foods | orga- |
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| nrzed | so | you won’t | have | to | search |
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| want. | Close | door | as | soon | as | food | is removed. |
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l | Go | ahead |
| and | fill | up the | refrigerator, | but | don’t |
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| overcrowd |
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It is a waste of electricity to set the refrigerator and
freezer to temperatures colder than they need to be. If ice cream IS firm rr- the freezer and drinks are as cold as Your family likes them, that’s cold enough.
Keep the Power Saving Control on OFF unless
moisture forms on the refrigerator exterior.
Make sure Your refrigerator is not next to a heat source such as a range, water heater, furnace. radiator, or in direct sunlight.
Cleaning | your | refrigerator.. |
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Both | the refrigerator |
| and | freezer | sections | defrost | To | clean | your | refrigerator, | unplug | it, turn | the Tem- | ||||
automatrcally | But | both | should | be | cleaned | about | perature | Control | to | OFF, | take | out | all removable | ||||
once | a month | to help | prevent | odors | from | building | parts, | and | clean | It according | to | the | following | ||||
up Of | course, | spills | should | be | wiped | up right | away | dlrectlons |
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Removing the base grille.. .
l Open the doors.
| Pull | grille | outwards | as | shown |
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l | Do | not | remove | Tech | sheet fastened | behind grille | l | Line | up grtlle support tabs with metal clips |
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| l Close | the doors | |
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