Whirlpool RB22CK Caring For Your Refrigerator, If electricity goes off, Vacation and moving guide

Caring For Your Refrigerator

If electricity goes off

1. Call the power company.

Ask how long power will be off.

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be interrupted 24 houm or less. This will help food stay frozen.

3.If #ervice ia to be interrupted longer than 24 hours, do this:

Remove all frozen food and store in a frozen food locker.

OR

Place 2 lbs. (0.9 kg) of dry ice in freezer for every cubic foot of freezer space. This will keep foods frozen for 2 to 4 days.

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Wear gloves to protect your hands fromdryicebunu.Failuretodoeo could result in dry ice burns.

OR

If dry ice or a food locker is not available, use or can perishable food at once.

NOTE: A full freezer stays cold longer than a partly filied one. A freezer full of meat stays cold longer than a freezer full of baked goods.

Food containing ice crystals may be safely refrozen, but the quality and flavor of the food may be affected.

Use refrozen food quickly. If the condition of the food is poor, or you feel it is unsafe to eat, dispose of it immediately.

Vacation and moving guide

short vacatioIll3 (lefm than 4 weeks)

. Use up perishable foods. mFreeze other food items.

Long vacations (more than 4 weeks)

. Remove all food.

nTurn Refrigerator Control to OFF. n Unplug refrigerator.

n Clean, rinse and dry the interior.

n Keep refrigerator and freezer doors slightly open by taping wood or rubber blocks at the top of each door. This allows air to enter the refrigerator and freezer sections and prevents odors and mold from building up inside while you’re away.

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Do Not allow children to climb on, play war or crawl inside the refrigerator when the doora are blocked open. They may become injured or trapped.

. To restart refrigerator when you

return, see page 4 for resetting controls.

Moving

. Removeall food.

. Packfrozen foods in dry ice.

. Turn Refrigerator Control to OFF.

. Unplug refrigerator.

. Clean, rinse and dry the interior.

. Take out all removable parts.

. Wrap removable parts in paper and

tape them all together. Store inside refrigerator.

. Raise leveling legs.

. Tape the doors shut.

lTape the electric cord to the cabinet exterior.

. When you reach your new home, replace the removable parts and follow steps beginning on page 2.

Normal operating sounds

You can expect to hear the following sounds when your refrigerator is operating:

nSlight hum or soft hise as the refrigerator’s fan motor moves air.

n Clkldng or snapping sounds oazur when the refrigerator starts and stops running. The defrost timer also clicks when the defrost cycle starts and stops.

nWater sounds occur as water gurgles through tubing for a few minutes after refrigerator stops running. You may also hear defrost water running into the defrost- water pan.

nOperating soundn from the high- efficiency compressor and motor. It may run longer than your older refrigerator.

Energy saving tips

nCheck the door gaskets for a tight seal. Level the refrigerator to be sure of a good seal

w Clean dust and lint from the condenser coils every other month.

nOpen the doors as seldom as possible. Decide what you need before you open the door. Remove everything you need at one time. Organize and label food so you will not have to search for items you want. Close door immediately after you remove food items.

. Storefood in the refrigerator and freezer so that air movement is not blocked.

. Set the refrigerator and freezer temperatures so that the drinks remain cold enough for your family’s taste and ice cream remains firm. Do Not set temperatures colder than they need to be.

. Set the Exterior Moisture Control to the OFF position unless moisture forms on the outside of the refrigerator.

. Do Not install your refrigerator next to your range, water heater, furnace, radiator, other heat sources or in direct sunlight.

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