5Using your refrigerator
Temperature Control And Adjustment
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| thermometer to ensure that the storage | ||||
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| compartments are kept to the desired | ||||
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| temperature will rise very rapidly after | ||||
Operating temperatures are controlled | ||||||||||
you remove it from the freezer. | ||||||||||
by the thermostat knob (see diagram) | Please remember each time the door | |||||||||
located on the ceiling of fridge | is opened cold air escapes and the | |||||||||
compartment. Settings may be made | internal temperature rises. Therefore | |||||||||
from 1 to 5, 5 being the coldest position. | never leave the door open and ensure | |||||||||
When the appliance is switched on | it is closed immediately after food is put | |||||||||
for the first time, the thermostat should | in or removed. |
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be adjusted so that after 24 hours, the | In case of a temporary ice build up | |||||||||
average fridge temperature is no higher | in the fridge compartment, reduce the | |||||||||
than +5°C (+41°F). We recommend you | thermostat setting | to | 1, | monitoring | ||||||
set the thermostat half way between | at the same time that the fridge | |||||||||
the 1 and 5 setting and monitor to | temperature is maximum +5 degrees | |||||||||
obtain the desired temperature i. e. | C [41 degrees F]. Once the ice build | |||||||||
towards 5 you will obtain a colder fridge | up disappears and the appliance | |||||||||
temperature and vice versa. Some | starts auto defrosting again as normal, | |||||||||
sections of the fridge may be cooler or | then you may increase the thermostat | |||||||||
warmer ( such as the salad crisper and | setting, if required. |
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the top part of the cabinet ) which is | If the ambient (room or garage) | |||||||||
quite normal. | temperature is between 0 °C and | |||||||||
The normal storage temperature of the | °C, we recommend you adjust the knob | |||||||||
freezer should be | to setting 4 to reach | |||||||||
temperatures may be obtained by | compartment. Lower | temperatures | ||||||||
adjusting thermostat knob towards 5 | may be obtained by adjusting setting | |||||||||
position. | knob towards max position. | |||||||||
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