Continental Refrigerator Refrigerators and Freezers instruction manual Receiving Your New Model

RECEIVING YOUR NEW MODEL

Congratulations on your recent purchase of Continental Scientific superior laboratory/pharmacy equipment products! When your shipment arrives, please thoroughly examine the shipping crate for any punctures, dents, or signs of rough handling. It is in your best interest to partially remove or open the shipping container in order to examine the model for any concealed damages which may have occurred during shipment. If the model is damaged, it must be noted on the delivering carrier's delivery slip or bill of lading (see "filing a damage claim" under warranty section).

GENERAL INFORMATION AND IMPORTANT OPERATING FACTS

This manual has been compiled to aid in the installation, operation and maintenance of your new equipment. Please take the time to read all of the material in order to become more familiar with your equipment and its operation, and enjoy optimum performance.

Important Note: All automatic defrost freezers have an energy-saving fan delay control to prevent the interior fans from operating until the evaporator coil becomes chilled. Therefore, on initial start-up, the fans will not turn on immediately. This is a normal mode of operation. Allow sufficient time for the evaporator coil to reach its operating temperature (approximately 20 minutes).

No floor drains or plumbing connections are required since all models are completely self-defrosting and use an automatic defrost condensate water evaporating system (see "condensate evaporator installation" under installation and location section).

All cabinets must be given sufficient time to reach normal operating temperature before placing any product inside. For refrigerators, approximately 2 hours of operation are required to lower the cabinet temperature to 4 degrees c. Freezers require approximately 4 hours of operation to lower the cabinet temperature to -20 degrees c (see "operation" section for further information).

Never overload top shelf with product so as to block or restrict cabinet airflow. Doing so will result in poor performance, decrease in efficiency and possible need for service to de-ice evaporator.

Prior to factory shipping, all models are performance run tested for a minimum of 12 hours providing a highly sophisticated temperature analysis recording exclusive to each individual cabinet. This recording is supplied within this manual packet. A final leak check, vibration, noise level and visual examination is made by a qualified quality control team to assure a quality product. The carrier signs to this effect when he accepts the product for shipping. To insure the maximum in safety

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