charging must therefore only be carried out by authorized technicians.
Periodic cleaning
The equipment has to be cleaned regularly:
•clean the inside and accessories with luke- warm water and some neutral soap.
•regularly check the door seals and wipe clean to ensure they are clean and free from debris.
•rinse and dry thoroughly.
Important! Do not pull, move or damage any pipes and/or cables inside the cabinet. Never use detergents, abrasive powders, highly perfumed cleaning products or wax polishes to clean the interior as this will dam- age the surface and leave a strong odour.
Clean the condenser (black grill) and the compressor at the back of the appliance with a brush or a vacuum cleaner. This operation will improve the performance of the appli- ance and save electricity consumption.
Important! Take care of not to damage the cooling system.
Many proprietary kitchen surface cleaners contain chemicals that can attack/damage the plastics used in this appliance. For this reason it is recommended that the outer cas- ing of this appliance is only cleaned with warm water with a little
After cleaning, reconnect the equipment to the mains supply.
Defrosting of the refrigerator
Frost is automatically eliminated from the evaporator of the refrigerator compartment every time the motor compressor stops, dur- ing normal use. The defrost water drains out through a trough into a special container at the back of the appliance, over the motor compressor, where it evaporates.
It is important to periodically clean the defrost water drain hole in the middle of the refriger- ator compartment channel to prevent the water overflowing and dripping onto the food inside. Use the special cleaner provided, which you will find already inserted into the drain hole.
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Defrosting the freezer
A certain amount of frost will always form on the freezer shelves and around the top com- partment.
Defrost the freezer when the frost layer rea- ches a thickness of about
Important! About 12 hours prior to defrosting, set the Temperature regulator toward higher settings , in order to build up sufficient chill reserve for the interruption in operation.
To remove the frost, follow the instructions below:
1.Switch off the appliance.
2.Remove any stored food, wrap it in sev- eral layers of newspaper and put it in a cool place.
Caution! Do not touch frozen goods with wet hands. Hands can freeze to the goods.
3.Leave the door open and insert the plas- tic scraper in the appropriate seating at the bottom centre, placing a basin un- derneath to collect the defrost water
In order to speed up the defrosting proc- ess, place a pot of warm water in the freezer compartment. In addition, re- move pieces of ice that break away be- fore defrosting is complete.
