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defrosting should be carried out and it
is advisable to carry out this operation
when the appliance is empty.
To carry out complete defrosting of the
freezer compartment proceed as
follows:
1. pull out the plug from the wall
socket or turn the thermostat knob
to the «O» setting;
2. remove any stored food, wrap it in
several layers of newspaper and
put it in a cool place;
3. leave the door open, insert the
plastic scraper in the appropriate
seating at the bottom centre,
placing a basin underneath to
collect the defrost water;
4. when defrosting is completed, dry the
interior thoroughly and refit the plug;
5. keep the scraper for future use;
6. turn the thermostat knob back to
the required setting or replace the
plug in the power socket. After
letting the appliance run for at least
half an hour, replace the previously
removed food into the
compartment.
Defrosting
Frost is automatically eliminated
from the evaporator of the refrigerator
compartment every time the motor
compressor stops, during 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 iis iimportant tto pperiodically cclean
the ddefrost wwater ddrain hhole iin tthe
middle oof tthe rrefrigerator ccompartment
channel tto pprevent tthe wwater ffrom
overflowing aand ddripping oonto tthe ffood
inside. UUse tthe sspecial ccleaner
provided, wwhich yyou wwill ffind aalready
inserted iinto tthe ddrain hhole.
The freezer compartment, however, will
become progressively covered with
frost. This should be removed with a
plastic scraper, whenever the thickness
of the frost exceeds 4 mm. During this
operation it is not necessary to switch
off the power supply or to remove the
foodstuffs.
However, when the ice becomes very
thick on the inner liner, complete
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