PROBLEM

POSSIBLE CAUSE AND REMEDY

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING SOUNDS

Q The high speed compressor motor required to maintiin near zero temperatures in the

 

 

 

large freezer compartment may produce higher sound levels than your old refrigerator.

 

 

 

Normal fan airflow-one fan blows cold air through the refrigerator and freezer

 

 

 

compartments, another fan cools the compressor motor.

 

 

 

These NORMAL sounds will also be heard from time to time:

 

 

 

Defrost timer switch clicks at defrost.

 

 

 

Defrost water dripping.

 

 

 

Temperature control clicks ON or OFF.

 

 

 

Refrigerant boiling or gurgling.

 

 

 

Cracking or popping of cooling coils caused by expansion and contraction during

 

 

 

defrost and refrigeration following defrost.

 

 

 

With automatic icemaker, the sound of cubes dropping into the bin and water

 

 

 

running in pipes as icemaker refills.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRESH FOOD

. Temperature control not set cold enough. Refer to TEMPERATURE CONTROLS

 

 

OR FREEZER

on page 5.

 

 

COMPARTMENT

Warm weather—frequent door openings.

 

 

TEMPEWTURE

 

 

 

 

 

~0 WARM

Door left open for too long time.

 

 

 

Q Package may be holding door open.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOODS DRY OUT

s Foods not covered, wrapped or sealed properly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROST OR ICE

. Door may have been left ajar or package holding door open.

 

 

CRYSTALS ON

Too frequent and too long door openings.

 

 

FROZEN FOOD

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frost within package is normal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLOW ICE CUBE

. Door may have been left ajar.

 

 

FREEZING

Turn temperature of freezer compartment colder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ICE CUBES HAVE

Old cubes need to be discarded.

 

 

ODOR/TASTE

Ice storage bin needs to be emptied or washed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unsealed packages in refrigerator and/or freezer compartments may be transmitting

 

 

 

odor/taste to ice cubes.

 

 

 

c Interior of refrigerator needs cleaning—refer to page 18.

 

 

 

Poor-tisting incoming water. Install a water filter-see page 13.

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUTOMATIC

Icemaker feeler arm in OFF (up) position.

 

 

ICEMAKER

. Water supply turned off or not connected.

 

 

DOES NOT WORK

 

 

Freezer compartment too warm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cubes too small—water shutoff valve connecting refrigerator to home water line may

 

 

 

be clogged.

 

 

 

Sometimes cubes fuse to the side of the ice mold and hold the feeler arm in the OFF

 

 

 

(up) position. Remove this ice to restart the icemaker.

 

 

 

When reaching for cubes by hand, you may have pushed the feeler arm into the OFF

 

 

 

(up) position by mistake.

 

 

 

s Piled up cubes in storage bin may cause icemaker to shut off prematurely. With

 

 

 

icemaker feeler arm in OFF (up) position, level cubes in bin by hand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hotpoint CSX27C Fresh Food, Or Freezer Compartment, Tempewture ~0 Warm, Foods DRY OUT, Frost or ICE, Crystals on, Freezing