Norcold N260 Safety Awareness, Safety Instructions, About Your Refrigerator, Storage Volume

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Safety Awareness

Safety Awareness

Read this manual carefully and understand the contents before you use the refrigerator.

Be aware of possible safety hazards when you see the safety alert symbol on the refrigerator and in this manual. A signal word follows the safety alert symbol and identifies the danger of the hazard. Carefully read the descriptions of these signal words to fully know their meanings. They are for your safety.

Safety InstructionsWARNING: This signal word means a hazard, which if About Your Refrigeratorignored, can cause dangerous personal injury, death, or much property damage.

CAUTION: This signal word means a hazard, which if Storage Volume: ignored, can cause small personal injury or much

property damage.

-The refrigerator cooling system is under pressure. Do not try to repair or to recharge a defective cooling system. The cooling system contains sodium chro- mate. The breathing of certain chromium compounds can cause cancer. The cooling system contents can cause severe skin and eye burns, and can ignite and burn with an intense flame. Do not bend, drop, weld, move, drill, puncture, or hit the cooling system.

CAUTION:

-The rear of the refrigerator has sharp edges and corners. To prevent cuts or abrasions when working on the refrigerator, be careful and wear cut resistant gloves.

-Make sure all fasteners and connections are tight.

Safety Instructions

Leveling: WARNING:

-The storage of flammable materials behind or around the refrigerator creates a fire hazard. Do not use the area behind the refrigerator to store flammable materials (gasoline, cleaning supplies, etc.)

-Do not remove the round ground prong from the refrigerator AC power cord. Do not use a two prong adapter or extension cord on the AC power cord.

-A circuit overload can result in an electrical fire if the wires and/or fuses are not the correct size. Either use the wire and fuse sizes as writtten in the “Installation Manual” or refer to your local codes or the applicable RVIA Standards for the correct wire and fuse sizes.

-Incorrect installation, adjustment, change to, or maintenance of this refrigerator can cause personal injury, property damage, or both. Have service and maintenance work done by your dealer or by an Norcold authorized service center.

-Disconnect both the AC and DC power sources before doing any maintenance work on the refrigerator. All service work on this refrigerator must be done by a qualified service technician.

-Do not bypass or change the refrigerator’s electrical components or features.

-When you discard an appliance, remove all doors to prevent accidental entrapment and suffocation.

-Do not spray liquids near electrical outlets, connec- tions, or the refrigerator components. Many liquids are electrically conductive and can cause a shock hazard, electrical shorts, and in some cases fire.

About Your Refrigerator

Storage Volume:

This refrigerator is made for food storage.

Total capacity

2.4 cubic feet

Leveling:

CAUTION: The refrigerator is made to operate within 3° Operation during travel: off level side-to-side and 6° off level front-to-back (as

looking at the front of the refrigerator). Operating it at more than these limits can cause damage to the cooling system and create a risk of personal injury or property damage. Make sure the vehicle is level before you operate the refrigerator.

Operation during travel:

While the refrigerator should be level when the vehicle is stopped, performance during travel is not usually effected.

Food compartment:

Ignite or start up the refrigerator and let it cool for eight hours before loading with food. If the refrigerator does not start to cool down after about two hours, contact your dealer or a Norcold authorized service center.

For the best cooling performance:

-Let air move freely inside the entire food compartment.

-Do not cover the shelves with plastic, paper, etc.

To decrease the amount of ice that forms on the cooling fins:

-Cover all liquids and moist foods.

-Let hot foods cool before putting them in the refrigerator.

-Do not open the door any longer than necessary.

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Norcold N260 Safety Awareness, Safety Instructions, About Your Refrigerator, Storage Volume, Leveling, Food compartment