Viking Freestanding Operating Sounds, Upon Your Return, Preparing to Move, Care and Cleaning

Care and Cleaning

Upon Your Return

After a Short Vacation or Absence:

For models with automatic ice makers or dispensers:

•Reconnect the water supply and turn on supply valve (see Installation Instructions).

•Monitor water connection for 24 hours and correct leaks if necessary.

•Run 10-15 glasses of water from the dispenser to flush out the system.

•Restart the ice maker by lowering the ice maker arm.

•Discard at least the first three ice harvests.

After a Long Vacation or Absence:

•If your refrigerator has an automatic ice maker, reconnect the water supply and turn on supply valve (see Installation Instructions).

•Plug the refrigerator back in and reset controls (see page 5).

•Monitor water connection for 24 hours and correct leaks, if necessary.

For dispenser models, run water through the dispenser for at least three minutes with the filter bypass in place, then install water filter (see page 20).

•After installing the water filter, run water through the dispenser continuously for at least two minutes, or until water runs steady. Initially you may notice a one to two minute delay in water dispersal as the internal tanks fills.

•Restart the ice maker by lowering the ice maker arm.

•Discard ice produced within the first 12 hours (at least the first three harvests).

Preparing to Move

•Follow the above instructions for long vacations/absences.

•Secure all loose items such as shelves and drawers by taping them securely in place to prevent damage.

•Tape the doors shut.

•Use an appliance dolly when moving the refrigerator. Always truck the refrigerator from its side or back never from its front.

•Be sure the refrigerator stays in an upright position during moving.

Operating Sounds

Improvements in refrigeration design may produce sounds in your new refrigerator that are different or were not present in an older model. These improvements were made to create a refrigerator that is better at preserving food, is more energy efficient, and is quieter overall. Because new refrigerators run quieter, sounds may be detected that were present in older refrigerators, but were masked by higher sound levels. Many of these sounds are normal. Please note that the surfaces adjacent to a refrigerator, such as hard walls, floors and cabinetry may make these sounds seem even louder. The following are some of the normal sounds that may be noticed in a new refrigerator.

SOUND	POSSIBLE CAUSE	SOLUTION
Clicking	• Freezer control clicks when	• Normal operation
	starting or stopping compressor.
Air rushing or	• Freezer fan and condenser fan	• Normal operation
whirring	make this noise while operating.
Gurgling or	• Evaporator and heat exchanger	• Normal operation
boiling sound	refrigerant makes this noise when
	flowing.
Thumping	• Ice cubes from ice maker drop	• Normal operation
	into ice bucket.
	• Dispenser ice chute closing	• Normal operation
Vibrating noise	• Compressor makes a pulsating	• Normal operation
	sound while running.
	• Refrigerator is not level.	• See Installation
		Instructions for details
		on how to level your
		refrigerator.
Buzzing	• Ice maker water valve hookup	• Normal operation
	buzzes when ice maker fills with
	water.
Humming	• Ice maker is in the ‘on’ position	• Stop sound by raising
	without water connection.	ice maker arm to OFF
		position see page 15.
	• Compressor can make a high-	• Normal operation
	pitched hum while operating.
Hissing or	• Defrost heater hisses, sizzles or	• Normal operation
popping	pops when operational.

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