DEFROSTING
The appliance should be defrosted once the
thickness of ice on the walls reaches 5-6 mm.
Do not use any electrical, sharp or mechanical
objects to assistant in defrosting the ice removal
process, unless supplied or approved by
manufacturer or approved service centre. To remove
ice from the inner walls, use a plastic or wood
scraper without sharp edges. Never use a metal
scraper.
Proceed as follows:
1. Make sure to unplug the appliance.
2. Dry your hands thoroughly to prevent skin damage
by contact with ice (it is advised to use gloves).
3. Remove all frozen food from the appliance, put it
into a container, cool box, put the frozen cool
blocks on top of the frozen food to help keep it
very cold, and place the container or cool box in a
cool, dry room.
4. Pull out the water drain plug (if available) located
at the bottom of the appliance. Otherwise you
must wipe up the melt water at the bottom of the
appliance compartment with a sponge or towel.
5. Scrape the ice carefully from the inner of appliance
and put it into your kitchen sink, for defrosting.
6. Thoroughly clean the inside of the appliance
compartment, rinse it with warm water and remove
any spilt food or liquids.
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