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6
.
Maintenance and cleaning
Cleaning your fridge at regular
intervals will extend the service life of
the product.
B
WARNING:
Unplug the product before cleaning
it.
•
Never use gasol
i
ne, benzene or s
i
-
m
i
lar substances for clean
i
ng pur-
poses.
•
Never use any sharp and abras
i
-
ve tools, soap, household cleaners,
detergent and wax pol
i
sh for cle-
an
i
ng.
•
For non-No Frost products, water
drops and frost
i
ng up to a f
i
ngerb-
readth occur on the rear wall of the
Fr
i
dge compartment. Do not clean
i
t; never apply o
i
l or s
i
m
i
lar agents
on
i
t.
•
Only use sl
i
ghtly damp m
i
crof
i
-
ber cloths to clean the outer surfa-
ce of the product. Sponges and ot-
her types of clean
i
ng cloths may
scratch the surface
•
D
i
ssolve one teaspoon of b
i
-
carbonate
i
n half l
i
tre of water.
Soak a cloth w
i
th the solut
i
on and
wrung
i
t thoroughly. W
i
pe the
i
n-
ter
i
or of the refr
i
gerator w
i
th th
i
s
cloth and the dry thoroughly.
•
Make sure that no water enters
the lamp hous
i
ng and other elect-
r
i
cal
i
tems.
•
If you w
i
ll not use the refr
i
gerator
for a long per
i
od of t
i
me, unplug
i
t,
remove all food
i
ns
i
de, clean
i
t and
leave the door ajar.
•
Check regularly that the door gas-
kets are clean. If not, clean them.
•
To remove door and body shelves,
remove all of
i
ts contents.
•
Remove the door shelves by pul-
l
i
ng them up. After clean
i
ng, sl
i
de
them from top to bottom to
i
nstall.
•
Never use clean
i
ng agents or wa-
ter that conta
i
n chlor
i
ne to cle-
an the outer surfaces and chro-
m
i
um coated parts of the product.
Chlor
i
ne causes corros
i
on on such
metal surfaces.
6.1 Avoiding bad odours
•
Mater
i
als that may cause odour
are not used
i
n the product
i
on of
our refr
i
gerators. However, due to
i
nappropr
i
ate food preserv
i
ng con-
d
i
t
i
ons and not clean
i
ng the
i
nner
surface of the refr
i
gerator as requ-
i
red can br
i
ng forth the problem of
odour. Pay attent
i
on to follow
i
ng
to avo
i
d th
i
s problem:
•
Keep
i
ng the refr
i
gerator clean
i
s
i
mportant. Food res
i
duals, sta
i
ns,
etc. can cause odour. Therefore,
clean the refr
i
gerator w
i
th b
i
-
carbonate d
i
ssolved
i
n water every
few months. Never use detergents
or soap.
•
Keep the food
i
n closed conta
i
ners.
M
i
croorgan
i
sms spread
i
ng out
from uncovered conta
i
ners can ca-
use unpleasant odours.
•
Never keep the food that have
passed best before dates and spo
i
-
led
i
n the refr
i
gerator.
6.2 Protecting the plastic surfaces
Do not put liquid oils or oil-cooked
meals in your refrigerator in unsealed
containers as they damage the plastic
surfaces of the refrigerator. If oil is
spilled or smeared onto the plastic
surfaces, clean and rinse the relevant
part of the surface at once with warm
water.