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Refrigerator / User Manual
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.
t
Never use gasol
i
ne, benzene or
s
i
m
i
lar substances for clean
i
ng
purposes.
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Never use any sharp and abras
i
ve
tools, soap, household cleaners,
detergent and wax pol
i
sh for
clean
i
ng.
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For non-No Frost products,
water drops and frost
i
ng up to a
f
i
ngerbreadth 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.
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Only use sl
i
ghtly damp m
i
crof
i
ber
cloths to clean the outer surface of
the product. Sponges and other types
of clean
i
ng cloths may scratch the
surface
t
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
nter
i
or of the
refr
i
gerator w
i
th th
i
s cloth and the
dry thoroughly.
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Make sure that no water enters the
lamp hous
i
ng and other electr
i
cal
i
tems.
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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.
t
Check regularly that the door gaskets
are clean. If not, clean them.
t
To remove door and body shelves,
remove all of
i
ts contents.
t
Remove the door shelves by pull
i
ng
them up. After clean
i
ng, sl
i
de them
from top to bottom to
i
nstall.
t
Never use clean
i
ng agents or water
that conta
i
n chlor
i
ne to clean the
outer surfaces and chrom
i
um coated
parts of the product. Chlor
i
ne causes
corros
i
on on such metal surfaces.
6.1 Avoiding bad odours
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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
cond
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:
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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.
t
Keep the food
i
n closed conta
i
ners.
M
i
croorgan
i
sms spread
i
ng out from
uncovered conta
i
ners can cause
unpleasant odours.
t
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.
