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Important safety information
Please review and observe the following
information. Failure to do so may result in
injuries or material damage and will render
any warranty void.
Warnings
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Hand this owners manual over to the new
owner should ownership change.
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The refrigerator must only be used for its
intended purpose, i.e. the storing of edible
foodstuff.
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The refrigerator is intended to be used in
household and similar applications such as
staff kitchen areas in shops, offices and
other working environments; farm houses
and by clients in hotels, motels and other
residential type environments; bed and
breakfast type environments; catering and
similar non-retail applications.
•
Consult with your authorised DEFY service
centre for all questions and problems
relating to the refrigerator. Only authorised
agents are to carry out repairs.
•
Vapour and vaporized cleaning materials
must never be used in the cleaning and
defrosting the refrigerator. The vapour may
come into contact with the electrical parts
and cause a short circuit or electric shock.
•
Do not allow children to hang on the
refrigerator door as the unit could topple
forward risking personal injury. Never use
the parts on your refrigerator, such as the
door, as a means of support or step.
•
Do not use electrical appliances inside the
refrigerator or freezer.
•
Keep ventilation openings, in the
refrigerator or in the built-in structure, clear
of obstructions.
•
Disconnect the refrigerator from the power
source when cleaning, during routine
maintenance or if it will not be used for an
extended period.
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Do not drill, cut or modify the
refrigerator. Injuries may result if
the refrigerant circuit is damaged.
See HCA warning. Do not
damage the refrigerant circuit.
Repairs must be carried out by
authorised persons only. Repairs
carried out by incompetent
persons create a user risk.
•
To unplug the refrigerator, remove the plug
by pulling on the plug and not the cable!
•
Exposing the refrigerator to rain, snow, sun
and wind is an electrical safety risk.
•
Should the power cord of the refrigerator
become damaged or should it need
replacing at any time, it must be replaced
by a special purpose made lead which can
only be obtained from a DEFY Authorised
Service Agent.
•
Never connect your refrigerator to
electricity saving systems as they will
damage the refrigerator.
•
Do not store medicine or academic
research samples which require strict
temperature control in the refrigerator.
•
Do not store or use flammable gas,
benzene, petrol or volatile substances in or
near the refrigerator.
•
Do not store explosive substances such as
aerosol cans with a flammable propellant
in the refrigerator.
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In the event of a malfunction, disconnect
the refrigerator from the power supply.
•
Do not overload your refrigerator with
excessive amounts of food. If overloaded,
the food items may fall down and injure
you and damage the refrigerator when you
open the door. Never place objects on top
of the refrigerator, they may fall down and
injure you when you open or close the
refrigerator door.
•
If there is a blue light fitted on the
refrigerator, do not look at the blue light
through optics.
•
The lamp(s) used in this appliance is not
suitable for household room illumination, it
is a 12V DC LED lamp available only from
Defy spares outlets. DO NOT USE 230V!
This appliance operates on 12 or
24 Volts DC (Direct Current)
only! Under no circumstances
must this appliance be directly
connected to an AC (Alternating
Current) power source.
A battery-powered refrigerator or
freezer has a cooling capacity
lower than AC units. As the
compressor is small, the unit
runs more efficiently but lacks the
ability to cool large warm loads
as quickly as AC appliances.
