Kenmore 596.57002600, Use & Care Manual

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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. 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
Clicking
Air rushing
or whirring
Gurgling or
boiling sound
Thumping
Vibrating
noise
Buzzing
Humming
POSSIBLE CAUSE
• Freezer control (A) clicks when starting or
stopping compressor.
• Defrost timer or electric damper control (B)
sounds like an electric clock and snaps in and
out of defrost cycle.
• Condenser fan (D) makes this noise while
operating.
• Freezer fan (C) makes this noise while
operating.
• Freezer fan (C) slows to a stop as the freezer
door is opened.
• Evaporator (E) and heat exchanger (F)
refrigerant make this noise when flowing.
• Ice cubes from ice maker drop into ice bucket
(G)
.
• Dispenser ice chute
(H)
closing.
• Compressor (I) makes a pulsating sound while
running.
• Refrigerator is not level.
• Ice maker water valve
(J)
hookup buzzes when
ice maker fills with water.
• Ice maker
(K)
is in the ‘on’ position without
water connection.
• Ice auger
(L)
hums as auger agitates ice during
dispensing.
• Compressor
(I)
can make a high pitched hum
while operating.
• Solenoid valve
(M)
operating ice chute door.
SOLUTION
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
• See Leveling (see page 9).
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
• Stop sound by raising ice maker arm
to OFF position. See
Automatic Ice
Maker, page 18 for details.
• Normal operation
• Normal operation