Hints
Saving Energy
• Pay careful attention to where the cabinet is
placed. See the section “Installation”. When
installed correctly the cabinet will consume less
energy.
• Try to avoid keeping the doors open for long
periods or opening the doors too frequently as
warm air will enter the cabinet and cause the
compressor to switch on unnecessarily often.
• If the ambient temperature is high, the thermostat
knob is on the coldest setting (higher numbers) and
the appliance is fully loaded, the compressor may
run continuously, causing frost or ice to form on the
evaporator. If this happens, turn the knob to a
warmer setting (lower numbers) to allow automatic
defrosting and so a saving in electricity
consumption.
• Do not place warm foods inside the appliance.
Allow warm foods to cool first.
• Put frozen food in the fridge to defrost. The cold in
the frozen food will then be used to cool the fridge.
• Keep the heat emitting condenser, the metall grille
on the rear wall of your appliance, always clean.
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Hints for refrigeration
•
Do not store warm food or evaporating liquids in
the refrigerator and do cover or wrap up the food,
particularly if it has a strong smell.
To help you use your refrigerator correctly, here are
some useful hints:
•
Raw meat
(beef, pork, lamb & poultry): wrap in
polythene bags and place on top of the salad
compartment, this being the coldest spot in the
refrigerator.
Meat can only be stored safely in
this way for one or two days at the most.
•
Cooked food, cold cuts, jelly, etc.:
these should
be well covered and can be stored on any of the
glass shelves.
•
Fruit & vegetables:
these should be thoroughly
cleaned and placed in the bottom drawer/s.
•
Butter & cheese:
these should be placed in
special airtight containers or wrapped in aluminium
foil or polythene bags to keep out as much air as
possible.
•
Milk bottles:
these should have a top and should
be stored in the bottle rack on the door.
Bananas, potatoes, onions and garlic, if not
packed, must not be kept in the refrigerator.
Hints
Freezing of fresh food and storage of frozen food
• Prepare food in small portions to enable it to be
rapidly and completely frozen and to make it
possible subsequently to thaw only the quantity
required.
• Wrap up the food in aluminium foil or polythene
and make sure that the packages are airtight.
• Do not allow fresh, unfrozen food to touch food
which is already frozen, thus avoiding a rise in
temperature of the latter.
• Do not touch frozen food with wet hands. Your
hands could stick to the food and cause skin
abrasions.
• It is advisable to show the freezing-in date on each
individual pack to enable you to keep tab of the
storage time.
• Be sure that frozen foodstuffs are transferred from
the foodstore to the freezer in the shortest possible
time.
•
Do not put carbonated liquids (fizzy drinks,
etc.) in the freezing compartment as they may
burst.
• Once defrosted, food deteriorates rapidly and
cannot be refrozen.
