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The appliance and environment
This appliance does not contain gasses which could dam-
age the ozone layer, in either its refrigerant circuit or insu-
lation materials. The appliance shall not be discarded
together with the urban refuse and rubbish. Avoid damag-
ing the cooling unit, especially at the rear near the heat
exchanger. Information on your local disposal sites may be
obtained from your municipal authorities.
The materials used on this appliance marked with the sym-
pol are
recyclable.
Maintenance
Defrosting
Bleeding part of the moisture of cooling chambers in form
of frost and ice goes with the operation of the appliance.
Thick frost and ice has an insulating effect, so it reduces
cooling efficiency as the temperature increases in the cool-
ing chambers and they need more energy.
At this type of appliance defrosting the cooling plate of
the refrigerator is automatic without any external inter-
vention. The thermostatic control interrupts the operation
of compressor at regular intervals for more or less time -
during this cooling is interrupted - the temperature of the
cooling plate goes above 0 °C due to interior heating load
of the compartment, so defrosting occurs. When the sur-
face temperature of the cooling plate has r3 - +4
°C the thermostatic control restarts operation of the sys-
tem.
Melting water flows through defrost water outlet leaded
through the back into the evaporative tray maintained on
the top of compressor and evaporates due to its warmth.
Check and clean the outlet of melting water com-
ing during defrosting regularly
- a label inside the appliance warns you for this. If it is
clogged the melting water gathered can cause earlier
failure as it can go to the insulating of the appliance.
Clean the melting water outlet with the supplied pipe
scraper that can be seen in the figure. The pipe scraper has
to be stored in the outlet.
The most typical case of clogging up in the melting water
outlet when you put food wrapped in some paper into the
appliance and this paper contacts back plate of the refrig-
erator and freezes to it. If you remove the food right at this
moment the paper will tear and it can cause clogging up in
the outlet by getting into it.
So you are asked to be careful - because of the
above - when placing foods wrapped in paper into the
appliance.
In case of increased demand e.g. during heatwaves,
the refrigerator temporarily happens to operate con-
stantly. During this the automatic defrosting is ineffective.
Remaining small ice and frost stains on back plate of the
refrigerator after defrosting period is not abnormal.
The freezer can not be equipped with automatic defrosting
set since the deep-frozen and frozen foods do not endure
melting temperature.
Provided it is not too thick, the layer of frost and ice can be
scraped off and removed using a plastic scraper.
When ice coating is so thick that it cannot be removed with
the plastic scraper, the cooling plate has to be defrosted.
Frequency of defrosting depends on usage (generally 2-3
times a year).
Take the frozen foods out of the appliance, and put them
into a basket lined with paper or cloth. Store them in a pos-
sibly cool place or replace them into another refrigerator.
Pull out the mains plug from the mains socket, so both
parts of the appliance are out of operation.
Open the doors of both parts of the appliance and clean the
refrigerator according to 'Regular cleaning'. Maintain and
clean the freezer as following:
Sweep the melting water with a cloth or sponge off the
cooling plate. The melting water swept down gathers in the
bottom of the appliance and can be removed with a hygro-
scopic cloth or a sponge.
Wipe the surfaces after defrosting.
Put the mains plug into the mains socket and put foods
taken out back to their places.
It is recommended to operate the appliance at the highest
position of the thermostatic control for some hours so that
it can reach the sufficient storing temperature as soon as
possible.
