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Refrigerator/User Manual
7
Maintenance and cleaning
Clean
i
ng your fr
i
dge at regular
i
nter-
vals w
i
ll extend the serv
i
ce l
i
fe of the
product.
B
WARNING:
Unplug the product before clean
i
ng
i
t.
•
Never use gasol
i
ne, benzene or
s
i
m
i
lar substances for clean
i
ng
purposes.
•
Never use any sharp and abras
i
ve
tools, soap, household cleaners,
detergent and wax pol
i
sh for
clean
i
ng.
•
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.
•
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
•
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.
•
Make sure that no water enters the
lamp hous
i
ng and other electr
i
cal
i
tems.
•
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.
•
Check regularly that the door gaskets
are clean. If not, clean them.
•
To remove door and body shelves,
remove all of
i
ts contents.
•
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.
•
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.
7.1 Avo
i
d
i
ng bad odours
•
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:
•
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.
•
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.
•
Never keep the food that have
passed best before dates and spo
i
led
i
n the refr
i
gerator.
7.2 Protect
i
ng the plas-
t
i
c surfaces
Do not put l
i
qu
i
d o
i
ls or o
i
l-cooked meals
i
n your refr
i
gerator
i
n unsealed conta
i
-
ners as they damage the plast
i
c surfaces
of the refr
i
gerator. If o
i
l
i
s sp
i
lled or sme-
ared onto the plast
i
c surfaces, clean and
r
i
nse the relevant part of the surface at
once w
i
th warm water.
