Cleaning and maintenance
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6. To accelerate defrosting, place a bowl of
hot, but not boiling, water in the freezer.
7. Place a bowl under the defrost water
drain (11) to catch escaping defrost water.
8. Unscrew the cap from the defrost water
drain anti-clockwise.
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9. Leave the lid open during defrosting. The
defrosting time depends on the thickness
of the ice layer. Experience shows that
you can start to clean the chest freezer
after approximately one hour.
10. Carefully scrape off any stubborn ice
with the plastic scraper (3).
11. Wipe the interior with warm rinsing wa-
ter.
12. Clean the chest freezer (see figure
„Check and clean the cover seals“ on
page GB-16).
13. After cleaning, thoroughly rub everything
dry, including the door. Ventilate
everything for a short time.
14. Screw the cap back into the defrost wa-
ter drain at the base of the chest freezer.
15. Close the defrost water drain with the
cap.
16. Plug the mains plug back into the socket
and turn the thermostat control to “6”.
17. Once a temperature of -18° C is
reached, you can re-pack your frozen
food. Set the thermostat control to the
desired cooling capacity.
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