WHIRLPOOL ART 686/3/IX/GB
Manual de Usuario

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VACATION
Short vacation There is no need to disconnect the refrigerator from the power supply if you will be away for less than three weeks. Use up perishable food, freeze other food. If your appliance has an automatic ice maker: 1.Turn it off. 2.Shut off the water supply to the ice maker. 3.Empty the ice bin. Long vacation Remove all the food if you are going away for three weeks or more. If your appliance has an automatic ice maker, turn off the water supply to the ice maker at least a day before. When the last batch of ice cubes drops, turn off the ice maker. Unplug the refrigerator and clean it, rinse and dry. Fix some wooden or plastic wedges to the upper part of both doors with adhesive tape and leave the doors open enough for air to circulate inside both compartments. This will prevent odour and mould from setting in. Moving � Take out all removable parts, wrap them well, and fix them together with adhesive tape so that they will not come loose or shake. � Tighten the front levelling screws. � Close and fix both doors with adhesive tape and, again using adhesive tape, fix the power cable to the appliance. Power failure In case of power failure, call the local office of your Electricity Company and ask how long it is going to last. 1.Should the power failure last 24 hours or less, keep both doors of the appliance closed. This will allow the stored food to stay cold as long as possible. 2.Should the power failure last more than 24 hours, remove all frozen food and put it in a freezer with a key lock. If this type of freezer is not available and, likewise, no artificial ice packs are available, try to use up the food which is more easily perishable. 3.Bear in mind that a full freezer compartment will stay cold longer than a partially filled one. Furthermore, a freezer full of frozen meat will stay cold longer than a freezer filled with pre-cooked food. If the food still shows ice crystals, it is possible to refreeze it without running any risk; however, it will probably change taste and flavour. If the condition of the food is definitely poor and you feel like you would be running a risk by refreezing it, you must throw it away.

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