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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 bucket.
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 and as
soon as the last batch of ice
cubes is produced, turn off
the ice maker AND EMPTY
THE ICE BUCKET. 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
do not bang together or
get lost.
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 the event of a power
failure, call the local office of
your Electricity Company and
ask how long it is going to
last.
1.
In the event of a power
cut for maximum 24
hours,
both doors of the
appliance must be kept
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 portable
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.
Empty the ice bucket.
Furthermore, a freezer
full of frozen meat will
stay cold longer than a
freezer filled with pre-
cooked food.
If ice crystals are still
visible on the food, it may
be frozen again without
running any risk,
although flavour and
aroma are likely to be
affected. If the condition
of the food has
deteriorated to the point
that refreezing it may be
it risky, throw it away.
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