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electrolux
MAINTENANCE
Unplug tthe aappliance bbefore
carrying oout aany mmaintenance
operation.
Warning
This appliance contains hydrocarbons in
its cooling unit; maintenance and
recharging must therefore only be carried
out by authorized technicians.
Periodic cleaning
Many pproprietary kkitchen ssurface
cleaners ccontain cchemicals tthat ccan
attack/damage tthe pplastics uused iin
this aappliance. FFor tthis rreason iit iis
recommended tthat tthe oouter ccasing oof
this aappliance iis oonly ccleaned wwith
warm wwater wwith aa llittle wwashing-uup
liquid aadded.
Clean the inside with warm water and
bicarbonate of soda.
Rinse and dry thoroughly.
Clean the condenser (black grill) and
the compressor at the back of the
appliance with a brush or a vacuum
cleaner. This operation will improve the
performance of the appliance and
save electricity consumption.
Defrosting
Frost is automatically eliminated from
the evaporator of the refrigerator
compartment every time the motor
compressor stops, during normal use.
The defrost water drains out through a
trough into a special container at the
back of the appliance, over the motor
compressor, where it evaporates.
It iis iimportant tto pperiodically cclean tthe
defrost wwater ddrain hhole iin tthe mmiddle
of tthe rrefrigerator ccompartment
channel tto pprevent tthe wwater
overflowing aand ddripping oonto tthe ffood
inside. UUse tthe sspecial ccleaner
provided, wwhich yyou wwill ffind aalready
inserted iinto tthe ddrain hhole.
Freezer
Your appliance is frost free, which
means there is no need to manually
defrost your appliance as this will be
carried out automatically.
