Defrosting The Freezer Section; The Freezer Compartment - Baumatic BR180SS Instruction Manual

Defrosting the
The frost in the freezer section should be removed periodically. You
can use a plastic scraper to keep down the amount of frost that builds.
IMPORTANT: The freezer section should be defrosted at least twice a
year. The number of times that you need to defrost it, will depend on
the setting of your thermostat and how much food you freeze and
store in the compartment.
o The day before you defrost, turn the thermostat dial to position
<5>, this will make sure that the food contained in the
compartment is frozen properly.
o Whilst defrosting the appliance, the food should be removed
from the compartment and wrapped in several layers of paper
and stored in a cool place. The foods rise in temperature will
shorten its storage life and therefore the food should be used
within a relatively short period of time.
o DO NOT PLACE FOOD BACK IN THE FREEZER SECTION
THAT HAS STARTED TO THAW.
o Set the thermostat knob to position <0> and disconnect the
appliance from your mains supply.
o Remove the drawers from the freezer section and leave the door
to the freezer compartment open. You can place a bowl of warm
water inside the freezer compartment to speed up the defrost
process.
o You can use a sponge to mop up the defrost water that will run
into the bottom of the freezer section.
o IMPORTANT: You should place some old towels on the flooring
that is immediately in front of the appliance. In case any defrost
water comes out of the freezer section and onto the floor.
o Once all the ice that has built up has melted, then the inside of
the freezer section should be dried thoroughly. Failure to do this
will result in immediate ice build when the appliance is turned
back on.
o With dry hands, reconnect your appliance to your mains supply.
Set the thermostat knob to position <5> for a 24 hour period,
before returning it to the normal setting of <3>.
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