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Operating Your Refrigerator
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Set the
temperature controls
FREEZER
C
INITIAL
SETTING
E
COLDEST
'N'T'AL
'ETT'NG
5
FRESH FOOD
COLDEST
9
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TEMPERATURE CONTROLS
I
Your refrigerator
has two controls
that let you regulate the tempera-
ture in the fresh food and freezer
compartments.
INITIALLY, set the FRESH FOOD
control at 5 and the FREEZER
e
control at C.
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For colder or warmer temperatures,
adjust the desired compartment
con-
trol one letter or number at a time.
IMPORTANT
When initially setting the controls or
when adjusting them, allow 24 hours
for the temperatures
to stabilize, or
even out.
Note: Turning the fresh food control
to "OFF
turns off BOTH compart-
ments—fresh food AND freezer.
If
you turn your
household
thermostat below
60°F.
at
night
...
you may want to turn the lettered
control one step colder, as from "C)'
to "D." Cooler temperatures
in the
house may cause the freezer con-
trols to operate less frequently,
thus allowing the freezer compart-
ment to warm somewhat. To protect
your frozen food supply, leave your
lettered setting at this colder setting
for the entire winter or for whatever
period of time you are turning down
your thermostat.
This is especially
important
when the thermostat
is
turned down for an extended period.
This change should have no
effect on your f resh food section.
However,
if freezing occurs, turn
the numbered
control one step
How to test temperatures
. .
warmer, as from "5" to "4."
Use the milk test for the fresh food
When you stop turning the thermo-
compartment.
Place a container
of
stat down, turn temperature
controls
'milk on the top shelf in the fresh food
back to their regular settings.
compartment.
Check it a day later.
If the milk is too warm or too cold,
adjust the temperature
controls.
Use the ice cream test for the
freezer compartment. Place a con-
tainer of ice cream in the center of
the freezer compartment.
Check it
after a day. If it's too hard or too soft,
adjust the temperature
controls.
~dways
allow 24 hours for the refrig-
erator to reach the temperature
you set.
Automatic
Energy Saver
System
You won't find an "energy
saver"
switch on this refrigerator.
Warm liquid from the refrigerator's
condenser
is automatically
circulated
around the front edge of the freezer
compartment
to help keep moisture
from forming on the outside of the
refrigerator
during humid weat~r.
Many refrigerators
use special.
'
electric
heaters. This refrigerator
needs none. That's why there is no
"energy saver" switch . . .there's no
need for it.
No defrosting
It is not necessaty
to defrost the
freezer or fresh food compartments.
Your refrigerator
is designed
and
equipped
to defrost itself
automatically.
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