Preparing For Vacation; Cleaning & Maintenance; Defrosting - Haier HFZ-113 Mode D'emploi

8. Making ice cubes, ice cream
and water ice
Making ice cubes:
Add water to ice tray to 3/4 of its volume, place it at the
bottom area of the freezer. When ice cubes are ready,
flush t he i ce tray with running water, then, you can
easily take out the ice cubes.
Making ice cream:
Remove separators of the ice t ray. Please note t he
creamier your ice cream is, the longer it will take to
make i t. When ice cream is ready, flush the ice tray
with running water, then, you can easily take out the ice
cream.

9. Preparing for Vacation

For long vacation or absence, unplug the refrigerator and
clean the refrigerator as described in "C leaning and
Maintenance". Leave the doors open to prevent formation
of mildew or odor.
10. Cleaning and Maintenance
Unplug or disconnect the appliance before cleaning.
Keep the outside clean. Use furniture polisher or finishing
conditioner to clean the outside regularly (do not use
these cleaners to clean the inside). Wipe the door
gasket with a cloth lightly dampened with lukewarm water.
No detergent is allowed. Never use oil or gr ease to clean
the door gasket.
Clean the inside regularly.
Clean the refrigerator compartment on a monthly basis
and clean the freezer compartment after a defrost
cycle.
Take out foods from refrigerator and
compartments and kept these foods in a cool place.
Remove all detachable parts.
Interior parts are not suitable to be washed in a
dishwasher. Wash them manually using lukewarm
water and some dish detergent. Do not use
concentrated de tergent, abrasive agents
chemicals such as acids. Mild dish detergent is
recommended.
Steam cleaners are dangerous and strictly prohibited.
Wash the inner compartment w ith lukewarm clean water
and dry with a soft cloth. It is absolutely dry after waiting
for 3-4 minutes.
Do not
refrigerator. It coul d be needed for a fter-sales service or
relevant processes.
Make sure wat er do esn't get into electric parts in the
refrigerator.
If a heat exchanger, i .e. condenser, is mounted on the
back of refrigerator, dust and lint should be removed
regularly to enable e fficient heat dissipation and avoid
excessive power consumption. Use a soft brush or a
duster to clean the outside of heat exchanger.
The defrost water drains away through the gutter. The
drain hole should be cleaned regularly by us e o f a swab
or similar instrument.

11. Defrosting

Freezer compartment (if applicable)
The fre ezer compartment, intended f or sto rage of fr ozen
food, doesn't have automatic defrosting.
The freezer compartment s hould be de frosted regularly.
Defrost the freezer compartment whenever the thickness
of ice layer reaches 5mm.
Unplug t he re frigerator b efore de frosting. Take o ut foods
from the freezer com partment and kept these foods i n a
cool pl ace. Use an ice scraper to remove the ice. To
speed up t he process, place a bow l of hot w ater i n th e
freezer compartment. Clean and reload the freezer
compartment after defrosting.
POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD!
Do not use electrical devices such as hair dryer,
electrical fan, steam cleaner, defrost spray or open
fire
compartment.
The plastic parts of inner comp artment may get
melted and any spark or open fire may cause fire in
presence of explosive gas.
freezer
Never use a steam cleaner to defrost the freezer
compartment – danger of electric shock!)
Cautions!
Take out the d rawer, and wr ap up the frozen foods wi th
newspaper or blanket.
and
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destroy or remove the rating plate of the
(such as candle) to
Keep these foods in a cool place before the defrosting
process is finished.
Keep the door of freezer compartment open.
defrost the freezer