Tips On Storing Freezing Food; Energy Saving Tips - Haier HRF-800DGS8 Mode D'emploi

4. Energy Saving Tips

Tips on Storing Freezing Food

• As with storing fresh foods, suitable packaging, correct
temperature and food hygiene will enhance the quality of
the food you are freezing.
• Make sure that all foods for freezing are of a high quality,
and suitable for freezing.
• Use packaging material that is odourless and air proof
(such as plastic bags) to store food in so different foods
can be mixed without affecting the quality.
Make sure that it is airtight. Leaking packaging will dehy-
drate the products and lead to loss of beneficial vitamins.
• Keep the surface of the packaging dry – this keeps the
packs from freezing together.
• Mark packages with the kind of food contained and the
date of storage.
• Food needs to be frozen quickly, so it is best to freeze
small portions whenever possible and ensure that they
are as cold as possible before storage. The recommend-
ed maximum weight for each portion is 2.5 kg.
• Keep food which is fresh away from food which is al-
ready frozen, if you need to freeze fresh food every day,
make sure that it is in small portions to prevent this.
• Do not exceed the maximum load for freezing – which is
given as 16 kg / 24-hours (see data badge for details).
• When frozen for several days in a row, approximately
2/3 of the maximum frozen unit should be taken into the
appliance.
• Take food from the freezer to defrost when needed.
Defrosted food cannot be refrozen unless it is cooked.
• Beverages with high alcohol content should be stored
vertically in tightly sealed bottles.
• Set a timer that will remind you to remove bottles/cans
without high alcohol content stored in the bottle holders
in order to avoid bursting.
When storing commercially frozen foods, please follow
these guidelines:
• Always follow manufacturers' guidelines for the length
of time you should store food for. Do not exceed these
guidelines!
• Try to keep the length of time between purchase and
storage as short as possible to preserve food quality.
• Buy frozen foods, which have been stored at a tempera-
ture of –18 °C or below.
• Avoid buying food which has ice or frost on the packag-
ing – This indicates that the products might have been
partially defrosted and refrozen at some point – tempera-
ture rises affect the quality of food.
Energy Saving Tips
• The appliance should be installed in a cool and well
ventilated room, keep it away from heat, and avoid direct
exposure to sunlight as much as possible.
• Leave as much gap or space around the appliance as
practical to ensure good ventilation.
• Avoid unnecessarily low temperature in the appliance.
The energy consumption increases the lower the tem-
perature in the appliance is set.
• Open the appliance door as little and as briefly as pos-
sible.
• Cool hot foods or drinks first and then put them in the ap-
pliance.
• Avoid air within the food packaging.
• The foods that need to be thawed should be place first
into the refrigerator compartment (or My zone), so you
can use the lower temperature of the frozen food to cool
the food in the refrigerating chamber (or My zone).
• Do not overfill the appliance to avoid obstructing the air
flow.
• Programs like "Super Cool" or "Super Freeze" consume
more energy.
• Keep door seals clean so that the door always closes
correctly.
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