IKEA LAGAN FC223/92 Manual page 10

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• regularly check the door seals and wipe
clean to ensure they are clean and free from
debris.
• rinse and dry thoroughly.
Important! Do not pull, move or damage any
pipes and/or cables inside the cabinet.
Never use detergents, abrasive powders,
highly perfumed cleaning products or wax pol-
ishes to clean the interior as this will damage
the surface and leave a strong odour.
Clean the condenser (black grill) and the com-
pressor 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.
Important! Take care of not to damage the
cooling system.
Many proprietary kitchen surface cleaners
contain chemicals that can attack/damage the
plastics used in this appliance. For this reason
it is recommended that the outer casing of this
appliance is only cleaned with warm water
with a little washing-up liquid added.
After cleaning, reconnect the equipment to the
mains supply.
Defrosting of the refrigerator
Frost is automatically
eliminated from the
evaporator of the re-
frigerator compart-
ment 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 is important to periodically clean the defrost
water drain hole in the middle of the refriger-
ator compartment channel to prevent the wa-
ter overflowing and dripping onto the food in-
side. Use the special cleaner provided, which
you will find already inserted into the drain
hole.
Defrosting the freezer
A certain amount of frost will always form on
the freezer shelves and around the top com-
partment.
Important! Defrost the freezer when the frost
layer reaches a thickness of about 3-5 mm.
To remove the frost, do these steps:
1. Switch off the appliance.
2. Remove any stored food, wrap it in several
layers of newspaper and put it in a cool
place.
3. Remove the freezer drawers.
4. Defrosting can be accelerated by placing
bowls with hot water (not boiling) inside the
freezer.
5. Loosen the
drainage chan-
nel from its rest-
ing position at
the bottom of
the appliance,
push it in ac-
cording to the
illustration and
put a bowl un-
der the outlet where you can collect the
water.
6. Carefully scrape off the ice when it starts to
thaw. Use the provided plastic scraper.
7. When all the ice has melted, clean and
wipe the cabinet dry, then put the drainage
channel back in place.
8. Switch on the appliance.
9. Reload the previously removed food into
the compartments.
Important! Let the appliance run on the
highest settings for some hours so that it can
reach the sufficient storing temperature as
soon as possible.
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