Caring For Your Freezer; If Electricity Goes Off; Moving - Whirlpool EV11OCX Use And Care Manual

Caring For Your Freezer
If electricity goes off
1. Call the power company. Ask how long
power will be off.
2. Keep freezer closed if service will be
interrupted 24 hours or less. This will help
food stay frozen.
3. If service is to be interrupted longer than
24 hours, do this:
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Remove all frozen food and store in a frozen
food locker.
OR
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Wear gloves to protect your hands from
dry ice burns. Failure to do so could result
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Place 2 Ibs. (0.9 kg) of dry ice in freezer for
every cubic foot of freezer space. This will
keep foods frozen for 2 to 4 days.
OR
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If dry ice or a food locker is not available, use
or can perishable food at once.
NOTE: A full freezer stays colder longer than a
partly filled one. A freezer full of meats stays
colder longer than a freezer full of baked goods.
Food containing ice crystals may be safely
refrozen, but the quality and flavor of the food may
be affected.
Use refrozen food quickly. If the condition of the
food is poor, or you feel it is unsafe to eat, dispose
of it immediately.
Moving
If you have installed an automatic ice maker in
your freezer (EV150NX), shut off ice maker water
supply line a day ahead of time. Disconnect the
water line. After the last supply of ice drops,
lift the signal arm to turn off the ice maker. Make
sure all ice crescents are dispensed out of the
mechanism.
Remove all frozen food and pack it in dry ice.
Unplug the freezer and clean it thoroughly.
Take out all removable parts. Wrap parts well
and tape them together so they don't shift or rattle.
Tape the door shut and tape the electric cord to
the cabinet.
When you get to your new home, put everything
back and refer to pages 4 and 5. If you have an ice
maker, be sure to reconnect the water supply line.