What To Do If - Smeg FA8005L Manual

5.4 What to do if...

The appliance does not work:
• Make sure that the appliance is
plugged in and that the main switch
is turned on.
The compressor starts to function too
often or functions continuously:
• The room temperature is too high.
• The door is being opened too often
or for too long.
• The door is not closing/sealing
properly.
• The freezer is loaded with too many
fresh foods.
• Check that sufficient air can circulate
around the sensor on the right-hand
side of the refrigerator compartment.
• Check that the back of the freezer
is properly ventilated and that the
condenser is not too dirty.
Excessive ice or condensation has
built up inside the refrigerator com-
partment:
• The door is being opened too often
or for too long.
• Hot foods have been placed inside
the refrigerator compartment.
• The foodstuffs or containers are in
contact with the rear wall.
• The door seal is damaged or dirty.
Clean or replace it.
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Cleaning and maintenance Instructions
The refrigerator compartment is not
sufficiently cold:
• The thermostat is set at too high a
temperature.
• The door is being opened too often
or for too long.
• The door is not closing/sealing
properly.
• The room temperature is too high.
The temperature inside the refrigera-
tor compartment is too cold and the
foodstuffs are freezing:
• The thermostat is set at too low a
temperature.
• Food not contained in suitable con-
tainers or bags.
• Fruit and vegetables might be too
wet.
• Foodstuffs placed against the rear
wall of the refrigerator compartment.
Temperature inside freezer compart-
ment not low enough to freeze foods
properly:
• The thermostat is set at too high a
temperature.
• The door is being opened too often
or for too long.
• The door is not closing/sealing
properly.
• The door seal is damaged or dirty.
Clean or replace it.
• The food to be frozen contains large
quantities of sugar.