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5. Cleaning and Maintenance
Before realizing any maintenance
operation, including the ones
described in this guide, turn the
refrigerator off of the electric power
removing the plug of the socket.
Never clean your refrigerator with
flammable fluids, such as alcohol, kerosene, gasoline,
tinner, varsol, solvents or other abrasive chemical pro-
ducts such as chlorine, detergents, acids or vinegar,
so you do not damage the surface.
After cleaning it, replace the accessories supplied
with the refrigerator (drawers, shelves, etc.) in their
adequate places, inside the refrigerator.
If any food is poured inside the refrigerator, clean it
immediately. Most of the food can damage, spot or
leave the internal surfaces of the refrigerator with an
unpleasant smell, if they stay for a long time in contact.
Never use metallic spatulas, brushes, abrasive or
alkaline products to clean the plastic surfaces inside
your refrigerator.
Before you start cleaning the refrigerator, remember
that humid objects can easily adhere to extremely cold
surfaces. Thus, do not touch the cold surfaces with
cloths, sponges or even with humid hands.
Internal Part
Clean the inside of the refrigerator and the ac-
cessories with a warm water solution and sodium
bicarbonate (a soup spoon of bicarbonate for each
liter of water). Carefully dry it.
ATTENTION
The plastic parts cannot be washed with
hot water.
Cleaning of the Water Collector
Your refrigerator has a water
collector located in the back
part, near the compressor (engi-
ne). The function of the collector
is to store the water from the
automatic defrost that evaporates through the
heat generated in that region.
The cleaning of the collector is not necessary
for the functioning of the refrigerator. If you want
to clean it, turn the refrigerator off of the electric
Power, removing the plug of the socket and use
a wet cloth.
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WARNING
Do not remove the collector when cleaning
it, and do not displace the tubes located
inside this colector. Do not throw water
directly inside or outside the refrigerator.
External part
In order to easily clean the exter-
nal part of your refrigerator, use
a humid cloth in a warm water
solution with neutral soap and
then dry it carefully.
(Only for the DW51X model)
The doors have a special protector varnish, which
avoid fingerprints and marks.
Use a dry flannel or dip it in warm water with mild
soap and then dry it carefully.
ATTENTION
As the special varnish is applied in your
product to ease the cleaning, do not use
abrasive sponges, steel, brushes, or even
products that are special to clean stain-
less steel, pastes, sapolio and products
with inflammable fluids, such as alcohol,
kerosene, gas, varsol, solvents, automotive
waxes, polishers or other abrasive chemical
products such as chlorine, detergents, acids
or vinegars. The use of such products may
damage the polish protection and, conse-
quently, result in irreversible scratches and/
or marks on the surface of your refrigerator.
We recommend you to activate the LOCKED
ELECTRONIC PANEL function when execut-
ing the cleaning of the Control Panel to avoid
accidentally activating some function.
ATTENTION
The doors rubbers are attached and
removable.
Door Rubber Seal
The sealing rubbers of the doors may be cleaned
carefully with a wet cloth, avoiding damaging
them.
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