Hotpoint CSX27C Use And Care Manual page 21

PROBLEM
OPERATING SOUNDS
FRESH FOOD
OR FREEZER
COMPARTMENT
TEMPERATURE
TOO WARM
POSSIBLE CAUSE AND REMEDY
• The high speed compressor motor required to maintain near zero temperatures in the
large freezer compartment nray produce higher sound levels than your old refrigerator.
,,Normal fan airflow-one fan blows cold air through the refi'igerator and freezer
compartments, another lhn cools the compressor motor.
• These NORMAL sounds will also be heard front tint* to time:
• Defrost timer switch clicks at defrost.
• Defrost water dripping.
• Temperature control clicks ON or OFF.
• Refrigerant boiling or gurgling.
• Cracking or popping of cooling coils caused by expansion and contraction during
defrost and refi'igeration following defrost.
• With automatic icemaker, the sound of cubes dropping into the bin and water
running in pipes as icemaker refills.
• Temperature control not set cold enough• Refer to TEMPERATURE CONTROLS
on page 5.
• Warm weather frequent door openings.
• Door left open for too long time.
• Package may be holding door open.
FOODS DRY OUT ,mFoods not covered, wrapped or sealed properly.
FROST OR ICE . Door may have been left ajar or package holding door open.
CRYSTALS ON
FROZEN FOOD •Too frequent and too long door openings.
• Frost within package is normal.
SLOW ICE CUBE . Door may have been left ajar.
FREEZING
• Turn temperature of freezer compartment colder.
ICE CUBES HAVE
ODOR/TASTE
_AUTOMATIC
ICEMAKER
DOES NOT WORK
• Old cubes need to be discarded•
• Ice storage bin needs to be enrptied or washed.
• Unsealed packages in refrigerator andor freezer compartments may be transmitting
odor/taste to ice cubes.
* Interior of refrigerator needs cleaning refer to page 18.
• Poor-tasting incoming water. Install a water filter-see page 13.
• Icemaker feeler arnr in OFF (up) position•
• Water supply turned offor not cmmected.
• Freezer compartment too warm.
• Cubes too smal_water shutoff valve colmecting refrigerator to home water line may
be clogged.
• Sometimes cubes fuse to the side of the ice mold and hold the feeler arm in the OFF
(up) position. Renrove this ice to restart the icemaker.
,,When reaching for cubes by hand, you may have pushed the feeler ann into the OFF
(up) position by mistake.
• Piled up cubes in storage bin may cause icemaker to shut off prematurely. With
icemaker feeler arm in OFF (up) position, level cubes in bin by hand.
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