Hotpoint CSX24X Use And Care Manual page 20

The Problem Solver
PROBLEM
OPERATING SOUNDS
FRESH FOOD
OR FREEZER
COMPARTMENT
TEMPERATURE
TOO WARM
FOODS DRY OUT
FROST OR lCE
CRYSTALS ON
FROZEN FOOD
SLOW ICE CUBE
FREEZING
ICE CUBES HAVE
ODOR/TASTE
ICEMAKER
DOES NOT WORK
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POSSIBLE CAUSk; AND RK;hlElj}'
large freezer compartment may produce higher sound levels than your old refrigerator.
Normal fan air flow-one fan blows cold air through the refrigerator and freezer
compartments, another fan cools the compressor motor.
These NORMAL sounds will also bc heard from time [o time:
Defrost water dripping into drain pan.
Temperature control clicks ON or OFF.
Refrigerant boihng or gurgling.
Cracking or popping of cooling coils caused by expansion and contraction during
defrost and refrigeration following defrost.
With automatic iccmaker, the sound of cubes dropping into the bin and water
running in pipes as icemaker refills.
Temperature control not set cold enough. Refkr to TEMPERATURE CONTROLS
on page 5.
Warm weather—frequent door openings.
. Door left open for too long t inlc.
Package may be holding door open.
. Door may have been left ajar or package holding door open.
. Too frequent and too long door openings.
. Door may have been left ajar.
. Turn temperature of freezer compartment colder.
Old cubes need to be discarded.
. Ice storage bin needs to be cmptied or washed.
. Unsealed packages in refrigerator and/or Ircezer compartments may be transmitting
odor/taste to ice cubes.
Interior of refrigerator needs cleaning-refer to page 17.
Poor-tasting incoming water. Install water filter—see page 12.
. Icemaker feeler arm in OFF (up) position.
Water supply turned off or not connected.
Freezer compartment too warm.
be clogged.
Sometimes cubes fuse to the side oj' the ice mold and holcl the feeler arm in the OFF
(up) position. Remove this ice to restart ?he iccmakcr.
. When reaching for cubes by hand, y~)u may have pl.lshcd the feeler arm into the OFF
(up) position by mistake.
. Piled up cubes in storage bin may cause icemaker lo shut off prematurely. With
icemaker feeler arm in OFF (up) position, level cubes in bin by hand.
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