Care And Cleaning - IKEA KOLDGRADER Manual

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• Always use closed containers for liquids
and for food, to avoid flavours or odours
in the compartment.
• To avoid the cross-contamination
between cooked and raw food, cover the
cooked food and separate it from the raw
one.
• It is recommended to defrost the food
inside the fridge.
• Do not insert hot food inside the
appliance. Make sure it has cooled down
at room temperature before inserting it.
• To prevent food waste the new stock of
food should always be placed behind the
old one.
Hints for food refrigeration
• Fresh food compartment is the one
marked (on the rating plate) with
• Meat (all types): wrap in a suitable
packaging and place it on the glass shelf
above the vegetable drawer. Store meat
for at most 1-2 days.

Care and cleaning

Warning! Refer to Safety
chapters.
Periodic cleaning
Empty the appliance before
cleaning.
The equipment has to be cleaned regularly:
1. Clean the inside and accessories with
lukewarm water and some neutral soap.
2. Regularly check the door seals and wipe
them clean to ensure they are clean and
free from debris.
3. Rinse and dry thoroughly.
• Fruit and vegetables: clean thoroughly
(eliminate the soil) and place in a special
drawer (vegetable drawer).
• It is advisable not to keep the exotic fruits
like bananas, mangos, papayas etc. in the
refrigerator.
• Vegetables like tomatoes, potatoes,
onions, and garlic should not be kept in
the refrigerator.
• Butter and cheese: place in an airtight
container or wrap in an aluminium foil or
a polythene bag to exclude as much air as
possible.
• Bottles: close them with a cap and place
them on the door bottle shelf, or (if
available) on the bottle rack.
• In order to accelerate cooling down of the
goods, it is advisable to turn on the fan.
The activation of Fan-cooling allows
.
greater homogenization of internal
temperatures.
• Always refer to the expiry date of the
products to know how long to keep them.
Defrosting of the refrigerator
Frost is automatically eliminated from the
evaporator of the refrigerator compartment
every time the motor compressor stops,
during normal use. The defrost water drains
out through a trough into a special container
at the back of the appliance, over the motor
compressor, where it evaporates.
It is important to periodically clean the
defrost water drain hole in the middle of the
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