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Care and Cleaning Of Your Refrigerator (Cont.)
Odor removal
a. Disconnect
electrical
power plug.
b. Remove
all food.
e. Thoroughly
wash inside
of unit, including
all
shelves,
drawers,
accessories
and gaskets,
with a
mb_ure
of 4 tablespoons
of baking
soda dissolved
in a quart
of warm
water.
Pay special
attention
to
any corners,
crevices
or grooves
into which odor-
causing
liqulds
may have seeped.
d. Dry thoroughly.
e. Return
foodto
refrigerator;
washing
off all
bottles,
jars and containers
before
placing
them
into refrigerator
and freezer.
f. Plug in refrigerator.
Wait 24 hours before
checking
to see if odor has been eliminated.
If
odor is still present,
please
call the Amana
Consumer
Information
Line toll free
(1-800-843-0304)
for additional
cleaning
methods.
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a. Clean refrigerator
and freezer
gaskets
at least
twice
a year with a mild detergent
diluted
in
water.
b. Do not clean with cleaners
which contain
ammonia
or chlorine
bleach.
c. Rinse
and dry.
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d. _Apply a light film of petroleum
je y to gaskets
to
help keep them soft and pliable.
Mechanical
Condenser coil
It is important
to clean condenser coil of an_y
refrigerator
every three months. Dust and lint will:
• reduce cooling performance.
• cause refrigerator
to waste energy.
• shorten life of the compressor and other
components.
a. Grasp toe grille at each end. Pull forward to
remove. Seepage
5 for location of coil.
b. Use a long h_dIed
bottle
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brush and a vacuum
cleaner hose nozzle to remove dust and lint from
condenser coil at bottom of refrigerator.
A special
brush can be purchased from your Amana dealer
-- part no. R1930-4.
c. Snap toe grille into place.
d. Additional cleaning may be done if refrigerator
is pulled away from wall. Run a vacuum-brush
across condenser fan outlet grille on lower back
of refrigerator.
Light bulb
You will need a 40 watt
appliance
bulb such as:
Amana
#A02222_3
GE or Westinghouse
#40A15/1
Sylvania #40A15
These
can usually
be purchased
from your
appliance
dealer
or a hardware
store.
_CAUTION:
TO AVOID ELECTRICAL SHOCK: Unplug
power cord or open household circuit breaker
to refrigerator
before replacing a burned out
light bulb or before cleaning. After cleaning or
changing light bulb, reconnect power.
a. Disconnect
power to unit.
b. Allow bulb to cool if hot.
c. Wear gloves to protect
your hand should the bulb
break.
d. Unscrew
screw
at back center
of light cover and
pull light cover straight
down. (There
are small
supports
one each side to hold cover in place that
need to release.)
See Figure
40.
Figure 40
Figure 41
e. Unscrew light bulb by rotating bulb
counterclockwise.
f. Screw the new bulb in place, rotating bulb
clockwise.
g. Snap light cover back in place and return screw
back to center back of light cover. See Figure 41.
h. Plug in refrigerator.
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