Troubleshooting Guide - Ariston MTZ 521 NF (T) Installation Instructions Manual

3. Troubleshooting Guide

Before calling for service, check the followings.
Foods freeze in the fresh food compartment
Has the temperature been on "3" continuously?
Is the temperature near refrigerator less than 5˚C?
Was moist foods such as vegetables placed just in front of the cold air duct?
Refrigerator never get cold.
Is there no power failure?
Is the mains play firmly secure.
Refrigerator does not get cold enough.
Has the temperature been on "1" continuously? Set the temperature to "2".
Has too hot food put in? Check food storage state.
Is the inside filled with too much food?
Is either door open or did you open and shut the doors too often?
Is there a gas range or a stove near the refrigerator? Is it in direct sun-light? Check the installation place.
Refrigerator is noisy.
Is the floor firm and level or the refrigerator levelled well ?
Is the back of refrigerator touching the wall ?
Water is flowing out when
Moisture collects inside.
moving the refrigerator.
Check if either door is open. Have you dried and emptied the
evaporator dish?
Did you leave the doors open too
long or is moist food put with its lid
off ?
Moisture disappears naturally if
doors are closed, but it's better to
wipe it off with dry cloth.
Check!
Something smells.
Air ducts blocked with foods ?
Is strong odoring food stored
unwrapped ? Check the food storage
state.
* The vegetable cases are closed, so
deodorazing is almost impossible.
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Refrigerator Is Not Wrong or Out of Order In These Cases...
• Moisture can be formed during the rainy season or through continuous
Moisture is forming on
hot and humid days.
cabinet surface !
Wipe out the surface with dry cloth.
It sounds water-flowing
• The sound can be heard when the compressor stops.
in the refrigerator.
When refrigerant to cools down, the system can make such a sound.
Doors are not
• Such case happens when you open the door right after closing it.
Do not try to force the doors to open; wait about 30 seconds or so.
opened easily.
• Front part of cabinet may feel warm because of the hot-pipe to prevent
Front feels warm.
the forming of moisture.
Cracking sound comes
• When the parts inside shrink and expand due to temperature change,
out of the inside. such sound can be heard.
• When you shut the fresh food compartment door quickly, the freezer
Freezer compartment door compartment door is opened and shut slightly of itself. That's because
is opened and shut slightly. of the condensed air in the fresh food compartment run to the freezer
compartment by closing the door.
• When the surroundings are hot and humid, if you open and shut the
doors frequently. When you store watery food unwrapped, frost may
Frost forms inside the fresh
also form. It is all because of the moisture in the air being trapped
food compartment
inside.
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