Maintenance; Defrosting - Electrolux ERB 9044 Instruction Book

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Maintenance

Defrosting

Bleeding part of the moisture of cooling chambers in form
of frost and ice goes with the operation of the appliance.
Thick frost and ice has an insulating effect, so it reduces
cooling efficiency as the temperature increases in the
cooling chambers, they need more energy.
At this type of appliance defrosting the cooling surface of
the refrigerator is automatic without any external
intervention.The thermostatic control interrupts the
operation of compressor at regular intervals for more or less
time - during this cooling is interrupted - the temperature of
the cooling surface goes above 0 °C due to interior heating
load of the compartment, so defrosting occurs. When the
surface temperature of the cooling surface has reached +3
- +4 °C the thermostatic control restarts operation of the
system.
Melting water flows through defrost water outlet leaded
through the back into the evaporator tray maintained on the
top of compressor and evaporates due to its warmth.
Check and clean the outlet of melting water
coming during defrosting regularly - a label
inside the appliance warns you for this. If it is clogged
the melting water gathered can cause earlier failure as
it can go to the insulating of the appliance.
Clean the melting water outlet with the supplied pipe
scraper that can be seen in the figure. The pipe scraper has
to be stored in the outlet.
The most typical case of clogging up in the melting water
outlet when you put food wrapped in some paper into the
appliance and this paper contacts back plate of the
refrigerator and freezes to it. If you remove the food right at
this moment the paper will tear and it can cause clogging up
in the outlet by getting into it. So you are asked to be careful
- because of the above - when placing foods wrapped in
paper into the appliance.
In case of increased demand e.g. during heatwaves,
the refrigerator temporarily happens to operate
constantly - during this the automatic defrosting does not
work.
Remaining small ice and frost stains on back plate of the
refrigerator after defrosting period is not abnormal.
The freezer can not be equipped with automatic defrosting
set since the deep-frozen and frozen foods do not endure
melting temperature.
When small frost and ice occurs scrape off and remove
frost and ice coating with the supplied plastic scraper.
When ice coating is so thick that it cannot be removed with
the plastic scraper, the cooling gill have to be defrosted.
Frequency of defrosting depends on usage (generally 2-3
times a year).
Take the frozen foods out of the appliance, and put them
into a basket lined with paper or cloth. Store them in a
possibly cool place or replace them into another
refrigerator.
Pull out the mains plug from the mains socket, so both parts
of the appliance are out of operation.
Open the doors of both parts of the appliance and clean the
refrigerator according to 'Regular cleaning'. Maintain and
clean the freezer as following:
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