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The do's and dont's of storing
frozen food
Once the freezing process is complete, deep-frozen
storage starts, in normal operation at a temperature
of -18 C or colder.
For storage of already frozen food, it is imperative to
note the storage time specified by the manufacturer
on the packaging.
Make sure that only packaged food is stored in the
freezer, since unpackaged food will soon dry out
when exposed to the extreme cold. With the excep-
tion of spirits and drinks containing a higher
percentage of alcohol, beverages in glass bottles,
particularly soft drinks containing carbon dioxide,
juices, beer, wine, etc., should not be stored in the
freezer. When the contents freeze, the glass bottles
will crack or even burst.
For safety reasons (such as the risk of an explo-
sion!) it is not allowed to store containers holding
inflammable liquids or gases, e.g. aerosol cans or
cigarette-lighter refill cartridges, in the appliance.
Never handle deep-frozen food with wet hands.
Your hands could easily become frozen to the food.
Never use the freezer as a means of cooling hot
meals, since this causes heavy frost formation
inside and an increase in electricity consumption.
If you want to utilise the effective capacity of your
freezer compartment fully and need to accommodate
an especially large amount of frozen food, you can
take out the upper freezer drawer (2) (Fig. 11) You can
then place frozen food directly on the refrigerating unit.
Even when food is loaded in this way, the functional
safety of your freezer compartment is assured.
Taking drawer (3) out is particularly useful if you are
freezing or storing items which are too large to fit into
one drawer. You can then stack the drawer (2) below
it correspondingly higher. In order to maintain the air
circulation, the frozen food should, however, not be
stacked higher than the front of the lower drawer.
Frost removal
During operation, and when the door is opened
moisture is deposited as frost in the internal space,
especially on the upper refrigerating unit.
Remove this frost from time to time with a plastic
scraper, e.g. a pastry scraper (not with a knife or the
like). The appliance needs not be switched off. You
will avoid heavy frost formation by not leaving the
door open unnecessarily long.
Defrosting and cleaning
Your freezer should be defrosted once or twice a
year or whenever a frost layer of around 4 mm has
formed. This should preferably occur when the
freezer is empty or contains little food.
Each temperature rise reduces the keeping qualities of
your frozen food. Around 12 hours before defrosting
your freezer, switch over to fast-freeze to build up a
low-temperature reserve in the frozen food.
All food packages remaining in the freezer compart-
ment, hermetically packed if possible, should then
be wrapped in several layers of newspaper and
stored in a cool place (e.g. in a refrigerator).
During defrosting and cleaning, your freezer should
basically not be connected to the mains supply.
Therefore pull out the mains plug, remove the fuse
or trip the automatic safety device.
To defrost, remove all freezer drawers except for the
moment the lowest one from the freezer.
The lowest freezer drawer has a solid floor and can
be used for catching some of the melt-water when
the freezer is being defrosted. To do this, pull the
drawer slightly forwards and wipe the melt-water off
the condenser blades above it into the drawer.
You can accelerate the defrosting process by
placing a bowl of hot water in the freezer compart-
ment and by removing detaching pieces of ice
before completely defrosting.
Never use electric heating or warming appliances or
suchlike, because of the risk of an accident or fire.
For safety reasons, this appliance must never be
cleaned with steam-cleaning equipment. Moisture
could find its way into the electronic components,
and steam could cause damage to the plastic parts.
After defrosting, clean the inside of your appliance
and accessories with lukewarm water to which a
mild cleaning agent containing no acetic acid can be
added. Finally, wash with clean water and wipe dry.
Restart the freezer compartment. The frozen food
can be placed back inside after around 30 minutes
(see "Before using for the first time").
Magnetic door seal
After opening and closing the door of your freezer whilst
it is in operation, you will not immediately be able to
open the door again because a vacuum will have devel-
oped inside, keeping the door closed until the pres-
sures inside and outside the door have equalised. After
a few minutes you can easily reopen the door.
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