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AIR FLOW
Side-By-Side Models
The e va p o ra to r i s m ou n te d b eh i n d the
cover at the rear of the freezer compart-
me n t. A c i rc u l a t i n g f an i s mo u nte d ne a r
t h e t op of th e c o m p a r tme n t, d i re ctl y ab o ve
t h e e v a po r at o r. T h i s f an d ra ws a ir u p o ve r
t h e e v a po r at o r a n d d i sch a rg e s i t a g ain st
a d i s pe rs i n g s h i e l d , mo u n te d in fro nt o f
t h e f a n . A s t h e a i r h i t s t h e d i s p e r s i n g
s h ie l d , t he a i r i s d e fl e cte d in th ree d i-
re ct i ons . T he co l d a i r ci rcu l a tes to th e
bo tt om o f t h e f r e e zer co mp a rtme n t, a b-
s o rb i n g h e a t a n d m o i stur e fro m th e p ack-
a g e s s t o re d o n t h e sh e lve s. l t is the n
d ra w n u p i nt o t h e eva p or ato r ate a to
a g ai n r e p ea t t h e cyc l e ,
DISPERSING
SHIELD
B eca us e t h e e va p o r ato r i s th e co ld e st
s ur f ac e i n t h e t re e ze r , a l l mo i sture i n th e
c om p a rt m en t f o rm s o n i ts su rfa ce s. Afte r
e ig h t ho u rs o f a cc u mu l a te d co mpr es so r
r u nn i n g t i m e , t h e e v ap o ra tor i s a u to ma t-
ic a ll y d e f ro st e d a n d t he wa te r d ra i n s in to
a tr ay in t h e m a ch i n e co mp a rtme n t.
Th e amount of air being moved in eac h
d ir ection in t he drawing is broken dow n
a s follows:
1. The gr eat est volum e of air is blow n out
the opening at the bott om of t he dis -
p e r s i n g s h i e l c .
2 . P art of t he chilled air is blown over the
t o p o f t h e d i s p e r s i n g s h i e l d .
3 . A s m a l l p o r t i o n o f t h e c h i l l e d a i r i s
forced thr ough a side opening int o the
r ef r i ger ator com par tm ent .
T h e a i r b e i n g m o v e d i n e a c h d i r e c t i o n i s
d ep ending somewhat on t he sett ing of the
tr e ezer baf fle contr ol, For example: lf the
b a ffle contr ol is t urned to the closed pos i-
tion ( coldest) , a gr eat er volume of chilled
a ir will cir culate t hr oughout the tr eezer
com part ment. How ever , because the
sen sing element t hat cont rols t he com-
p r e ssor operation is located in t he refr i-
g er ator com par tm ent , the compr essor w ill
o pe rate f or a longer per iod of tim e, re-
sult ing in colder lreezer t emperat ures and
th e desir ed fr esh food compar tment t em-
p e r atur es. Conversely, if t he t reezer baffle
i s i n t h e o p e n p o s i t i o n , m o r e a i r w i l l f l o w
in to the ref riger ator compart ment, thus
s a t i s f y i n Q t h e s e n s i n g e l e m e n t s o o n e r a n d
r e d u c i n g t h e c o m p r e s s o r r u n t i m e c o n s i d -
e r a b l y . T h i s n a t u r a l l y r e s u l t s i n w a r m e r
fr e ezer t emperat ures.
Th e refr iger ator com part ment is cooled by
th e a ir passing t hrough t he fr eezer baffle
c o n t r o l a n d t h e n c i r c u l a t i n g t h r o u g h o u t t h e
r e frigerator compart ment. Retur n air fr om
t h i s c o m p a r t m e n t i s d r a w n t h r o u g h a n
o p e n i n g n e a r t h e b o t t o m , w h e r e i t a g a i n
p as ses through the evaporat or coil to star t
t h e c y c l e a g a i n .
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