Maintenance And Cleaning; Avoiding Bad Odours; Protecting The Plastic Surfaces - Grundig GKN 16835 Bedienungsanleitung

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Maintenance and cleaning

Service life of the product extends and fre-
quently faced problems decrease if cleaned at
regular intervals.
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WARNING:
cleaning it.
• Never use gasoline, benzene or similar
substances for cleaning purposes.
• Never use any sharp and abrasive tools,
soap, household cleaners, detergent and
wax polish for cleaning.
• Dissolve one teaspoon of carbonate in half
litre of water. Soak a cloth with the solution
and wrung it thoroughly. Wipe the interior
of the refrigerator with this cloth and the
dry thoroughly.
• Make sure that no water enters the lamp
housing and other electrical items.
• If you will not use the refrigerator for a
long period of time, unplug it, remove all
food inside, clean it and leave the door
ajar.
• Check regularly that the door gaskets are
clean. If not, clean them.
• To remove door and body shelves, remove
all of its contents.
• Remove the door shelves by pulling them
up. After cleaning, slide them from top to
bottom to install.
• Never use cleaning agents or water that
contain chlorine to clean the outer surfaces
and chromium coated parts of the product.
Chlorine causes corrosion on such metal
surfaces

6.1 Avoiding bad odours

Materials that may cause odour are not
used in the production of our refrigerators.
However, due to inappropriate food
preserving conditions and not cleaning the
inner surface of the refrigerator as required
can bring forth the problem of odour. Pay
attention to following to avoid this problem:
Unplug the product before
• Keeping the refrigerator clean is important.
Food residuals, stains, etc. can cause
odour. Therefore, clean the refrigerator
with carbonate dissolved in water every
15 days. Never use detergents or soap.
• Keep the food in closed containers.
Microorganisms spreading out from
uncovered containers can cause
unpleasant odours.
• Never keep the food that have expired
best before dates and spoiled in the
refrigerator.
• Odour filter in the air duct of the fridge
compartment prevents the build-up of
unpleasant odours in the refrigerator.Please
rinse it with clean water and let it dry at
sunlight for at least 4 hours before placing
it again.Perform this action every 6 months.
6.2 Protecting the
plastic surfaces
Do not put liquid oils or oil-cooked meals
in your refrigerator in unsealed containers
as they damage the plastic surfaces of the
refrigerator. If oil is spilled or smeared onto the
plastic surfaces, clean and rinse the relevant
part of the surface at once with warm water.
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