Maintenance And Cleaning; Avoiding Bad Odours; Protecting The Plastic Surfaces - Grundig GQN21220X Instrucciones De Uso

6 Maintenance
and cleaning
Cleaning your fridge at regular
intervals will extend the service life
of the product.
B
WARNING:
product before cleaning it.
• Never use gasoline, benzene or similar
substances for cleaning purposes.
• Never use any sharp and abrasive
tools, soap, household cleaners, deter-
gent and wax polish for cleaning.
• Dissolve one teaspoon of bi-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.
32

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
Unplug the
inner surface of the refrigerator
as required can bring forth the
problem of odour. Pay attention to
following to avoid this problem:
• Keeping the refrigerator clean is
• Keep the food in closed containers.
• Never keep food that have passed
6.2 Protecting the
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.
important. Food residuals, stains, etc.
can cause odour. Therefore, clean the
refrigerator with bi-carbonate dissolved
in water every few months. Never use
detergents or soap.
Microorganisms spreading out from
uncovered containers can cause
unpleasant odours.
best before dates and spoiled in the
refrigerator.
plastic surfaces