Operuting Sounds
Improvements
in refrigeration
design may produce sounds in your new refrigerator
that are different
or were not
present in an older model. These improvements
were made to create a refrigerator
that is better at preserving
food,
is more energy efficient,
and is quieter overall. Because new refrigerators
run quieter, sounds may be detected that
were present in older refrigerators,
but were masked by higher sound levels. Many of these sounds are normal.
Please note that the surfaces adjacent to a refrigerator,
such as hard walls, floors and cabinetry
may make these
sounds seem even louder. The following
are some of the normal sounds that may be noticed in a new refrigerator.
Clicking
Air rushing
or whirring
Gurgling or
boiling sound
Thumping
Vibrating
noise
Buzzing
Humming
Beeping
• Freezer control (A) clicks when starting
or
stopping
compressor.
• Defrost timer or electric damper control (select
models) (B) sounds like an electric clock and
snaps in and out of defrost cycle.
• Condenser fan (D) makes this noise while
operating.
• Freezer fan (C) makes this noise while
operating.
• Freezer fan (C) slows to a stop as the freezer
door is opened.
• Evaporator (E) and heat exchanger (F)
refrigerant
make this noise when flowing.
• Ice cubes from ice maker drop into ice bucket (G).
• Dispenser
ice chute (H) closing.
• Compressor
(I) makes a pulsating
sound while
running.
• Refrigerator
is not level.
• Ice maker water valve (J) hookup buzzes when
ice maker fills with water.
Ice maker (K) is in the 'on' position without
water connection.
Ice auger (L) hums as auger agitates ice during
dispensing.
• Compressor
[I) can make a high pitched hum
while operating.
• Solenoid valve (M)
operating
ice chute door.
• Doors are open, or have not been properly
closed.
Door Alarm, Temp Alarm.
• Normal operation
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• See Levelin_t, page 4.
• Normal operation
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• Stop sound by turning
ice maker
switch to OFF. See Automatic
Ice
Maker, page 12 for details.
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
• See Opening and Closing your Fresh
Food Doors, page 9.
• See page 11 for DoorAlarm
and Temp
Alarm.
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