Electrolux EW28BS71IS Use and Care Guide - Page 35

Light Is Not On, Odors In Refrigerator, Opening/Closing Of Doors/Drawers, Running Your Refrigerator - problems

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Solutions to Common Problems 35 Light Is Not On Concern Light is not on. Potential Cause • Light bulb is burned out or LED light is damaged. • No electric current is reaching refrigerator. • Control system has disabled lights because one or both doors were left open too long. Common Solution • See Replacing Light Bulbs or LED lights in Care and Cleaning section. • See "Problem" section, "Running Your Refrigerator". • Close and reopen door(s) to enable lights. Odors In Refrigerator Concern Potential Cause Interior is dirty. Odors • Interior needs to be cleaned. • Food with strong odors is stored in refrigerator. Common Solution • See Care & Cleaning Tips. • Cover food tightly. Turn on air filtration system. Air filter may need to be changed more frequently if foods with strong odors are routinely stored in refrigerator. Opening/Closing Of Doors/Drawers Concern Potential Cause Door(s) will not close. • Refrigerator is not level. It rocks on the floor when moved slightly. Drawers are difficult to move. • Food is touching shelf on top of drawer. • Drawer is overloaded Common Solution • Ensure floor is level and solid, and can adequately support the refrigerator. Contact a carpenter to correct a sagging or sloping floor. • Keep less food in drawer. • Remove or redistribute food. Running Your Refrigerator Concern Potential Cause Compressor does not run. • Cooling system is turned Off. • Refrigerator is in defrost cycle. • Plug at wall outlet is disconnected. • House fuse is blown or a tripped circuit breaker. • Power outage. • Electronic control system keeps the refrigerator at a constant temperature. Common Solution • Turn cooling system On. See Controls Section for location of cooling system On/Off button. • This is normal for a fully automatic defrost refrigerator. The defrost cycle occurs periodically, lasting about 30 minutes. • Ensure plug is tightly pushed into outlet. • Check/replace fuse with a 15 amp time-delay fuse. Reset circuit breaker. • Check house lights. Call local Electric Company. • This is normal. Refrigerator goes on and off to keep temperature constant. Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine

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Solutions to Common Problems
Light Is Not On
Concern
Potential Cause
Common Solution
Light is not on.
•
Light bulb is burned out or LED light is
damaged.
•
No electric current is reaching refrigerator.
•
Control system has disabled lights because
one or both doors were left open too long.
•
See Replacing Light Bulbs or LED lights in Care and
Cleaning section.
•
See “Problem” section, “Running Your Refrigerator”.
•
Close and reopen door(s) to enable lights.
Odors In Refrigerator
Concern
Potential Cause
Common Solution
Interior is dirty.
Odors
•
Interior needs to be cleaned.
•
Food with strong odors is stored in
refrigerator.
•
See Care & Cleaning Tips.
•
Cover food tightly. Turn on air filtration system. Air filter
may need to be changed more frequently if foods with
strong odors are routinely stored in refrigerator.
Opening/Closing Of Doors/Drawers
Concern
Potential Cause
Common Solution
Door(s) will not close.
•
Refrigerator is not level. It rocks on the floor
when moved slightly.
•
Ensure floor is level and solid, and can adequately
support the refrigerator. Contact a carpenter to correct a
sagging or sloping floor.
Drawers are difficult to
move.
•
Food is touching shelf on top of drawer.
•
Drawer is overloaded
•
Keep less food in drawer.
•
Remove or redistribute food.
Running Your Refrigerator
Concern
Potential Cause
Common Solution
Compressor does not
run.
•
Cooling system is turned Off.
•
Refrigerator is in defrost cycle.
•
Plug at wall outlet is disconnected.
•
House fuse is blown or a tripped circuit
breaker.
•
Power outage.
•
Electronic control system keeps the
refrigerator at a constant
temperature.
•
Turn cooling system On. See Controls Section for
location of cooling system
On/Off
button.
•
This is normal for a fully automatic defrost refrigerator.
The defrost cycle occurs periodically, lasting about 30
minutes.
•
Ensure plug is tightly pushed into outlet.
•
Check/replace fuse with a 15 amp time-delay fuse.
Reset circuit breaker.
•
Check house lights. Call local Electric Company.
•
This is normal. Refrigerator goes on and off to keep
temperature constant.
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