IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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This guide contains many im ortant safety messages. Always read and obey all safety messages.
BASIC SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
All safety messages will identify the hazard, tell you how to reduce the chance of injury, and tell you what can ha en if
the instructions are not followed.
This is the safety alert symbol. It alerts you to safety messages that inform you
of hazards that can kill or hurt you or others, or cause damage to the roduct.
All safety messages will be receded by the safety alert symbol and the hazard
signal word DANGER, WARNING, CAUTION. These words mean:
You will be killed or seriously injured if you don’t follow instructions.
You can be killed or seriously injured if you don’t follow instructions.
Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
may result in minor or moderate injury, or roduct damage only.
DANGER
WARNING
CAUTION
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
wwWARNING
To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to
persons when using your product, basic safety
precautions should be followed, including the following.
Read all instructions before using this appliance.
• NEVER un lug your refrigerator by ulling on the ower
cord. Always gri the lug firmly and ull it straight out from
the outlet.
• Re air or re lace immediately all electric service cords that
have become frayed or otherwise damaged. Do not use a
cord that shows cracks or abrasion damage along its length
or at either the lug or connector end.
• Do not modify or extend the ower cord length. It could
cause electric shock or fire.
• When moving your refrigerator away from the wall, be
careful not to roll over or damage the ower cord.
• DO NOT store or use gasoline or other flammable va ors
and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other a liance.
• DO NOT allow children to climb, stand, or hang on the
refrigerator doors or shelves in the refrigerator. They could
damage the refrigerator and seriously injure themselves.
• Kee fingers out of inch oint areas; clearances between
the doors and cabinet are necessarily small. Be careful
closing doors when children are in the area.
• Un lug your refrigerator before cleaning or making any
re airs.
NOTE:We strongly recommend that any servicing be
erformed by a qualified individual.
• Before re lacing a burned-out light bulb, unplug the
refrigerator or turn off ower at the circuit breaker or fuse
box in order to avoid contact with a live wire filament. (A
burned-out light bulb may break when being re laced.)
NOTE: Some models have LED interior lighting and service
should be erformed by a qualified technician.
NOTE: Setting either or both controls to the OFF osition
does not remove ower to the light circuit.
• When you are finished, reconnect the refrigerator to the
electrical source and reset the controls. (Thermostat,
Refrigerator Control, and or Freezer Control, de ending on
the model) to the desired setting.
• This refrigerator must be ro erly installed in accordance
with the Attention Installer Instructions that were ta ed to
the front of the refrigerator.
• After your refrigerator is in o eration, do not touch the cold
surfaces in the freezer com artment when hands are dam
or wet. Skin may adhere to the extremely cold surfaces.
• In refrigerators with automatic icemakers, avoid contact with
the moving arts of the ejector mechanism, or with the
heating element that releases the cubes. DO NOT lace
fingers or hands on the automatic icemaking mechanism
while the refrigerator is lugged in.
• DO NOT refreeze frozen foods which have thawed
com letely. The United States De artment of Agriculture in
Home and Garden Bulletin No. 69 says:
…You may safely refreeze frozen foods that have thawed if
they still contain ice crystals or if they are still cold—below
4°C.
…Thawed ground meats, oultry or fish that have any off-
odor or off-color should not be refrozen and should not be
eaten. Thawed ice cream should be discarded. If the odor
or color of any food is oor or questionable, dis ose of it.
The food may be dangerous to eat.
Even artial thawing and refreezing reduces the eating
quality of foods, articularly fruits, vegetables and re ared
foods. The eating quality of red meats is affected less than
that of many other foods. Use refrozen foods as soon as
ossible to save as much of their quality as you can.