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Care and Cleaning Of Your Refrigerator (Cont.)
Odor removal
a. Disconnect electrical power plug.
b. Remove all food.
e. Thoroughly wash inside of unit, including all
shelves, drawers, accessories and gaskets, with a
mb_ure of 4 tablespoons of baking soda dissolved
in a quart of warm water. Pay special attention to
any corners, crevices or grooves into which odor-
causing liqulds may have seeped.
d. Dry thoroughly.
e. Return foodto refrigerator; washing off all
bottles, jars and containers before placing them
into refrigerator and freezer.
f. Plug in refrigerator. Wait 24 hours before
checking to see if odor has been eliminated. If
odor is still present, please call the Amana
Consumer Information Line toll free
(1-800-843-0304) for additional cleaning methods.
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a. Clean refrigerator and freezer gaskets at least
twice a year with a mild detergent diluted in
water.
b. Do not clean with cleaners which contain
ammonia or chlorine bleach.
c. Rinse and dry. ll
d. _Apply a light film of petroleum je y to gaskets to
help keep them soft and pliable.
Mechanical
Condenser coil
It is important to clean condenser coil of an_y
refrigerator every three months. Dust and lint will:
• reduce cooling performance.
• cause refrigerator to waste energy.
• shorten life of the compressor and other
components.
a. Grasp toe grille at each end. Pull forward to
remove. Seepage 5 for location of coil.
b. Use a long h_dIed bottle;- brush and a vacuum
cleaner hose nozzle to remove dust and lint from
condenser coil at bottom of refrigerator. A special
brush can be purchased from your Amana dealer
-- part no. R1930-4.
c. Snap toe grille into place.
d. Additional cleaning may be done if refrigerator
is pulled away from wall. Run a vacuum-brush
across condenser fan outlet grille on lower back
of refrigerator.
Light bulb
You will need a 40 watt appliance bulb such as:
Amana #A02222_3
GE or Westinghouse #40A15/1
Sylvania #40A15
These can usually be purchased from your appliance
dealer or a hardware store.
_CAUTION:
TO AVOID ELECTRICAL SHOCK: Unplug
power cord or open household circuit breaker
to refrigerator before replacing a burned out
light bulb or before cleaning. After cleaning or
changing light bulb, reconnect power.
a. Disconnect power to unit.
b. Allow bulb to cool if hot.
c. Wear gloves to protect your hand should the bulb
break.
d. Unscrew screw at back center of light cover and
pull light cover straight down. (There are small
supports one each side to hold cover in place that
need to release.) See Figure 40.
Figure 40
Figure 41
e. Unscrew light bulb by rotating bulb
counterclockwise.
f. Screw the new bulb in place, rotating bulb
clockwise.
g. Snap light cover back in place and return screw
back to center back of light cover. See Figure 41.
h. Plug in refrigerator.
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