Zanussi ZFC41400WA User Manual

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• the freezing process takes 24 hours. No fur-ther food to be frozen should be added dur-ing this period;• only freeze top quality, fresh and thoroughlycleaned, foodstuffs;• prepare food in small portions to enable it tobe rapidly and completely frozen and to makeit possible subsequently to thaw only thequantity required;• wrap up the food in aluminium foil or poly-thene and make sure that the packages areairtight;• do not allow fresh, unfrozen food to touchfood which is already frozen, thus avoiding arise in temperature of the latter;• lean foods store better and longer than fattyones; salt reduces the storage life of food;• water ices, if consumed immediately after re-moval from the freezer compartment, canpossibly cause the skin to be freeze burnt;• it is advisable to show the freezing in date oneach individual pack to enable you to keeptab of the storage time.Hints for storage of frozen foodTo obtain the best performance from this appli-ance, you should:• make sure that the commercially frozen food-stuffs were adequately stored by the retailer;• be sure that frozen foodstuffs are transferredfrom the foodstore to the freezer in the short-est possible time;• not open the lid frequently or leave it openlonger than absolutely necessary.• Once defrosted, food deteriorates rapidly andcannot be refrozen.• Do not exceed the storage period indicatedby the food manufacturer.Care and cleaningCaution! Unplug the appliance beforecarrying out any maintenance operation.This appliance contains hydrocarbons in itscooling unit; maintenance and rechargingmust therefore only be carried out by authorizedtechnicians.Periodic cleaning1. Switch off the appliance.2. Disconnect the mains plug from the mainssocket.3. Regularly clean the appliance and the ac-cessories with warm water and neutralsoap. Clean the lid seal carefully.4. Fully dry the appliance.5. Connect the mains plug to the mains sock-et.6. Switch on the appliance.Caution! Do not use detergents, abrasiveproducts, highly perfumed cleaningproducts or wax polishes to clean the inner sideof the appliance.Prevent damage to the cooling system.Important! There is no need to clean thecompressor area.Many proprietary kitchen surface cleaners con-tain chemicals that can attack/damage the plas-tics used in this appliance. For this reason it isrecommended that the outer casing of this ap-pliance is only cleaned with warm water with alittle washing-up liquid added.Defrosting the freezerDefrost the freezer when the frost layer reachesa thickness of about 10-15 mm.The best time to defrost the freezer when it con-tains no or only a little food.To remove the frost, do these steps:1. Switch off the appliance.2. Remove any stored food, wrap it in severallayers of newspaper and put it in a coolplace.3. Leave the lid open , remove the plug fromthe defrost water drain and collect all de-frost water on a tray. Use a scraper to re-move ice quickly.6 www.zanussi.comDownloaded from www.vandenborre.be