5. HINTS AND TIPS
5.1 Energy saving
• Do not to open the door of the fridge
or of the freezer frequently .
• Do not keep the door of the fridge or
of the freezer open for more than the
necessary time.
• If the appliance operates continuously
and there is frost on the internal rear
part, the cause can be:
– The temperature knob is set at the
lowest position.
– The room temperature, where the
appliance is installed, is too warm.
– The appliance is full.
Set the temperature knob at a higher
position. The automatic defrosting
starts and the energy consumption de-
creases.
5.2 Refrigeration
• Do not put hot food in the fridge. Wait
until it becomes cool.
• Do not put in the fridge liquids that
evaporate.
• Put all the food, that has a strong fla-
vour or odour, in containers.
• Make sure that there is air circulation
around the food.
• Put all types of meat in polythene
bags. Put them on the glass shelf
above the vegetable drawer. Do not
keep the meat in the fridge for more
than 2 days.
• Put a cover on cooked food and cold
dishes and put them on one of the
shelves.
• Wash fruit and vegetables and put
them in the vegetable drawer.
• Put butter and cheese in special air-
tight containers, aluminium foil or pol-
ythene bags.
• Make sure that milk bottles have a cap
and put them in the bottle shelf on the
appliance door.
• Do not keep in the fridge bananas,
potatoes, onions and garlic that are
without packaging.
5.3 Freezing
• The rating plate gives the indication of
the maximum quantity of food that the
freezer can freeze in 24 hours.
• The freezing of the food is completed
in 24 hours. Do not put other food in
the freezer during this time.
• Put the food in small quantities in the
freezer. This helps to freeze quickly
the food and to thaw only the neces-
sary quantity.
• Wrap the food in aluminium foil or put
it in polythene bags. Make sure that
the packaging is airtight.
• Do not put fresh food together with
frozen food. This to prevent the tem-
perature of the frozen food to in-
crease.
• The storage time for fat food is shorter
than for non-fat food or for low-fat
food. The salt decreases the storage
time of the food.
• We recommend that you write, on
each packaging, the date of when the
food was frozen.
5.4 Storage of the frozen food
• When you buy frozen food, make sure
that you put it in the freezer in a very
short time.
• When you thaw frozen food, you must
cook it in a very short time. It is not
possible to freeze again food that was
frozen before.
• Make sure that the use-by date is not
expired. You can find the information
on the packaging of the food.
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