Eliminating minor faults yourself, Warning, Refrigerator and freezer compartments – Bosch B20CS5 User Manual

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WARNING

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Never touch frozen food with wet

hands. Your hands could freeze

to the food. Risk of injury!

Never use a steam cleaner to clean

the appliance. The steam may come

into contact with live parts in the

appliance and cause a shortĆcircuit

or electric shock. Steam may

damage the plastic surfaces.

Eliminating minor faults yourself

Before you call customer service:

Please check whether you can eliminate the fault yourself based on the following information.

Customer service will charge you for advice, even if the appliance is still under guarantee!

Refrigerator and

freezer compartments

Fault

Possible cause

Remedial action

Appliance has no refrigerating capacity.

The interior light is not functioning.

Power failure; the fuse has been switched

off; the main plug has not been inserted

properly.

Check whether the power is on, the fuse must be switched on.

The refrigerating unit is switching on

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Appliance door opened frequently.

Do not open the door unnecessarily.

more frequently and for longer.

Large quantities of fresh food are being

frozen.

Do not exceed max. freezing capacity.

The ventilation openings have been

covered.

Remove obstacles.

The temperature in the refrigerator or

freezer compartment is too cold.

Temperature has been set too low.

Select a warmer temperature (see Selecting the

temperature")

The frozen food is frozen solid.

Loosen frozen food with a blunt object. Do not use a knife or

pointed object.

There is a thick layer of frost in the

freezer compartment.

Always ensure that the appliance door is closed.

The interior light is not functioning.

The bulb is defective.

Replace bulb (see Changing the bulb")

Light switch is sticking.

Check whether it can be moved.

The freezer compartment is no longer

reaching the selected temperature

The freezer compartment door was open

too long. The evaporator (refrigeration

generator) is covered in such a thick layer

of ice that the fully automatic defrosting

system is no longer able to defrost this

amount of ice.

Take frozen food out of the appliance, insulate thoroughly and

place in a cool location. After approx. 12 hours the ice in the

refrigerating system has thawed. Switch on the appliance

again and put back the frozen food.

Note!

To prevent loss of refrigeration, do not open the refrigerator

compartment door unnecessarily often.

If the fault cannot be rectified by means of the above

information, please call customer service.

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