Frost And/Or Dew Occur; Refrigerator Cools Overly; Door Is Not In A Horizontal State; The Refrigerator Becomes Hot - Hitachi R-SF42BMS How To Use Manual

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TROUBLESHOOTING
When this happens

Frost and/or dew occur

Frost and/or dew
adhere to the
refrigerator interior
or the frame
of the drawer
compartment.
Dew adheres to
the outside of
the refrigerator
(exterior, door seal,
door and drawer
compartment etc).
Dew condensation
occurs in the
Refrigerator
Compartment
Dew condensation
occurs in the
Vegetable
Compartment

Refrigerator cools overly

Refrigerator
cools overly
Foods freeze

Door is not in a horizontal state

Door is not in a
horizontal state
More force is
required to
open the door
immediately after
closing the door.
Another door
opens after
closing one
door.

The refrigerator becomes hot

The side of the
refrigerator becomes
hot. Hot air comes
from the bottom of
the refrigerator
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The door or the drawer compartment may not temporarily have been closed completely.
Check whether the drawer compartment or the door has been closed completely after closing
them.
The door may be opened/closed frequently or door may have remained open for a long time.
Reduce the number of times of opening and closing the door or open/close the door quickly.
Dew may adhere to those parts when the indoor humidity is high (ex: rainy day).
Frost and/or dew may adhere to the refrigerator interior or the door frame when the warm outside
air comes in contact with those parts.
Wipe off with a dry cloth.
Dew may adhere to the wall and/or frost may adhere
around the outlet of the cooling air of the aluminum
panel when the number of opening/closing the door is
large or humidity around the refrigerator is high.
Wipe off them with a dry cloth.
The humidity in the Vegetable Compartment is higher than other compartments. (To prevent
vegetables from drying and to make them last longer)
If it is undesirable that dew adheres to the stored vegetables, wrap them with the plastic fi lm.
Water may drop into cases placed in the Vegetable Compartment due to dew concentration.
Wipe off them with a dry cloth.
MAX. is selected in the temperature setting.
The surrounding temperature is lower than 5˚C.
much when the ambient air temperature is low. Switch the temperature setting to MIN. .
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Do not place any food in front of the cold air blowout port.
Installation place may not be horizontal.
Left side or right side of the door may be slightly lower when the left or right leg is sunk in the
fl oor surface because of the soft fl oor material and the addition of food weight.
This does not affect the refrigerator performance. Adjust the refrigerator adjustable mount to keep
it level if you want to correct it.
Lay the fi rm board which has more than 1cm thickness on the fl oor if the refrigerator itself
inclines.
It is because air entered the Refrigerator Compartment is rapidly cooled and the pressure in the
Refrigerator Compartment temporarily lowers.
Another door may open for a moment by the wind pressure because cool air path connects each
compartment.
Hot air may come from the bottom of the refrigerator to exhaust the heat generated when the
cooling device operates.
The temperature may reach 50
problem with the safety and the performance.
Please check. This is the cause.
Switch it to MID. .
The temperature inside may go down too
Pg.36
60˚C immediately after installation or in summer, but there is no
Aluminum panel
Dew condensation
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