Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 14, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba B6 Winnipeg free May 1995 Cool cellar was first refrigerator by Edward Lipinski times news service Early North american homeowners kept their food cold by storing it in the first cellars were not under the House but were usually situated a few feet some cellars had a horizontal underground Shaft that connected them to a nearby the Shaft allowed the Cool air in the Well to circulate in the the 19th Century saw the introduction of the these were essentially insulated Wood cabinets with Metal the insulation was ground Cork or Char a Block of ice kept the food from Large and noisy by the end of the 19th Many Urban Homes had and wealthy families installed refrigeration but these were Large and the Cooling coils were housed in the icebox in the but the con denser coils and motor had to be kept in a separate manufacturers eventually made smaller compressors and coils that could fit in self contained these Early refrigerators stood on High legs and were designed to look like by the the concept of appliance design and the built in look be came the even though today refrigerators have features like ice Cycle defrost systems and Frost free systems that were unavailable on the Early the Basic refrigerating principle is the liquid refrigerant enters a Low pressure called the Eva Ora and expands into a the Gas absorbs heat from the adjacent Cooling the heat Laden Gas is then compressed and pumped into condenser where it condenses into a As the liquid it releases the Cap tured heat to the surrounding Early refrigerators used toxic sul fur dioxide As a but modern units use safer most refrigerators Are Well de signed and even with a Little routine maintenance your refrigerator will run longer with improved efficiency and less be fore working on your unplug it so you wont run the risk of touching live circuits or being injured by the spinning Blades of the compressor before moving the refrigerator away from the Wall to unplug take everything off the top and remove anything inside that might tip Over and once the refrigerator is in Check to see if you have a natural or Force draft if you have a natural draft also called the condenser coils will be on the Back of the dust and dirt collect on these coils and prevent the refrigerant from discharging collected heat into the surrounding clean the coils carefully with a dust Brush and vac be careful not to Bend or Nick the Small fan if you have a Force draft the condenser coils will be under the a Small fan in the same compartment blows air across the coils to dissipate the heat from the condensed the condenser coils Are mounted on the sack of a natural draft refrioera10 clean them at least once a the Monitor top refrigerator had the coils and compressor in a drum like Container on Tor compre condense coils in a Force draft refrigerator the coils Are under the chiller tray baffle the Normal position for the chill tray baffle is for colder fresh food compartment temperature during hot place the chiller baffle in the in condenser fan removing the front Grill will give you Access to the use a Flash Light and a vacuum cleaner with a narrow nozzle to remove dust and be careful not to damage the clean the Back coils on natural draft refrigerators at least once a Force draft units push More air so they should be cleaned every month or remove the rear cover from the this will expose the compressor sealed in Metal canister and the compressor vacuum around but be careful not to damage or Bend the fan warped fan Blades will wobble and Wear out the fan Bear if you have a Frost free refrigerator you probably have an evaporation pan under the this pan should be cleaned every three to six be careful to replace this pan properly in its be cause it does More than collect wait also acts As a baffle to control air circulation around the now look inside the refrigerator your unit May have a drip tray under the Freezer com most people assume that this 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