Fisher & Paykel 331T Mounting instructions

Refrigerator & Freezer

Installation instructions

and user guide

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Active Smart™ models

635mm wide E331T, E372B, E381T, E402B, E411T, E415H

680mm wide E406B, E413T, E440T, E442B

790mm wide E521T, E522B

Cyclic and compact models

525mm wide P120, E169T, C170T, C190, E240B, E249T, C270

635mm wide C373, C450, E373, E450

Vertical freezer models

525mm wide E150, E210

635mm wide E308, E388

Chest freezer models

Slimline H215, H275, H320

Standard H160, H220, H280, H360, H510, H701

General operating instructions – all products

Safety and warnings 2

Installation instructions 4

Moving or storing your refrigerator 7

Door conversion 8

Ice & Water refrigerators

Please refer to supplement Ice & Water User Guide 10

Active Smart™ refrigerators

Operating instructions 10

Special features 12

Maintenance 14

Cleaning care 15

Cyclic and compact refrigerators

Operating instructions 19

Special features and maintenance 20

Cleaning care 21

Vertical freezers

Operating Instructions 24

Chest freezers

Operating instructions 24

Special features and maintenance 25

Food care – all products

Storing food in your refrigerator 26

Storing food in your freezer 28

Problem solving checklist 30

Customer care information 32

Important!

This User Guide is to be used for all refrigerator/freezers. It contains all the general information

required for the operation of your refrigerator/freezer.

A User Guide is provided with the Ice & Water refrigerator. This booklet contains additional

specific information about the ice and water functions on the refrigerator.

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Contents

To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons read the IMPORTANT SAFETY

INSTRUCTIONS before operating this appliance.

Use this appliance only for its intended purpose as described in this User Guide.

Important safety precautions

Warning

When using this appliance always exercise basic safety precautions including the following:

Danger

This appliance is not intended for use by young children or infirm persons without supervision.

Young children should be supervised to ensure they do not play with the appliance.

Risk of child entrapment. Before you throw away your old refrigerator or freezer:

– Take off the doors

– Leave the shelves in place so that children may not easily climb inside.

Disposal

Extreme care must be taken when disposing of your old appliance to avoid hazards. The

refrigerant gas must be safely removed and for the safety of young children, remove doors.

Your Fisher & Paykel Appliances Authorised Service Centre will be able to give advice on

environmentally friendly methods of disposing of your old refrigerator or freezer.

Electrical

This appliance must be properly installed in accordance with the installation instruction before it

is used.

Never unplug your refrigerator or freezer by pulling on the power cord.

Always grip the plug firmly and pull straight out from the outlet.

Do not plug in any other appliance at the same power point as your refrigerator or freezer or use

extension cords or double adapters.

Repair or replace immediately all electric service cords that have become frayed or otherwise

damaged. Do not use a cord that shows cracks or abrasion along its length or at either the plug

or appliance end.

If the power supply cord is damaged, it must only be replaced by your Fisher & Paykel Appliances

Authorised Service Centre because special purpose tools are required.

When moving your appliance away from the wall, be careful not to roll over or damage the power

cord.

Unplug your refrigerator or freezer before cleaning or replacing the lightbulb.

Safety and warnings

Storing food and drinks

Never store volatile or flammable materials in your refrigerator or freezer as they may explode.

Never freeze liquids in glass containers. Liquid expands during freezing, which may cause the

container to explode.

Never freeze carbonated drinks. They may explode.

Do not consume food if it is too cold. Food removed from the freezer compartment may be cold

enough to cause damage when brought into contact with bare skin e.g. frozen ice cubes.

Power failure – food safety

Do not refreeze frozen foods that have thawed completely. Follow the recommendations below if

you discover food in your freezer has thawed:

1) Ice crystals still visible – food may be refrozen but should be stored for a shorter period than

recommended.

2) Thawed but refrigerator cold – refreezing generally not recommended. Fruits and some cooked

food can be refrozen but use as soon as possible. Meat, fish, poultry – use immediately or cook

then refreeze. Vegetables – discard as they usually go limp and soggy.

3) Thawed but warmer than 4˚C. Red meat can be cooked immediately and refrozen but use as

soon as possible. Discard all other frozen foods.

Do not refreeze frozen foods that have thawed completely. The food may be dangerous to eat.

Cleaning

Many commercially available cleaning products contain solvents which may attack plastic

components of your refrigerator or freezer and cause them to crack. Please refer to the cleaning

care section of this booklet for further advice.

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Safety and warnings

Please follow the steps for installation to ensure your appliance operates correctly.

1. Power

The appliance must be installed so the plug is accessible.

To ensure that the appliance is not accidentally switched off, connect your refrigerator or freezer

to its own power point. Do not plug in any other appliance at this power point or use extension

cords and double adaptors, as the combined weight of both power cords can pull the double

adaptor from a wall outlet socket.

For power requirements, refer to the information on the serial plate located at the front bottom

right-hand side of the refrigerator when the door is open.

It is essential that the appliance be properly grounded (earthed).

2. Location

Your refrigerator or freezer should not be located in direct sunlight or next to any heat

generating appliance such as a cooktop, oven or dishwasher.

3. Stability

It is important that all four corners of the refrigerator or freezer base are supported firmly on the

floor to eliminate any cabinet movement.

Installing the appliance on a soft or uneven or unlevel floor may result in twisting of the cabinet

and poor sealing of the doors. If the doors do not seal properly, warm air will enter

the food storage areas causing the temperature to increase, resulting in food spoilage and

food loss.

Before moving your refrigerator or freezer into its position, ensure that the adjustable front feet

are fully retracted by turning them anticlockwise, i.e. towards the right of the cabinet.

Position your refrigerator or freezer. Turn the adjustable feet clockwise, i.e. to the left, to lower

the adjustable front feet. Raise the front of the appliance until it is stable and the doors move

towards the closed position, on their own, when open.

The front levelling foot on the hinge side should take the majority of the weight of the cabinet

and the cabinet should be stable, i.e. cabinet should not rock or wobble.

Installation instructions

Raise Lower

Fig.1 Refrigerator foot

4. Ventilation and installation

To ensure adequate ventilation for your refrigerator

or vertical freezer, see recommended cabinetry

dimensions below. To ensure adequate ventilation for

chest freezers, allow a minimum of 20mm of airspace

on each side of the cabinet, and 75mm at the rear.

The appliance is intended to be placed against a wall

with a free distance not exceeding 75mm.

If integrating your refrigerator, follow installation

instructions provided with the integration kits.

Flush with refrigerator chassis

– full door rotation

Flush with refrigerator door

– full door rotation

Flush with refrigerator door

– 90˚ door rotation

Installation instructions

Cabinetry dimensions

(mm) (including

minimum clearances)

P120

C190/E150

C270/E210

C373

E373/E308

C450

E450/E388

C170T

E169T

E249T

E240B

E331T

E372B

E381T

E402B

E411T

E415H

E406B

E413T

E440T

E442B

E521T

E522B

A inside height

869 1257 1645 1525 1745 1257 1645 1475 1645 1745 1645 1745 1745

Flush with refrigerator chassis – full door rotation

B inside width

565 565 565 675 675 565 565 675 675 675 720 720 830

C inside depth

502 502 502 620 620 502 502 620 620 620 620 620 620

Flush with refrigerator door – 90º door rotation

D inside width

565 565 565 675 680 565 565 680 680 680 725 725 835

E inside depth flush to

curved door

552 552 552 670 670 552 552 675 675 675 675 675 675

F inside depth flush to

flat door

n/a n/a n/a n/a 690 n/a n/a n/a n/a 690 n/a 690 690

Flush with refrigerator door – full door rotation

G inside width

685 685 685 795 795 685 685 795 795 795 840 840 950

H inside depth flush to

curved door

552 552 552 670 670 552 552 675 675 675 675 675 675

I inside depth flush to

flat door

n/a n/a n/a n/a 690 n/a n/a n/a n/a 690 n/a 690 690

Minimum clearances

J side clearance

20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

K side clearance – hinge

side flush with door

– 90° rotation

25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25

L side clearance – hinge

side flush with door

– full rotation

140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140

M rear clearance

(incl. evaporator tray)

30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

N vent

50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50

Before placing food in the fresh food or freezer compartments

Remove all packaging. Ensure that all transit clips are removed from the refrigerator. These are

small rubber stops located at the back of the shelves.

Allow the refrigerator and freezer to run empty for 2 – 3 hours to allow each compartment to

cool to the appropriate temperature.

Clean the inside of the appliance with warm water and a little liquid detergent to remove

manufacturing and transportation dust.

The appliance may have an odour on its initial operation, but this will go when the refrigerator

and freezer have cooled sufficiently.

Energy efficiency

Do not cover your appliances with any material that will prevent air from flowing around the

cabinet sides.

Do not leave the door open for any longer than is necessary.

Allow good clearances in front of the air ducts within the cabinet for maximum cold air

distribution.

Installation instructions

If your refrigerator or freezer is turned off for any reason, wait 10 minutes before turning it back

on. This will allow the refrigeration system pressures to equalise before restarting.

Moving your refrigerator

Turn off the appliance and unplug from the power point. Remove all food.

Turn the adjustable feet to the right as far as they will turn (see page 4).

Ease the refrigerator out of its position. Tuck the power cord away and tape the doors closed.

Tape the shelves in place. If the cabinet needs to be placed at an angle or laid down, carefully lay

it on its side (the right hand side when viewed from the front).

Relocate and install. If the appliance has been left on its side for any length of time, leave it

standing upright for at least 10 minutes before turning on.

Storing your refrigerator or freezer

When storing your cleaned appliance, leave the door(s) open. This allows air to circulate and

prevents the build up of bacteria and moulds.

Before using again, clean well using a mixture of warm water and baking soda (add 1 teaspoon

of baking soda to each 500 ml of water). Rinse with clean water.

Holiday time

We recommend you leave your refrigerator or freezer operating while you are on holiday.

Moving or storing your refrigerator

If you need to hinge your door on the opposite side we

recommend that you call your local Fisher and Paykel Authorised

Service Centre or Dealer to make this conversion.

Active Smart™ refrigerators with silver handles need to be

ordered either with left or right opening doors and can not be

interchanged.

All other models except those models listed below need to have

an appropriate conversion kit for your model refrigerator.

The kit is available from your Authorised Service Centre or Dealer.

Full instructions are included in the conversion kit.

If you have the following compact model refrigerators you

can change the door by following these instructions:

P120, C190, C270, E150, E210

Switch off the appliance and remove all the food stuffs and

shelves from the doors.

Remove the hinge cover from the top of the cabinet. This is

achieved by levering it up carefully from the front.

Remove the top hinge bracket screws using a ‘Philips’ screwdriver

and remove the top hinge bracket, ensuring that the door is held

firmly. (Refer Fig.2).

Open the door and lift it off.

Insert the plastic hinge plugs supplied with the installation kit

into the removed top hinge bracket holes. Remove the existing

plastic hinge plugs from the opposite side.

Tilt the refrigerator back, either right onto its back or lean it

against a wall, and unscrew both adjustable feet.

Remove the plastic bottom hinge bracket bolt holding the

bottom hinge bracket to the underside of the cabinet. Replace

the bottom hinge bracket bolt without the bottom hinge bracket.

Remove existing cap door closing from bottom hinge bracket.

On the opposite side remove the bottom hinge bracket bolt and

fit the bottom hinge bracket.

Note: that it is rotated so that it is a mirror image of itself on the

other side (refer Fig.3).

Replace the adjustable feet turning them as far as they will go.

Carefully stand the refrigerator upright again.

Fig.2 Hinge removal

Door conversion

Fig.3 Bottom hinge

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