GE TFHA27R, TFHB27R, TFHW27R Use and Care Manual

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Safe~

Refrigerator

instructions .........................3

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Problem

More questions

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Solver.......................l9-2l

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Care and Cleaning

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Operating Instructions, Tips

Energy-Saver System ....................................4

Energy-Saving Food-Saver System ...10

Food Storage Suggestions ...........................9

Storage Times ..............................................9

Ice & Water Dispenser .............................5 –8

lcemaker......................................................5

Shelves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Storage Drawers

Drawer and Cover Removal

Temperature Controls ...................................4

Tips.........................................2

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Cleaning–Inside and Outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Condenser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Drawer and Cover Removal ......................15

Light Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Preparation

Adjustable Rollers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Base Grille . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vacation and Moving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Water Supply to Icemaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Installation

Adapter Plug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Electrical Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Extension Cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Grounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Consumer

Appliance Registration

Model and Serial Numbers ..........................2

Warranty

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Services ..................,23

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GE Appliances

Models:

TFHA27R TFHB27R

TFHW27R

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YOU...

Read this book carefully.

It is intended to help you operate and maintain your new refrigerator properly.

Keep it handy for answers to your questions.

If you don’t understand something or need more help, write (include your phone number):

Consumer Affairs GE Appliances Appliance Park Louisville, KY 40225

Write down the model and serial numbers.

You’ll see them on a label on the wall beside the top drawer or at the bottom, inside the fresh food compartment door.

These numbers are also on the Consumer Product Ownership Registration Card that came with your refrigerator.

Before sending in the card, please write these numbers here:

Model Number

Serial Number

Use these numbers in any correspondence or service calls concerning your refrigerator.

If you received a damaged refrigerator...

Immediately contact the dealer (or builder) that sold you the refrigerator.

Save time and money. Before you request service . . .

Check the Problem Solver in the back of this book. It lists minor operating problems that you can correct yourself.

EmRGY-SA~G

● Location of your refrigerator is important. Avoid ● Be sure the doors are closed tightly. Before leaving

locating it next to your range, a heating vent or where the house or retiring for the night, check to be sure the the sun will shine directly on it.

● Close the doors as soon as possible, particularly in

hot, humid weather. inside the refrigerator.

To obtain service, see the Consumer Services page in the back of this book.

We’re proud of our service and want you to be pleased. If for some reason you are not happy with the service you receive, here are three steps to follow for further help.

YOU

FIRST, contact the people who FINALLY, if your problem is serviced your appliance. Explain why you are not pleased. In most cases this will solve the problem.

NEXT, if you are still not pleased, write all the details—including your phone number—to:

Manager, Consumer Relations GE Appliances Appliance Park Louisville, KY 40225

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doors haven’t been left open accidentally.

● Keep foods covered to reduce moisture buildup

SERWCE

TWS

not resolved, write:

Major Appliance Consumer

Action Panel 20 North Chicago, IL 60606

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precautions, including the following:

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*Repair or replace immediately all electric service cords that have otherwise damaged.

cracks

or abrasion damage

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plug or connector end.

moving your refrigerator

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away from

not to rollover or

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No. 69 says:

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may safely refreeze frozen foods that have

thawed if they still still cold—below

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my off-odor or off-color

should

not be eaten. discarded. If the odor or color of any food is or questionable, get rid of it. me food maybe dangerous to eat.

“Even

partial thawing and refreezing reduces the eating quality of foods, particularly fruits, vegetables and prepared foods. of red meat is affected less than that of many foods. Use refrozen foods as soon as save as

much

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cleaning

We strongly recommend that any servicing be performed by a

frozen

foods which

United

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40°F.

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of their eating quality as you can.”

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meats,

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remove

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doors.

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the freezer

compartment, particularly when hands

are damp or wet. Skin

extremely

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not place fingers or hands on the automatic

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plugged in.

moving parts of the ejector mechanism, or with heating element that releases the cubes.

cold

surfaces.

mechanism while the refrigerator is

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Set the Temperature Controls

Two controls let you regulate the temperature in the fresh food and freezer compartments.

At first, set the fresh food control to “5” and the

freezer control to Allow 24 hours for the temperature to stabilize,

whether you are setting the controls for the first time or adjusting them later. Then, if you want colder or warmer temperatures in either compartment, adjust the controls one step at a time.

Note: Moving the fresh food control to OFF turns off cooling in both compartments-fresh food and freezer—but does not shut off power to the refrigerator.

“C”.

(appearance ma

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Freezer Control C

is Initial

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Fresh Food Control 5

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How to Test Temperatures

Use the milk test for the fresh Use the ice cream test for the food compartment. Place a freezer compartment. Place a

container of milk on the top shelf container of ice cream in the center in the fresh food compartment. of the freezer compartment. Check Check it a day later. If the milk is too warm or too cold, adjust the soft, adjust the temperature temperatures controls. control.

it after a day. If it’s too hard or too

Satting

Coldast

is Initial

Coldast

Satting

Always allow 24 hours for the refrigerator to reach the temperature you set.

Automatic Energy-Saver System

You won’t find an “energy-saver” switch It is not necessary to defrost the freezer or fresh food on this refrigerator.

Warm liquid from the refrigerator’s condenser is automatically circulated around the front edge of the freezer compartment to help keep moisture from forming on the outside of the refrigerator during humid weather.

Many refrigerators use special electric heaters. This refrigerator needs none. That’s why there is no “energy-saver” switch.. there’s no need for it.

If you turn your household thermostat below

. . you may want to move the freezer control one step colder. Cooler temperatures in the house may cause the compressor to operate less frequently, thus allowing the freezer compartment to warm somewhat. To protect your frozen food supply, leave the freezer

seting

at this colder setting for the entire winter or for

as long as you keep your thermostat turned down.

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No Defrosting

compartments. Although your refrigerator is designed and equipped to defrost itself automatically, some frost on packages is normal.

60°F.

at night...

Moving the freezer control to a colder setting should have no effect on your fresh food compartment. However, if freezing occurs, move the fresh food control one step warmer.

When you stop turning the thermostat down, turn the refrigerator’s controls back to their regular settings.

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Automatic

Your refrigerator has an automatic icemaker and a dispenser that dispenses water, ice cubes and crushed ice through the freezer compartment door. Here’s how they work.

Icemaker

and Ice& Water Dispenser

Water flows from the household supply through a (1)

dud

solenoid

(2) water reservoir and to the

(3) automatic Water is frozen in the

(4) cube mold and ejected into the (5) storage bin where a motor-powered auger moves

cubes forward into the dispensing unit. Cubes or crushed ice, as selected, dispense through chute in door when cradle is pressed.

When the switch is moved to CRUSHED, baffle in housing channels cubes through the crusher and crushed ice falls through chute into glass.

Water from reservoir flows through the

(6) tubing in the door and is dispensed when the

cradle is pressed.

(7) A light switch turns the night light in the

dispenser on and off.

vrdve

to the

icemaker as needed.

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ICE & WATER DISPENSER

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Before Using Your Icemaker and Dispenser

If you use your refrigerator before the water connection is made, raise the ice access door and make sure the icemaker feeler arm is in the STOP (up)

position as shown below.

Ice access

door

Icemaker

When water

supply has been connected to icemaker, move feeler arm to ON (down) position.

Depress water dispenser cradle for about two minutes to remove trapped air from the water line and to fill water reservoir automatically.

Ice cube mold automatically fills with water after cooling to freezing temperatures. First cubes normally freeze after several hours.

NOTE: With a newly-installed refrigerator, allow

about 24 hours for the freezer compartment to cool down to the proper ice-making temperature.

Once Your Icemaker and Dispenser are in Operation

Throw away the first few batches of ice cubes

(16 or 24 cubes). This will flush away any impurities in the water line. Do the same thing after vacations or extended periods when ice isn’t used.

Discard the first six kitchen sink. This will eliminate the slight “plastic” taste temporarily imparted to the water by the water reservoir.

Keep ice level to keep icemaker productive. Cubes ejected into an empty storage bin will pile up close to the icemaker and push the feeler arm up to the STOP position prematurely when the bin is only partially full. Open the ice access door, reach in, level

the cubes by hand and

Keeping cubes distributed evenly will allow the icemaker to produce enough ice to fill the bin to its maximum capacity.

glassfuls

icemaking

of water in the

will resume.

Caution:

Under certain rare

be discolored, usually appearing with a

bluish color. The cause of this

discoloration is apparendy

of factors such as certain chmacteristics of local

waters, household plumbing

accumulation

supply consumption of be injurious to health. If such observed, discard the ice cubes and contact your

Factory Service Center or an authorized

Customer

circums~ces,

copper salts in an inactive water

fine

which feeds the

such

Care@

Servicer.

due

icem~er. Contiued

discolored

diwoloration is

Feeler arm in STOP position

ice

cuks

may

green-

unusti

to a combination

the

ice

cubes may

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To Dispense Ice and Water

For ice, set selector switch to CUBED or CRUSHED. For water, simply position glass beneath the word “WATER.”

Grip glass or other container gently near the rim and press rim firmly against ice or water dispenser cradle.

CAUTION: Never put fingers or other objects

into the ice crusher discharge opening.

When Dispensing Ice...

When Dispensing Water...

Some crushed ice may be dispensed even though you selected

occasionally when a few cubes accidentally get channeled to

Sometimes a mound of snow will form on the door in the ice chute. This condition is normal, and

usually occurs when you have dispensed crushed ice repeatedly. The snow will eventually evaporate.

the

CUBED. This happens

crusher.

To Stop Dispensing

Release pressure from cradle and withdraw slowly to catch last bits of ice or drops of water.

Some slight dripping may occur following dispensing of crushed ice or water. If excessive, the spill should

be wiped dry immediately. Do not pour water in spill shelf because it is not

self-draining-pour it in the kitchen sink. The shelf and its grille should be cleaned regularly according to the Care and Cleaning section.

The water system provides approximately six successive 6-ounce

hours must be allowed for replenished water reservoir supply to cool. You probably will not drain all the chilled water from the reservoir on a single occasion.

The first glass of water dispensed maybe warmer than the following ones. This is

Dispensed water is cool, not iced. For colder

water, simply add crushed ice or cubes before dispensing water.

glassful+after

which several

norrnd.

If Ice Clumps Form in Storage Bin...

The icemaker ejects cubes in groups of eight, and it is normal for several cubes to be joined together.

However, infrequent usage of ice can cause ice

clumps to form in the storage bin, resulting in temporary malfunction of the dispenser mechanism.

To Remove Ice Cube Storage Bin

Lift the left corner to free the bin from the shelf, and pull the bin straight out while supporting it at front and back.

If this happens:

● Remove storage bin from freezer compartment.

● Break up ice clumps with fingertip pressure and

discard remaining clumps.

●

Replace bin before remaining cubes melt

together.

and fuse

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ICE & WATER DISPENSER

(continued)

To Replace Ice Cube Storage Bin

Slide the bin back until the tab on the bin locks into “Old” ice cubes will become cloudy and taste stale. the slot in

Move

● Home water supply is to be turned off for several hours.

● Ice storage bin is to be removed for a period of time.

● Going away on vacation, at which time you should also turn off the valve

in the water supply line to your refrigerator.

If This Is Your First

the

shelf.

Icemaker

If the

bin

does not go

all the way back,

remove it and rotate the

drive mechanism 1/4

turn. Then push bin

back again until the tab on the bin locks into

the slot in the shelf.

Feeler Arm to STOP (up) Position When...

Icemaker...

If Ice Is Not Used Frequently...

Empty ice storage bin periodically and wash it in lukewarm water. Be sure to allow storage bin to cool before replacing it—otherwise ice cubes will stick to the metal auger.

You’ll hear occasional sounds that may be unfamiliar. These are normal

icemaking

sounds and are not cause for concern.

Water Filter Accessory

The pefiect companion to your automatic

icemaker—a

Your ice cubes can only be as fresh-tasting as the water that produces them. That’s why it’s a good idea to purify your water with a water filter.

Its activated charcoal removes musty, stale odors and

unpleasant medicinal, metallic tastes. A porous fiber

cartridge catches dirt, rust particles, sand and silt while special crystals reduce deposits of hard scale.

The water filter is an option at extra cost and is available from your GE dealer. Specify It has complete installation instructions and installs in minutes on 1/4”

water filter.

O.D.

copper water line.

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