GE ZISB36D, ZIS36N User Manual
Introduction
Your new Monogram refrigerator makes an eloquent statement of style,
convenience and kitchen planning flexibility. Whether you chose it for its
purity of design, practical storage arrangements or assiduous attention to
detail—or for all of these reasons—you’ll find that your Monogram
refrigerator’s superior blend of form and function will delight you for
years to come.
The Monogram refrigerator was designed to provide the flexibility to blend
in with your kitchen
match your kitchen cabinets or blend with your kitchen decor. Custom
handles are also available to further personalize your refrigerator. Through a
series of product and trim kit choices, the Monogram refrigerator can be
beautifully integrated into the kitchen.
Since this is designed to be a built-in product, custom panels are required
on the front of the Monogram refrigerator. Consult your kitchen designer or
cabinetmaker for your customized look.
The information on the following pages will help you operate and maintain
your refrigerator properly.
For more information,
24-MO02
Product Planning and Installation Information
49-6452
Installation Instructions
49-6446
Trim Options and Instructions
These can be obtained from a GE Monogram dealer. For a listing of
dealers—or if you have other questions—please call the GE Answer
Center” (800.626.2000).
cabinetry.
please
Decorative door insert panels allow it to
refer to the following publications:
Contents
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Appliance Registration .................3
Care and Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13–16
Condenser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Drawer/Cover Removal .......16
Light Bulb Replacement ......15
Vacation Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Consumer Services .....................22
Food Storage Suggestions ..........10
Storage Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Ice and Water Dispenser ...........6–9
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Adapter Plug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Electrical Requirements .......17
Grounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Model and Serial Numbers ...........3
Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............17
Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Leveling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Problem Solver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18–20
Quick Serve
Safety Instructions ........................4
Shelves
Storage Drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Temperature Controls ...................5
Water Filter Accessory .................9
Warranty .....................................23
TM
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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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 number.
You’ll see them on a label on the right side, near the bottom of the fresh
food compartment.
These numbers are also on the Consumer Product Ownership Registration
Card that came with your refrigerator. Before sending in this 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 causes of minor
operating problems that you can correct yourself.
If you need service...
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.
FIRST, contact the people who
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
FINALLY, if your problem is still
not resolved, write:
Major Appliance Consumer
Action Panel
20 North
Chicago, IL 60606
Wacker
Drive
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WORTANT
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Read All
WARNING—When using this appliance,
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as described in this Use and Care Guide.
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accordance with the Installation Instructions
before it is used. See
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touch the cold surfaces in the freezer
compartment, particularly when hands are
damp or wet.
cold surfaces.
●
icemaking
plugged in.
possible injury. It will also prevent interference
with the moving parts of the ejector mechanism, or
with the heating element that releases the cubes.
always exercise basic safety precautions,
including the following:
Use this appliance only for its intended purpose
This refrigerator must be properly installed in
the Grounding Instructions.
After your refrigerator is in operation, do not
Skin may adhere to these extremely
Do not place fingers or hands on the automatic
mechanism while the refrigerator is
This will help protect you from
Instmctions
Before Using
Ttis
Appliance.
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Don’t refreeze frozen foods which have
thawed completely.
of Agriculture in Home and Garden Bulletin
No. 69 says:
“..
.You
may safely refreeze frozen foods that have
thawed if they still contain ice crystals or if they are
still cold—below
“..
.Thawed
any
off-odor or off-color should not be refrozen and
should not be eaten. Thawed ice cream should be
discarded. If the odor or color of any food is poor
or questionable, get rid of it. The food may be
dangerous to eat.
“Even partial thawing and refreezing reduce the
eating quality of foods, particularly fruits,
vegetables and prepared foods. The eating quality
of red meats is affected less than that of many other
foods. Use refrozen foods as soon as possible to
save as much of their eating quality as you can.”
●
Do not operate your refrigerator in the
presence of explosive fumes.
ground meats, poultry or fish that have
The United States Department
40°F.
●
Do not allow children to climb, stand or hang
on the shelves in the refrigerator.
damage the refrigerator and seriously injure
themselves.
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If your
the house but not in use, be sure to
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Before replacing a burned-out light bulb,
unplug the refrigerator or turn off power at the
circuit breaker or fuse box
contact with a live wire filament. (A burned-out
light bulb may break when being replaced.)
NOTE: Turning freezer compartment temperature
control to OFF position does not remove power to
the light circuit.
remove the doors.
possibility of danger to children.
Unplug your refrigerator before
.
cleaning and making repairs.
J NOTE: We strongly recommend
that any servicing be performed by a
qualified individual.
old
refrigerator is
in order to avoid
They could
still
around
This will reduce the
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Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable
vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any
other appliance.
SAVE
T~SE
~STRUCTIONS
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Set Temperature Controls
YOUR
REFWGEMTOR
Your refrigerator has two
controls that let you regulate the
temperature in the fresh food and
freezer compartments.
They have settings from 1 through
9, and are located at the top of the
fresh food compartment.
The freezer control also has
an OFF setting.
9 is the coldest setting, 1 is the warmest.
How to Test Temperatures
Use the milk test for the fresh
food compartment. Place a
container of milk on the top shelf
in the fresh food compartment.
Check it a day later. If the milk is
too warm or too cold, adjust the
temperature controls.
WHEN YOU FIRST TURN THE REFRIGERATOR
ON, SET BOTH CONTROLS AT 5.
For colder or warmer temperatures, adjust the
FRESH
FOOO
—
5 IS NORMAL
COLOEST
9 IS
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FREEZER
Use the ice cream test for the
freezer compartment. Place a
container of ice cream in the
center of the freezer compartment.
Check it after a day. If it’s too
hard or too soft, adjust the
temperature controls.
compartment control one number at a
IMPORTANT: When first setting controls, or
adjusting them, allow 24 hours for the refrigerator
to get cold.
NOTE:
position stops cooling in BOTH compartments—
fresh food AND freezer—but does not shut off
Dower
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to the refrigerator.
the freezer control to the OFF
F
desired
~ime.
Power Saver Switch
The power saver switch is located
on the temperature control panel.
To reduce the amount of electricity required
to operate your refrigerator, push switch to
POWER SAVER setting.
This turns off the heater in your refrigerator that
prevents moisture from forming on the outside of the
refrigerator.
With the heater turned off, there is a chance that
moisture may form on the outside of your refrigerator,
especially when the weather is humid.
The humidity is most likely to be high in the summer,
in the early morning hours, and in homes which are
not air conditioned.
No Defrosting
It is not necessary to defrost the freezer or fresh food
compartments. Although your refrigerator is designed
and equipped to defrost itself automatically, some
frost on packages is normal.
Over an extended period of time, moisture that forms
on the refrigerator surface may cause deterioration of
the paint finish. It will be important to protect the
finish by using appliance polish wax as described in
the Care and Cleaning section.
Move the power saver switch from the POWER
SAVER setting and electricity flows through the low
wattage heater which warms the outside of the
refrigerator. Under most conditions, this prevents the
forming of moisture or water droplets.
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ICE & CHILLED WATER DISPENSER
(on some models)
Automatic
Some models have an automatic icemaker and a
dispenser that dispenses chilled water, ice cubes and
crushed ice through the freezer compartment door.
Here’s how they work.
Water flows from the
household supply
through a
(1) dual solenoid
to the
(2) water reservoir and
to the
(3) automatic icemaker
as needed,
Icemaker
valve
and Ice & Chilled Water Dispenser
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, the baffle
in housing channels cubes through the crusher and
crushed ice falls through chute into glass.
Chilled 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.
Important Facts About Your Ice & Chilled Water Dispenser
●
Your icemaker will produce eight cubes per
approximately 120 cubes in a 24-hour
period+epending
on freezer compartment temperature, room temperature,
number of door openings and other use conditions.
●
Intermittent dispensing of ice is normal. If ice flow
interruption is more than brief, ice clump(s) may be the
cause and should be removed.
●
Avoid overfilling glasses with ice and using narrow
or extra-tall glasses. This can jam the chute or cause the
door in the chute to freeze shut. Periodically open the
freezer compartment door and look down into the chute.
If ice is blocking the chute, poke it through with a
wooden spoon.
●
Ice should not be dispensed into thin glasses, fine
china or delicate crystal-they can crack or chip from
the combined pressure of your hand pressing them
against the cradle and ice dropping into the container.
cycle
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To help keep bits of ice from being sprayed beyond
the glass, place glass close to ice chute—but not so
close that it blocks
●
Ice should be dispensed before filling glass with
soda or other beverage mixes. This will prevent
splashing which is annoying and which, if the splash
reaches the ice and water selector switch, could cause it
to stick or bind.
●
Beverages and foods should not be quick-chilled in
the ice storage bin. Cans, bottles or food packages in
the storage bin may cause the
● Ice other than that produced by your icemaker
should not be added to the ice storage bin—it may not
crush or dispense well.
outcoming
ice.
icemaker
to malfunction.
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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.
water line and to fill water reservoir automatically.
Once Your
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
sink. This
temporarily imparted to the water by the water reservoir.
Keep ice level to keep icemaker productive. Cubes
ejected into an empty storage bin
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
distributed evenly will allow the
enough ice to fill the bin to its maximum capacity.
Icemaker
glassfuls
will
eliminate the slight “plastic” taste
icemaking
will resume. Keeping cubes
and Dispenser are in Operation
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of water in the kitchen
will
pile up
icemaker
to produce
close
Ice
access
door
Icemaker
arm
(up)
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to
in
Ice cube mold automatic
fills with water after
cooling to freezing
temperatures. First
cubes normally freeze
after several hours.
NOTE: With a
installed refrigerator,
allow about 24 hours for
the freezer compartment to cool down to the proper
ice-making temperature.
newly-
Caution:
Under certain rare circumstances, ice cubes may
be discolored, usually appearing with a
bluish color. The cause of this unusual
discoloration is apparently due to a combination
of factors such as certain characteristics of local
waters, household plumbing and the
accumulation of copper salts in an inactive water
supply line which feeds the
consumption of such discolored ice cubes may be
injurious to health. If such discoloration is
observed, discard the ice cubes and contact your
GE Factory Service Center or an authorized
Customer
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icemaker.
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To Dispense Ice and Water
For ice, set selector
switch to CUBED,
CRUSHED or
CHILLED WATER.
CAUTION: Never put fingers or other objects into the ice crusher discharge opening.
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b,
Grip glass or
other container
gently near the
rim and press rim
firmly against
dispenser cradle.
ICE & CHILLED WATER DISPENSER
(continued)
When Dispensing Ice...
Some crushed ice may be dispensed even
though you selected CUBED. This happens
occasionally when a few cubes accidentally get
channeled to the crusher.
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.
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 chilled 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.
When Dispensing Water...
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
than the following ones. This is normal.
Dispensed water is chilled, not iced. For colder
water, simply add crushed ice or cubes before
dispensing water.
glass of water dispensed maybe warmer
glassfuls—after which several
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 and fuse
together.
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