Samsung RL26DCAS, RL21DC Series, RL22DC Series, RL24DC Series, RL26DC Series Instruction Manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

MODEL:

RL21DC**
RL22DC*
RL24DC*
RL26DC*

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CONTENTS

PARTS DESCRIPTION.....................................................2

SAFETY NOTES..............................................................3

PREPARATIONS BEFORE USE........................................4

INSTALLATION&SETUP...................................................5

INTRODUCTION TO PCB .................................................7

STORING FOODS ...........................................................9

MAINTENANCE & CLEANING.........................................10

DISASSEMBLY OF ACCESSORIES.................................11

TROUBLE SHOOTING....................................................12

TECHNICAL PARAMETERS & CIRCUIT DIAGRAM...........14

This manual includes four models of RL26DC**/RL24DC**/RL22DC**/
RL21DC** in similar structures with major importance to the model
RL24DC**.
*Typical colors:

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MS : Mist Silver (Thai Silver) MR : Mirror
TW : Two-tone White, TS : Two-tone Silver

AS : Aluminum WR: Wine Red

SW : Snow White (PCM), EW : Snow White (Embo)

Silver

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Please read this manual and use it as instructed. The messages marked with
"Warning" and "Notes" were about safety and of high importance.
Please read it carefully and repeatedly.

WARNING

Which means it is possible to cause potential and severe damage
about dangerous issues if the instructions not followed.

NOTES

Which means it may cause slight damage or performance
failure if certain cases not avoided.

Do not store pharmaceuticals products, scientific materials or temperature-sensitive
products in the refrigerator.

- Products that require strict temperature controls must not be stored in the refrigerator.

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PARTS DESCRIPTION

Product features

Digital control: Control from outside and display working state and temperature.

Fi-free environmental protection: This appliance is the green product.
Reliable performance: Seamless high efficient compactor of famous brand is used in this product
with excellent performance and high reliability.
Reasonable structure: The layout of refrigerator up and freezer down can reduce the cooling energy
and power loss. The frequently used upper refrigerator can facilitate the access.
The refrigerator shelf is position adjustable with the volume.
Odour reservation: The freezer is drawer-structured to ease food storage and protect from odour
mixing.
Flat back: The built-in condenser is easy to clean.

Attachment

MEMO

Name

Model

RL26DC**
RL24DC**

RL22DC**
RL21DC**

DRAWER-F TRAY-VEG

SHELF-R

3 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 1

3 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1

TRAY COVER

-VEG

GUARD

-EGG

Parts description (RL24DC** for example)

LAMP COVER

SHELF-R

GUARD-WINE

TRAY COVER-VEG

TRAY-VEG

GUARD­BOTTLE

TRAY-EGG TRAY-ICE

TRAY -ICE
GUARD-EGG

TRAY-EGG

DOOR SWITCH

TEM SENSOR

GUARD-BOTTLE

GUARD

-WINE

DRAWER-F

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TECHNICAL PARAMETERS

Model

DESCRIPTION

Climate type
Electric shock proof

Total volume

Volume (L)

Rated volgage/frequency/current
Total power input (W)
Lamp MAX power (W)

Power consumption kWh/24h(25 )
Freezing capacity kg/24h

Refrigerating agent and dosage(g)
Weight (kg)

Visual dimension
(width*deepth*hight)(mm)

Refrigerator
Freezer

RL26DC** RL24DC** RL22DC** RL21DC**

243/238
160/158

83/80

220-240V/50Hz/0.35A

0.76 0.74 0.68 0.68

R600a/58g

61 57 55 53

548*614*1705 548*614*1607

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

PANEL PCB

YEL

REF - SENSOR

WHT

REF EVAP SENSOR

GRN

F- SENSOR

SKY BLU

DOOR SWITCH

YEL

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P C B

GRY

BLU
BLK

RED

BLK-WHT

BRN

Capacitor

SKY BLU

TRANSFORMER

COMPENSATION HEATER

GRY
RED

LAMP

Compressor

S

M

t

P.T.C RELAY

M

1~

YEL-GRN

C

ST, N, SN

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224/219
141/139

83/80

220-240V/50Hz/0.40A

204/199
136/134

68/65

80W

25W

4

R600a/58g R600a/56g

548*614*1493 548*614*1430

BRN

YEL/GRN

GROUND

3

O/L PROTECTOR

RED

RED

RED

1

RED

2

BLU

BRN-BROWN
BLK-BLACK
BLU-BLUE
GRY-GRAY
GRN-GREEN
WHT-WHITE
YEL-YELLOW
Y/GRN-YELLOW GREEN

194/189
126/124

68/65

SAFETY NOTES

WARNING

If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the
manufacturer or their service agent or a similar qualified
person in order to avoid any hazard.
The power supply should not be reconnected within 5
minutes to prevent the compressor being damaged.

Do not use combustible sprays,such as spray-paint or dopes, which will
probably give rise t o explosion.
Note: Do not expose the appliance in the outdoor and rain.

Don't let children play with or hang on the unit as this
will damage the unit or hurt children.

Keep the appliance back out of water to avoid impairing insulation.

Warning

The temperature indicator flash may probably result from
too much stuff,long lasting or frequent opening or little space
between hot items and the sensor.

Keep the sensor uncovered or out of item contact;
A lump input of hot items or frequent or long-lasting opening will
raise the inside temperature; and the temperature indicator will flash
and recover in 24 hours;
Poor door closing or a lump input of hot items or frequent or long-lasting
opening may result in temperature indicator flash, poor cooling effect or long work;

Do not store inflammable or explosive hazardous items and strong acid
or alkaline corrosives chemicals, such as butane,aether,benzene,
vitriol,gasoline,alcohol etc. Do not put the bottled fluid foods in
the freezer as that will cause bottle cracks.

Do not continue using the malfunctional or damaged appliance.
Please cut off the power and call the local service center.

The appliance must be installation that the plug should be easily
accessible after installation.

WARNING

If there is gas leaking, please shut the gas valve and
change the room air before pulling out the power plug
because unplugging will accompany sparks that will
probably give rise to accidents.

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SAFETY NOTES

NOTES

Please refer to the model and serial number to compare the products;

Before connecting to power, please verify the power supply voltage and the rated voltage of the
appliance.The rated voltage allowance is 220-240V. For safety purpose, the wires which can
bear over 10A current must be used.

After using the freezer, do close the drawer before you shut the freezer door.

Should the Fridge TEMP. reads negative,please check if the appliance runs under Super Cool.

During the hot weather in Summer, the appliance will run a longer time, the ice will be found in the
back wall and the freezer temperature is low. The above is normal.

The electric parts in PCB will get hot during work and shall be kept from water.

Alert

The refrigarant leaked from the pipe may catch fire or hurt your eyes. If refrigerant leakage occurs,

please keep away the fire or potential fire source, and keep the room aired for several minutes.

- To avoid the combustible gas composed of the refrigerant leaked from the cooling circuit and the air,
please select the room size to accommodate t he appliance according to the refrigerant quantity.
The room size shall be calculated as per the criterion of 8g R600a per square metres.
For details of the refrigerant quantity, please refer to the manual.

- Do not start the appliance that has any damage. If any problems, please contact the dealer or
service centre.

WARNING

The cooling effects originates from refrigerant that is filled through
special process. Please ensure the pipes in the rear are intact.

This appliance adopts R600a refrigerant which is combustible.
During transportation and installation, please handle the appliance carefully
to protect the cooling system from damage.

- Keep ventilation openings, in the appliance enclosure or in the build-in structure,
clear of obstruction.

- Do not use mechanical devices or other means to accelerate the defrosting process,
other than those recommended by the manufacturer.

- Do not damage the refrigerant circuit.

- Do not use electrical appliances inside the food storage compartments of the
appliance, unless they are of the type recommended by the manufacturer.

TROUBLE SHOOTING

The front frame and side plate get hot

- The de-dew pipe is built in the frame to avoid dews condensing
on the frame. It will get hot when the appliance is running.

- The cooling assembly(condensor) is installed on both sides
of the frame.

Ice cracks are heard

- It is not a fault. When the appliance is initiated or closed,
poop will be heard due to sharp change of temperature which
cause uneven heat imposed on the interior parts

Frost or ice is found on the back

- The cooling pipes in the back will be under 0 when the appliance
is running. Frost or ice will be found on the back due to dense moisture.

- When the appliance is off, the frost will disappear automatically.

- Suggest to clean the appliance once per month.

- Foods and food container shall not lean closely against the back.

Streaming is heard

- It is not a fault. The sound is heard when the refrigerant flows.

PREPARATIONS BEFORE USE

Basic preparations

1. In the initial use, please remove 2 tapes from both sides of the glass
shelf and embed two side tubers into the recess of the inner gallbladder.

2. Clean the appliance with the wet wiper(add a few detergents into
the warm water).

3. After 2-3 hours cooling, you may store the foods to regulate the
appliance working.

* Suggest to put in the foods after 2-3 hours cooling.

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Dews are condensed on the mid-ridge and the frame

- When the environmental humidity exceeds standard.

- Please wipe with the soft cloth.

Dews condensed in the vegetable compartment.

- When the door is left open for long time or

- The fluid food are not properly sealed.

Should your problems falls out of the above, please visit the designated
service center with the WARRANTY CERTIFICATE or contact Sumsung Technical
Help Center.

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TROUBLE SHOOTING

The appliance does not work.

- The Plug is not well connected.

- No power supply.

- Resart the appliance within 5 minutes
after power-off.

Change the lamp

Pull out the power plug.

Remove the screws from the lamp cover, then hold the rear
with fingers to draw out the cover with forward force.

Turn off the bulb counterclockwise.

Nonstop working is incurred to the appliance.

- When the room temperature is high, or the
appliance is near heat or exposed in the sun.

- The door is opened frequently or well closed.

- The room has poor ventilation.

- The food is over stuffed, resulting in bad cooling.

The food in the refrigerator is frozen

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The thermostat setting is too low.

- The foods contact the cooling source
in the back wall.

Noise is heard

- The appliance is not steadily placed.

- The appliance is too close to the wall.

- The exterior cooling pipes clash with
each other or with fridge wall.

- Something unexpected is behind or under.

- The motor will give out buzz when running.

- Items stored are not steadily placed.

The freezer generates poor effect.

- The door is not well closed.

- The door gasket is damaged or distored or
poorly sealed.

- The appliance is near heat or exposed in
Sun.

- The appliance is not well aired.

Turn on the bulb clockwise.
Hang the back hook first, fix the front hook and fit the screws.
Lamp parameters: ~220V-240V,25W E14

INSTALLATION & SETUP

Place the refrigerator

1.Remove the foot cushion prior to use.

2.If the appliance is placed unsteadily, you may adjust the front leg in the bottom to stablize
the appliance (lift by turning left).There is a adjust hole in the front leg.You may adjust it
with a crosshead screwdriver (see right figure).

3.The ground under the appliance shall be flat and solid.
Otherwise noise and oscillation will arise.

The noise will grow stronger if the

appliance is put on the soft ground;

Please put a solid plate on the blanket,

to avoid miscolor or heat blocking;

To stablize the appliance, please leave
the foot contacting the ground closely and
keep the appliance leaning back for easy closing of the door.;

Packaging & handling

1.Unpacking, repacking and handling
Do remember where the packages are during unpacking and examining.

The products can not be transported until they are repacked after examining.

2.Do not hold the door during transportation.

3.Avoid clash or acute shaking during handling.

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The defrost water outflows inside.

- The water outlet is block.

- Please get rid of the block with a
plug or similar tools.

4.Vertical handling to avoid clash
Do not position the appliance reversely or horizontally.

If tilting is required, the tilting angle shall be less than45
Please handle the appliance as per the instructions to

prevent from noise or some other problems.

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INSTALLATION & SETUP

300mm above

Leave 55~100mm between the appliance back and the wall.

55mm above

55mm above

At least 300mm shall be left empty over the appliance.

DISASSEMBLY OF ACCESSORIES

Accessories

GUARD-WINE

The multifunctional wine guard may support 3 cans of beverage
horizontally or 1 bottle of drinking vertically.

The appliance shall not be place where there is moisture
to avoid mental rust and insulation impairment;
If the appliance is placed near the pool or in the basement,
a overload protector is required except for the earth wire.
If the appliance is soaked due to the natural disaster
(such as rainstorm or accidents), please have it repaired
by Sumsung service center before use.

The appliance shall be far away from heat source and direct
sunlight.

A s eparate socket for earth wire with 3 cores shall be used
and shall not be shared with other apparatus. For safety
purpose,please connect the earth wire that is in place on
the earthing pole of the socket.The wire shall not be
connected to the water pipe, gas pipeline, telephone line
and lightning rod etc.

Make sure not to press the power cord.
No appliances such as microwave, electric cooker and
transformer are allowed on the top of the appliance.

Disassembly of accessories

Shelf-R

You may adjust the shelf position as per the container height.

Drawer-F

You may pull the drawer to the stopper and take it out tipsily.

Tray and COVER-VEG

Draw out the tray-veg and take it out when the cover is lifted.

Warning: During disassembling, do not force out the tray to
avoid the damage of the appliance.

TRAY-EGG & GUARD-BOTTLE

Lift and take out them.

TRAY-VEG.

The tray-veg can reserve the water and freshness of
fruits and vegetables because it is sealed to avoid
direct contact between cold air and vegetables.
Applicable to storage of vegetables and fruits.

TRAY COVER-VEG

TRAY-VEG

NOTES

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Before you discard the appliance, please scrap the gasket.

The scraped items shall be properly treated or disposed
of by professionals. Do not discard the scraps anywhere
to avoid damages to the environment or other risks.

1.Keep the appliance out of water because it will get rusty and problem.
Please wipe the electric parts such as switch with dry cloth.

2.Do not use wash powder,alkaline detergent,brush,gas,thinner,alochol,
coal oil, acid and boiled water that may hurt the face or plastic items.

3.Do not use chemical wiper that may hurt the face or plastic items.

4.The oiled plastics items is easy to get aged, wipe off the oil soon.

TRAY-ICE

- Distribute the cold water or beverage into the clean tray-ice
and put them into the freezer.

- When getting the ice piece, just turn the ice tray but do not
turn it up and down.

WARNING

1.The glass partition is movable and heavy.Children are not allowed to move it.

2.The unsteadiness of the appliance will cause noise.

3.The first start needs a long time of about 3 hours as the room temperature
will fall to the setup temperature. The appliance will resume after shutdown.

4.For the foods or fluids that is absorbable, transferrable or odoriferous,
please use a seamless container to store.

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MAINTENANCE & CLEANING

Interior parts

Dismantle all shelfs, door frames, trays, covers and drawers
and clean with a soft cloth that is soaked with water or medium
detergent (for bowl or chopstick wash).If detergent is used,
please clean with water first,then wipe with a piece of dry cloth.

INTRODUCTION TO PCB

RL26DC**/RL24DC**/RL22DC**/RL21DC**

Door gasket

If the door gasket contacts the oil or sauce etc.,it will be
impaired after a long time, especially for the gasket of the
door up and down.Make sure to cleanthe gasket carefully.
The recess shall be cleaned by the chopstick shrouded by
cotton piece.When embed the gasket, fit four corners first
and embed the gaskets section by section.

Defrost method

When the frost layer gets thick, it may impair the cooling effect. You may take out and pack
the foods. Pull out the power plug and wipe off the water with soft cloth when the frost layer
vanishes. Then connect to the power and restart the appliance to setup the temperature.
Generally once or twice defrost is required per year.

NOTES

1.Plug off the power first, then clean the freezer after defrost;

2.The best time to defrost is when the freezer is empty or half empty;

3.Do not use metal or sharp tools for defrost to prevent damage;

4.No electric heater is allowed for defrost;

Cleaning precautions

Pull out the plug from the socket before cleaning, the interval between
plug in and out shall be over 5 minutes;

No water is allowed in the lamp and PCB cover during cleaning;
Wipe with soft towel dipped over water or medium detergent, then clean

with dry cloth;
Do not use the detergent with abrasive(e.g. Toothpaste),acid,chemical

solvent(e.g.alochol) or putty agent.

Super Cool display

Super Cool key

Fridge key

Fridge & Freezer TEMP.
Display

Freezer key

When power is on, all lamps will light up with welcome music for 2 seconds with
the refrigerator temperature set to 5 . The display will indicate the actual

°C

refrigerator temperature.

Fridge - The display indicates the refrigerator temperature;
Freezer - The display indicates the freezer temperature;

1.Super Cool key

1-1.If the appliance is not under the Super Cool state, pressing the "Super Cool"
key will energize the Super Cool light and bring the appliance to the Super
Cool state;

1-2.Entering the Super Cool state, the compressor will start working;

1-3.There are two ways to cancel Super Cool:
1-3-1.Press the "Super Cool" key to exit the Super Cool state;
1-3-2.The appliance exits the Super Cool state automatically;

1-4.Exitting the Super Cool state will disable the display of "Super Cool" ;

NOTES

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The following checks shall be made after maintenance:
Any chaps or scars are found on the power cord.
Plug in the socket reliably
The power plug gets hot or other accidents.

as the coldest temperature before you turn on the

Super Cool key.

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INTRODUCTION TO PCB

STORING FOODS

2.Fridge key

2-1.Press the "Fridge" key to setup the refrigerator temperature;

2-2.When pressing the "Fridge" key, the refrigerator temperature will flash and
display the current setup value with beeps. Repressing the "Fridge" key will
enable the change of the setup temperature in the cycle of 5 4 3

°C °C °C

7 6 5 for each press;

°C °C °C

3.Freezer key

3-1.Press the "Freezer" key to display the freezer temperature. The "Fridge" will
go off and the "Freezer" will light up. The display will show the freezer tempe­ rature.
Several seconds later, the display will indicate the refrigerator temperature.

3-2 When the display indicates the freezer temperature, press the"Freezer" key to
exit the freezer temperature and enter the refrigerator temperature;

4.Trim function

4-1.Hold down the "Fridge" key for 5 seconds to enter the trim state;
4-2.Under the trim state, repressing the "Fridge" key will enable the trim operation

as per "--" "01" "02" "03" "07" "08" "09" "--";

4-3.If no actions are input for 5 seconds under the trim state, the appliance will

return to the normal work;

4-4.If the temperature setup is changed, it will exit the trim state;
4-5.When trimming the temperature, each press will trigger a beep sound;
4-6.Higher is the value, the setup temperature is lower:

* Trim function is not recommended;

The foods shall be packed with the freshness reservation bag
(film) or put in the sealed container to avoid air-dry
or mix-odour.

Hot foods or beverages shall be cooled to the room temperature
to save power consumption.

The cooked and raw foods shall be placed separately.

The foods shall be kept loose to leave enough space for air cycle.
Note: 1. Do not put the foods near the sensor.

2. The foods and containers shall not lean against the
back wall.

Store foods in smaller portions.

Better clean the washable foods,such as fruits and vegetables
before storage.

The fruits and vegetables shall be stored in the vegetable
compartment to reserve the water and freshness.

5.Opening alarm

5-1.When the refrigerator door is open for 2 minutes, an alarm will be heard;
When it is open for 3 minutes, two alarms will be heard; When the door is
open for more than 4 minutes, alarms in the cycle of 1 minute alarm and
2 minutes stop to remind the user of closing the door;

5-2.The alarm will stop when the refrigerator door is closed;

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WARNING

The tropic fruits such as banana and pineapple are not suitable.
Do not store the items that has strict storage standard, such as

blood serum, bacterin and academic materials.
Recommendation: If you need a large quantity of foods to be stored,
ice making or fast cooling, please take out the freezer drawer and
freeze the foods directly on the evaporator partition.

NOTES

Do not touch the freezer evaporator with wet hands to avoid the water ices
on your hands.

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