COOKOLOGY UCIB80BK 80L Freestanding Under Counter Fridge User Manual

June 6, 2024
COOKOLOGY

COOKOLOGY UCIB80BK 80L Freestanding Under Counter Fridge

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Safety warnings

Warning: risk of fire / flammable materials

  • This appliance is intended to be used in households and similar applications such as staff kitchen areas in shops, offices, and other working environments; farm houses and by clients in hotels, motels, and other residential type environments; bed and breakfast type environments; catering and similar non-retail applications.

  • This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory, or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge unless they have been given supervision or instruction concerning the use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.

  • Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.

  • If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, its service agent, or similarly qualified persons to avoid a hazard.

  • Do not store explosive substances such as aerosol cans with a flammable propellant in this appliance.

  • The appliance has to be unplugged after use and before carrying out user maintenance on the appliance.

  • Warning: Keep ventilation openings, in the appliance enclosure or the built-in structure, clear of obstruction.

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

  • Warning: Do not damage the refrigerant circuit.

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

  • Warning: Please abandon the refrigerator according to local regulators for it uses flammable blowing gas and refrigerant.
    Warning: When positioning the appliance, ensure the supply cord is not trapped or damaged.

  • Warning: Do not locate multiple portable socket outlets or portable power supplies at the rear of the appliance.

  • Do not use extension cords or ungrounded (two-prong) adapters.

  • Danger: 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.
  • The refrigerator must be disconnected from the source of the electrical supply before attempting the installation of the accessory.

  • Refrigerant and cyclopentane foaming materials used for the appliance are flammable. Therefore, when the appliance is scrapped, it shall be kept away from any fire source and be recovered by a special recovering company with corresponding qualification  other than be disposed of by combustion, so as to prevent damage to the environment or any other harm.

  • The necessity that, for doors or lids fitted with locks and keys, the keys be kept out of the reach of children and not in the vicinity of the refrigerating appliance, to prevent children from being locked inside.

  • For EU standard: This appliance can be used by children aged from 8 years and above and persons with reduced physical sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge if they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance in a safe way and understand the hazards involved. Children shall not play with the appliance. Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be done by children without supervision. Children aged from 3 to 8 years are allowed to load and unload refrigerating appliances.

  • To avoid contamination of food, please respect the following instructions:

    • Opening the door for long periods can cause a significant increase in the temperature in the compartments of the appliance.
    • Clean regular surfaces that can come in contact with food and accessible drainage systems.
    • Clean water tanks if they have not been used for 48 h; flush the water system connected to a water supply if water has not been drawn for 5 days. (note 1)
    • Store raw meat and fish in suitable containers in the refrigerator, so that it is not in contact with or drip onto other food.
    • Two-star frozen-food compartments are suitable for storing pre-frozen food, storing or making ice cream, and making ice cubes. (note 2)
    • One-, two- and three-star compartments are not suitable for the freezing of fresh food. (note 3)
    • For appliances without a 4-star compartment: this refrigerating appliance is not suitable for freezing foodstuffs. (note 4)
    • If the refrigerating appliance is left empty for long periods, switch off, defrost, clean, dry, and leave the door open to prevent mold from developing within the appliance. Note 1,2,3,4: Please confirm whether it is applicable according to your product compartment type.
  • For a freestanding appliance: this refrigerating appliance is not intended to be used as a built-in appliance.

  • Any replacement or maintenance of the LED lamps is intended to be made by the manufacturer, its service agent, or a similarly qualified person. (See chapter 2.4 for lamp replacement)

  • Warning: To avoid a hazard due to the instability of the appliance, it must be fixed by the instructions.

  • Warning: Connect to potable water supply only. (Suitable for ice-making machine)

  • TO Prevent A Child From Being Entrapped, Keep Out Of Reach Of Children And Not In The Vicinity Of a Freezer (Or Refrigerator). (Suitable for products with locks)

Meaning of safety warning symbols

This manual contains lots of important safety information which shall be observed by the users.

Electricity related warnings

  • Do not pull the power cord when pulling the power plug of the refrigerator. Please firmly grasp the plug and pull out it from the socket directly.
  • To ensure safe use, do not damage the power cord or use the power cord when it is damaged or worn.
  • Please use a dedicated power socket and the power socket shall not be shared with other electrical appliances. The power plug should be firmly contacted with the socket or else fires might be caused.
  • Please ensure that the grounding electrode of the power socket is equipped with a reliable grounding line.
  • Please turn off the valve of the leaking gas and then open the doors and windows in case of leakage of gas and other flammable gases. Do not unplug the refrigerator and other electrical appliances considering that spark may cause a fire.
  • Do not use electrical appliances on the top of the appliance, unless they are of the type recommended by the manufacturer.

Warnings for using

  • Do not arbitrarily disassemble or reconstruct the refrigerator, nor damage the refrigerant circuit; maintenance of the appliance must be conducted by a specialist
  • A damaged power cord must be replaced by the manufacturer, its maintenance department, or related professionals to avoid danger.
  • The gaps between refrigerator doors and between doors and refrigerator body are small, be noted not to put your hand in these areas to prevent from squeezing the finger. Please be gentle when closing the refrigerator door to avoid falling articles.
  • Do not pick foods or containers with wet hands in the freezing chamber when the refrigerator is running, especially metal containers to avoid frostbite.
  • Do not allow any child to get into or climb the refrigerator; otherwise, suffocation or falling injury of the child may be caused.
  • Do not place heavy objects on the top of the refrigerator considering that objectives may fall when close or open the door, and accidental injuries might be caused.
  • Please pull out the plug in case of power failure or cleaning. Do not connect the refrigerator to the power supply within five minutes to prevent damage to the compressor due to successive starts.

Warnings for placement

  • Do not put flammable, explosive, volatile, and highly corrosive items in the refrigerator to prevent damage to the product or fire accidents.
  • Do not place flammable items near the refrigerator to avoid fires.
  • The refrigerator is intended for household use, such as storage of foods; it shall not be used for other purposes, such as storage of blood, drugs biological products, etc.
  • Do not store beer, beverage or other fluid contained in bottles or enclosed containers in the freezing chamber of the refrigerator; otherwise the bottles or enclosed containers may crack due to freezing to cause damages.

Warnings for energy

  1. Refrigerating appliances might not operate consistently (possibility of defrosting of contents or temperature becoming too warm in the frozen food compartment) when sited for an extended period below the cold end of the range of temperatures for which the refrigerating appliance is designed.
  2. The fact that effervescent drinks should not be stored in food freezer compartments or cabinets or in low-temperature compartments or cabinets and that some products such as water ice should not be consumed too cold;
  3. The need to not exceed the storage time(s) recommended by the food manufacturers for any kind of food and particularly for commercially quick-frozen food in food freezer and frozen-food storage compartments or cabinets;
  4. The precautions necessary to prevent an undue rise in the temperature of the frozen food while defrosting the refrigerating appliance, such as wrapping the frozen food in several layers of newspaper.
  5. The fact that a rise in temperature of the frozen food during manual defrosting, maintenance or cleaning could shorten the storage life.

Warnings for disposal

  • Refrigerant and cyclopentane foaming materials used for the refrigerator are flammable. Therefore, when the refrigerator is scraped, it shall be kept away from any fire source and be recovered by a special recovering company with corresponding qualification other than be disposed of by combustion, so as to prevent damage to the environment or any other harm.
  • When the refrigerator is scraped, disassemble the doors, and remove the gasket of door and shelves; put the doors and shelves in a proper place, to prevent trapping of any child.

Correct Disposal of this product
This marking indicates that this product should not be disposed of with other household wastes throughout the EU. To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources. To return your used device, please use the return and collection systems or contact the retailer where the product was purchased. They can take this product for environmentally safe recycling.

Proper use of the refrigerator

Placement

  • Before use, remove all packing materials, including bottom cushions, foam pads, and tapes inside of the refrigerator; tear off the protective film on the doors and the refrigerator body.
  • Keep away from heat and avoid direct sunlight. Do not place the freezer in moist or watery places to prevent rust or reduction of the insulating effect.
  • Do not spray or wash the refrigerator; do not put the refrigerator in moist places easy to be splashed with water so as not to affect the electrical insulation properties of the refrigerator.
  • The refrigerator is placed in a well-ventilated indoor place; the ground shall be flat, and sturdy (rotate left or right to  adjust the wheel for leveling if unstable)
  • The top space of the refrigerator shall be greater than 30cm, and The refrigerator should be placed against a wall with a free distance of more than 10cm to facilitate heat dissipation.

Precautions before installation:
Information in the Instruction Manual is only for reference. The physical product may differ. Before installation and adjusting of accessories, it shall be ensured that the refrigerator is disconnected from power. Precautions shall be taken to prevent fall of the handle from causing any personal injury.

Levelling feet

  • Schematic diagram of the leveling feet

(The picture above is only for reference. The actual configuration will depend on the physical product or statement by the distributor )

Adjusting procedures

  • a. Turn the feet clockwise to raise the refrigerator;
  • b. Turn the feet counterclockwise to lower the refrigerator;
  • c. Adjust the right and left feet based on the procedures above to a horizontal level.

Door Right-Left Change

Parts to be used for door reverse

Number

|

Name

|

Number

|

Note

1

| Upper hinge| 1| Pre-installed on the refrigerator, still used when door

2

| Hinge cover| 1| Pre-installed on the refrigerator, still used when door

3

| Tapping locking screw| 5| Pre-installed on the refrigerator, still used when door

4

| Hole cap| 1| Pre-installed on door end caps, still used when door

5

| pin| 2| Pre-installed on the refrigerator, still used when door
6| Lower hinge assembly| 1| Pre-installed on the refrigerator, still used when door

7

|

Levelling foot

| 1| Pre-installed on the refrigerator, still used when door
8| Stopper| 1| Pre-installed on door end caps, still used when door
 | Tapping screw| 1| Pre-installed on door end caps, still used when door

  1. Power off the refrigerator, and remove all objects from the door trays.

  2. Dismantle the hinge cover, screws and upper hinge, and remove the hole cap and pins from the other side

  3. Remove the door first, then remove the lower hinge assembly and leveling foot, interchange the positions of the lower hinge assembly and leveling foot, and install them.
    ( The picture above is only for reference. The actual configuration will depend on the physical product or statement by the distributor )

  4. Dismantle the stopper under the door, then assemble the stopper on the other side.

  5. Install the door on the lower hinge assembly, and then install the upper hinge, hinge cover, pins and hole cap in sequence.
    ( The picture above is only for reference. The actual configuration will depend on the physical product or statement by the distributor )

Changing the Light(optional)
Any replacement or maintenance of the LED lamps is intended to be made by the manufacturer, its service agent, or similar qualified person. Replacement must first cut off the power supply.

( Above is only for reference. The actual configuration will depend on the physical product or statement by the distributor )

Starting to use

  • Before the initial start, keep the refrigerator still for half an hour before connecting it to the power supply.
  • Before putting any fresh or frozen foods, the refrigerator shall run for 2-3 hours, or for above 4 hours in summer when the ambient temperature is high.
  • Spare enough space for convenient opening of the doors and drawers or statement by the distributor.

Energy saving tips

  • The appliance should be located in the coolest area of the room, away from heat-producing appliances or heating ducts, and out of direct sunlight.
  • Let hot foods cool to room temperature before placing in the appliance. Overloading the appliance forces the compressor to run longer. Foods that freeze too slowly may lose quality, or spoil.
  • Be sure to wrap foods properly, and wipe containers dry before placing them in the appliance. This cuts down on frost build-up inside the appliance.
  • The appliance storage bin should not be lined with aluminum foil, wax paper, or paper towel. Liners interfere with cold air circulation, making the appliance less efficient. Organize and label food to reduce door openings and extended searches. Remove as many items as needed at one time, and close the door as soon as possible.

Structure and functions

Key components

Refrigerating chamber

  • The Refrigerating Chamber is suitable for storage of a variety of fruits, vegetables, beverages, and other food consume in the short term. Cooking foods shall not be put in the refrigerating chamber until cooled to room temperature. Suggested storage time 3 days to 5 days. It is the most energy-efficient to place food in the position shown in the picture above.
  • Foods are recommended to be sealed up before putting into the refrigerator.
  • It is recommended to put bottled or canned drinks and other items on the door;

Note: Storage of too much food during operation after the initial connection to power may adversely affect the freezing effect of the refrigerator. Foods stored shall not block the air outlet; or otherwise, the freezing effect will also be adversely affected.

Functions

  • Turn the temperature control knob to MAX, the internal temperature of the refrigerator becomes lower.
  • Turn the temperature control knob to MIN, the internal temperature of the refrigerator becomes higher.
  • The letter on the knob only represents the level but does not mean the specific temperature, the “OFF” means stop working.
  • Recommended gear: “MED”.
  • If there are no special needs, please avoid setting the gear at MAX all the time to make sure you can prevent the tank bladder from frosting.

The figures do not mean a specific set temperature, but a temperature level. “1” means the warmest setting “4” means the coldest setting The higher the figure is, the lower the actual temperature inside the refrigerator shall be. “OFF” means stop running.

  • Recommended gear : 3 gears
  • Note: It is recommended to adjust and use in the range of 1-4 gears. Exceeding this range may cause the refrigerator temperature to be low.

Maintenance of refrigerator

Cleaning

  • Dusts behind the refrigerator and on the ground shall be timely manner to improve the cooling effect and energy saving.
  • Check the door gasket regularly to make sure there are no debris. Clean the door gasket with a soft cloth dampened with soapy water or diluted detergent
  • The interior of the refrigerator should be cleaned regularly to avoid odor.
  • Please turn off the power before cleaning the interior, and remove all foods, drinks, shelves, drawers, etc.
  • Use a soft cloth or sponge to clean the inside of the refrigerator, with two tablespoons of baking soda and a quart of warm water. Then rinse with water and wipe clean. After cleaning, open the door and let it dry naturally before turning on the power.
  • For areas that are difficult to clean in the refrigerator (such as narrow sandwiches, gaps, or corners), it is recommended to wipe them regularly with a soft rag, soft brush, etc. and when necessary, combine them with some auxiliary tools (such as thin sticks) to ensure no contaminants or bacterial accumulation in these areas.
  • Do not use soap, detergent, scrub powder, spray cleaner, etc., as these may cause odors in the interior of the refrigerator or contaminated food.
  • Clean the bottle frame, shelves, and drawers with a soft cloth dampened with soapy water or diluted detergent. Dry with a soft cloth or dry naturally.
  • Wipe the outer surface of the refrigerator with a soft cloth dampened with soapy water, detergent, etc., and then wipe dry.
  • Do not use hard brushes, clean steel balls, wire brushes, abrasives(such as toothpaste), organic solvents (such as alcohol, acetone, banana oil, etc.), boiling water, acid or alkaline items, which may damage the cooler surface and interior. Boiling water and organic solvents such as benzene may deform or damage plastic parts.
  • Do not rinse directly with water or other liquids during cleaning to avoid short circuits or affect electrical insulation after immersion.

Please unplug the refrigerator for defrosting and cleaning.

Defrost

  • Power off the refrigerator.
  • Remove the food from the refrigerator and place it properly to prevent food from melting.
  • Clear the drain pipe (use soft materials to prevent damage to the liner), Prepare the water containers for defrosting. (pay attention to cleaning the compressor compartment water draining tray, Avoiding overflow to the ground).
  • You can use the natural temperature for the natural defrost, you can also use the ice shovel to eliminate the frost (use a plastic or wooden ice shovel, to avoid damage to the liner or pipe)
  • You can also use the appropriate amount of hot water to speed up the defrost, with a dry towel to dry the water after defrosting.
  • After defrosting, put back the food in the cabinet, and power on the refrigerator.

Stop using

  • Power failure : In case of power failure, even in summer, foods inside the appliance can be kept for several hours; during the power failure, the times of door opening shall be reduced, and no more fresh food shall be put into the appliance.
  • Longtime nonuse : The appliance shall be unplugged and then cleaned; then the doors are left open to prevent odor.
  • Moving: Before the refrigerator is moved, take all objects inside out, fix the glass partitions, vegetable holder, freezing chamber drawers, etc. with tape, and tighten the leveling feet; close the doors and seal them with tape. During moving, the appliance shall not be laid upside down or horizontally, or be vibrated; the inclination during movement shall be no more than 45°.

The appliance shall run continuously once it is started. Generally, the operation of the appliance shall not be interrupted; otherwise, the service life may be impaired

Troubleshooting

You may try to solve the following simple problems by yourself. If they cannot be solved, please contact the after-sales department.

Table 1 Climate classes

Class| Symbol| Ambient temperature range


---|---|---
Extended temperate| SN| + 10 to + 32
Temperate| N| + 16 to + 32
Subtropical| ST| + 16 to + 38
Tropical| T| + 16 to + 43

  • Extended temperate: ‘This refrigerating appliance is intended to be used at ambient temperatures ranging from 10 °C to 32 °C’; temperate: ‘This refrigerating appliance is intended to be used at ambient temperatures ranging from 16 °C to 32 °C’;
  • Subtropical: ‘This refrigerating appliance is intended to be used at ambient temperatures ranging from 16 °C to 38 °C’;
  • Tropical: ‘This refrigerating appliance is intended to be used at ambient temperatures ranging from 16 °C to 43 °C’;
  • If the wine cooler operates outside the climate class(ambient temperature range)for which it is rated then it may not be able to maintain satisfactory internal temperatures.
  • Please register the warranty for this product on www.Cookology.com

Specifications

  • Model Numbers : UCIB80BK, UCIB80WH, UCIB80SL
  • Intended Use : Household and similar applications
  • Capacity : [Specify capacity]
  • Dimensions : [Specify dimensions]
  • Weight: [Specify weight]
  • Power Supply : [Specify power requirements]

FAQ

Q: Can children use this appliance unsupervised?
A: This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced capabilities unless supervised by a responsible individual.

Q: How should I dispose of the appliance?
A: When scrapping the appliance, ensure it is kept away from fire sources and recovered by a qualified company to prevent environmental damage.

Q: Can children load/unload the appliance?
A: Children aged 3 to 8 can load and unload refrigerating appliances under supervision.

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