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Tips / FAQ

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Tips

FRESH FOOD STORAGE TIPS and SUGGESTIONS

Shelf life of fresh foods varies depending on how fresh It is when you buy it. The refrigerator storage times and temperatures are recommended.

  • Vegetables: Wash vegetables in cool water and drain. Store in air-tight containers or plastic wrap vegetables do well in high humidity storage.
  • Fruits: Store more aromatic fruits in low humidity.
  • Prepackage Meats: Store in original packaging. After opening rewrap tightly
  • Fresh Meats, Fish and poultry: Remove store wrappings, then rewrap in wrap foil or waxed paper and refrigerate immediately.
  • Eggs: Store eggs unwashed in their carton. Use within 2 weeks.
  • Milk, Cream and Cottage Cheese: Keep carton closed and used within 5 days.
  • Cheese: Store in original packaging until ready to use. Rewrap tightly.
  • Leftovers: Let cool and cover tightly in wrap or air tight containers to prevent drying out and odor transfer.

FROZEN FOOD STORAGE

• Freezer storage: Wrap food in materials designed for frozen food storage to seal out air and moisture. Do not refreeze thawed meats.
• Ice Cream: The firmness of ice cream will depend on its cream content. Higher quality ice cream usually have a higher cream content requiring colder freezer temperatures to maintain firmness.

KEEPING FOOD AT ITS BEST

Ethylene
Some fruits and vegetables will produce ethylene, a gas that initiates the ripening process. Ethylene can cause premature ripening in some foods, while in others, it can actually cause damage. To reduce unnecessary spoilage of your fresh produce, do not store ethylene producing fruits and vegetables with those that are ethylene sensitive.

Ethylene Producing Food

Apples
Apricots
Avocados
Ripening bananas
Cantaloupe
Pears
Plantains
Plums
Quince
Tomatoes
Nectarines
Kiwifruit
Passion fruit
Mangoes
Peaches
Figs
Guavas
Honeydew
Mamey
Sapote

Ethylene Sensitive Foods

Unripe
bananas
Cabbage
Green beans
Belgian endive
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Chard
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Unripe kiwifruit
leafy greens
lettuce
Okra
Peas
Peppers
Spinach
Squash
Sweet potatoes
Watercress
Watermelon

FAQ

The answer is simple, but doing it can be difficult. Your challenge is to balance the temperature in the freezer with the temperatures in the fresh food compartment. Most of your units will have one cold plate in the freezer and distribute the air in two other compartments with air dampers. Like a sound system the cold control is the gain main control and volume is the amount of the air you control with the damper in the fresh food compartments.

You must have the air temperature in the freezer 0 to -3 * and 36 to 38* degrees most all thermostat’s are in the refrigerator and cooling is in the freezer you must set the control the gain in the refrigerator to get the ice cream hard and the damper halfway open the get 36* in the refrigerator with no ice crystals in your milk. You move the control to mid-way 4 or 5 and damper set about c or d move the control up one number at a time not to open the damper to fare open. Let the unit run 24 hours then check the ice cream and milk adjust again once you get the right temperature it will stay set. Maintenance cleaning of condenser coil once a year will keep your unit running well.

The water line house pressure needs the between 40 and 100 PSI pounds per square inch. House pressure is about 65 to 70 psi with on filter and 40 psi with filter below 40 you will get numerous ice maker trouble and most service will come from the house water lines.

Tastes: Filtration System- provides the best possible water while ensuring refreshing clean taste and odor-free at the same time reduces dirt, rust particles.  Use Ultrafine half-micron filtration filter system combined with food- grade polyphosphate ensures that chlorine, color and off – tastes, odors and particles of dirt stay out of your ice. Also will reduce water-related maintenance calls by as much as 40 percent.

Is the ice being used frequently? It is normal for ice to melt and stick together. Using the ice frequently keeps it loose and cycles the icemaker to replenish its supply.

Your unit will typically produce 70-90 cubes in a 24 hour period.
The temperature and the humidity of the sensible heat load inside and out of the unit will have an effect and how much ice your house guest and you use will tell the true capacity.