Operating Sounds
Improvements
in refrigeration
design may produce sounds in your new refrigerator
that are different
or were not
present in an older model. These improvements
were made to create a refrigerator
that is better at preserving
food,
is more energy efficient,
and is quieter overall. Because new refrigerators
run quieter, sounds may be detected that
were present in older refrigerators,
but were masked by higher sound levels. Many of these sounds are normal.
Please note that the surfaces adjacent to a refrigerator,
such as hard walls, floors and cabinetry
may make these
sounds seem even louder. The following
are some of the normal sounds that may be noticed in a new refrigerator.
Clicking
• Freezer control (A) clicks when starting
or
• Normal operation
stopping compressor.
• Motorized
device (B) sounds like an electric
• Normal operation
clock and snaps in and out.
Air rushing or
• Freezer fan (C) and condenser
fan (D) make
• Normal operation
whirring
this noise while operating.
Gurgling or
• Evaporator (E) and heat exchanger
(F)
• Normal operation
boiling sound
refrigerant
makes this noise when flowing.
Thumping
• Ice cubes from ice maker (select models) drop
• Normal operation
into ice bucket (G).
Vibrating
noise
• Compressor
(H) makes a pulsating sound
• Normal operation
while running.
• Refrigerator
is not level.
• See page 3 for details on how to level
your refrigerator.
Buzzing
• Ice maker water valve (I) hookup
(select
• Normal operation
models) buzzes when ice maker fills with
water.
Humming
• Ice maker (J) is in the 'on' position without
• Stop sound by raising ice maker arm
water connection,
to off position (see page 18).
• Compressor
(H) can make a high-pitched
hum
• Normal operation
while operating.
Hissing or
• Defrost heater (K) hisses, sizzles or pops when
• Normal operation
popping
operational.
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