Specifications

AIR
FLOW
Side-By-Side
Models
The evaporator is mounted behind the
cover at
the rear
of
the freezer
compart-
ment. A circulating fan is mounted near
the top of the compartment, directly
above
the
evaporator. This fan
draws air up over
the evaporator and discharges it
against
a dispersing shield, mounted in front
of
the fan. As the
air hits the dispersing
shield, the air is deflected in three
di-
rections. The
cold air circulates to the
bottom of the freezer
compartment,
ab-
sorbing heat and moisture from
the
pack-
ages
stored on the shelves. lt is
then
drawn up into the
evaporator atea to
again
repeat the
cycle,
DISPERSING
SHIELD
Because
the evaporator
is the
coldest
surface in the
treezer,
all moisture in the
compartment forms
on
its
surfaces.
After
eight hours
of
accumulated
compressor
running
time, the
evaporator
is automat-
ically
defrosted
and the water
drains into
a
tray
in the machine
compartment.
The
amount
of air being moved in each
direction
in
the drawing is broken
down
as follows:
1. The
greatest
volume
of air is
blown out
the
opening
at the bottom of the
dis-
persing
shielc.
2.
Part
of
the
chilled air is
blown over the
top
of
the
dispersing
shield.
3. A
small
portion
of the chilled
air
is
forced through
a side
opening into the
ref ri
gerator
com
partment.
The
air being moved in
each direction is
depending
somewhat
on the setting of the
treezer
baffle control, For
example: lf the
baffle control is turned
to the
closed
posi-
tion
(coldest),
a
greater
volume
of chilled
air
will
circulate throughout
the treezer
compartment.
However,
because the
sensing
element
that
controls the
com-
pressor
operation is located
in the refri-
gerator
compartment, the
compressor will
operate for
a longer
period
of time, re-
sulting in colder lreezer
temperatures
and
the
desired fresh food
compartment tem-
peratures.
Conversely, if the
treezer
baffle
is
in the
open
position,
more
air will flow
into
the refrigerator
compartment,
thus
satisfyinQ the
sensing
element sooner
and
reducing
the compressor
run time consid-
erably.
This naturally
results in warmer
freezer temperatures.
The refrigerator
compartment is
cooled by
the
air
passing
through
the freezer
baffle
control
and then circulating throughout
the
refrigerator
compartment. Return
air from
this compartment
is drawn
through an
opening near
the bottom, where
it again
passes
through the
evaporator coil to
start
the
cycle again.
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