Model: PDS18SBMRBS

Temperature Settings

Initially set the refrigerator and freezer controls at 5. If you want colder or warmer temperatures, adjust the For refrigerator and freezer, 5 is normal, 9 is coldest. refrigerator temperature first. When satisfied with that setting, adjust the freezer temperature.

Freezer Control

The freezer control maintains the temperature in the freezer compartment.

Refrigerator Control

The refrigerator control maintains the temperature throughout the refrigerator compartment.

Moving the refrigerator control to OFF stops cooling in both areas---refrigerator and freezer---but does not shut off power to the refrigerator.

After changing the controls, allow 24 hours for the refrigerator to reach the temperature you have set.

Freezing Evaporator Fan Design Flaw

The drain has frozen over most-likely due to a design flaw in the GE fridges. The drain that you have de-iced drains into a snake-like line in the back of the fridge where it then drains into the evaporation tray in the bottom of the fridge. This snake-like drain line section is where the problem is, water builds up in here and freezes backing up your drainage system. This section in covered with a isolation-lined metal cover, by removing this cover this will prevent the line from freezing up and therefore eliminate the source of the problem. This does make the fridge slightly less energy efficient however the effects are not materialistic.

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