Show Consumers Want Vant to Know by MARGARET l Director of Consumer Affairs National Association of Manufacturers What should a room air conditioner con con- warranty cover covel Before you bu buy the appliance appliance appliance ance find out if the warranty covers both parts and labor for how long and who must do the repair work Most companies will pa pay for defective defective defective de de- de- de parts and the labor to repair or replace them during during during dur dur- ing the first year If the scaled sealed refrigeration s system stem is found defective during the first five years the company will usually usually usually ally repair or replace an any part found defective If there are conditions in the warranty warrant you dont don't understand inquire about them particularly in regard to what the company compan will pay for and what the owner is expected to pay H We e transferred a room air conditioner from front the living room to a small bedroom It worked perfectly until moved The bedroom is far too cold and uncomfortable table now What causes this The size of a room affect affects the operation of an air con con- If the appliance is too large it pulls down the temperature of the room too quickly and turns itself off before removing moisture from the air This causes a clammy feeling in the room Do dryer dried clothes wear out faster than line dried items The answer is no because there is more stress and strain on clothes hanging in inthe inthe inthe the wind and bleached or faded by the sun A properly used clothes dryer should lengthen the life of clothes How can I 1 find out when theres there's a power shortage in m my y town The Federal Power Commission Commission Commission Com Com- mission has announced the areas where shortages are likely to occur this summer Your local utility will advise you via radio TV and newspapers newspapers newspapers news news- papers when there is a voltage reduction or brownout If youre you're watching television when this happens you may notice that the picture will shrink Wed We'd like to l replace place a ref refrigerator r ig- ig and separate freezer with one of the ref refrigerator refrigerator- f freezer reezer combinations Arc the freezers in those models designed designed designed de de- de- de signed for fOl long time food storage A National Standard for these appliances specifies that the freezer compartment must maintain temperatures of 8 degrees F or below However most models on the market will maintain 0 degrees The two compartments are in insulated insulated insulated in- in from each other with separate temperature controls and separate outside doors When you shop for this appliance appliance appliance ap ap- ap- ap look for separate controls controls controls con con- adjustable shelves a signal light or alarm that will warn you when current is off and the type of defrost system tern tem that will suit your needs Also be sure to get the warranty warranty war war- in writing before signing sign sign- signing ing anything Is low temperature the most I important factor in preserving preserving preserving ing quality of frozen foods I There are many factors in including including including in- in temperature that affect affect affect af af- the quality of frozen foods The kind of food being stored packaging materials and techniques how the food was prepared for freezing etc Temperature is is an important important important im im- factor For instance beef stored at a temperature of 10 degrees F will be acceptable acceptable acceptable ac ac- fr from m 6 to 8 months But that same cut stored at zero degrees will maintain high quality for 18 16 months In general as average storage storage storage stor stor- age temperature increases storage time is decreased dp |