Routine maintenance of fridges and freezers prevents from issues and preserves integrity of samples.
Routine maintenance of fridges and freezers prevents from issues and preserves integrity of samples.
The fridges and freezers are under constant temperature monitoring. In order to avoid alarms, the monitoring has to be disconnected before the cleaning of 4°C fridges and the defrosting of -20°C/-80°C freezers (see [How to disable a Rmoni sensor](#how-to-deactivate-the-alarm-in-Sensor4Lab).
The fridges and freezers are under constant temperature monitoring. In order to avoid alarms, the monitoring has to be disconnected before the cleaning of 4°C fridges and the defrosting of -20°C/-80°C freezers (see [How to deactivate the alarm in Sensor4Lab](#how-to-deactivate-the-alarm-in-Sensor4Lab)).
**Please inform the Instrument Care team before every kind of maintenance by sending [a ticket](https://service.uni.lu/sp?id=sc_cat_item&sys_id=6ea39fdbdbec38105c72ef3c0b96196a&sysparm_category=af924f17dbac38105c72ef3c0b96194b) 24h before starting your maintenance**. Preferentially start your maintenance in the morning. When the maintenance is finished and the temperature is back to normal, reply on the open ticket to let them know you are done.
**Please inform the Instrument Care team before every kind of maintenance by sending [a ticket](https://service.uni.lu/sp?id=sc_cat_item&sys_id=6ea39fdbdbec38105c72ef3c0b96196a&sysparm_category=af924f17dbac38105c72ef3c0b96194b) 24h before starting your maintenance**. Preferentially start your maintenance in the morning. When the maintenance is finished and the temperature is back to normal, reply on the open ticket to let them know you are done.
