What Interior Ventilation Slots Covered Means
Liebherr prints one instruction in the FKDv cooling section with an exclamation mark after it: the ventilation slots on the inside must not be covered. On a drinks cabinet, where the commercial instinct is to fill every centimetre of visible space, that is the instruction most often broken.
Common Causes of Interior Ventilation Slots Covered
- Bottles or cans stacked flush against the internal air slots
- Shelves set at a spacing that leaves no clearance for circulating air
- Point-of-sale material taped inside the cabinet across an air path
🔧 One Safe Check You Can Try
Find the internal slots — usually at the back or in the ceiling of the cabinet — and clear whatever is stacked against them. Liebherr's height-adjustable wire shelves exist so the layout can be changed to suit the bottles rather than the other way round, and shelves come out with the door opened past ninety degrees.
⚠ Why You Shouldn't Go Further Than That
- Blocked internal airflow produces uneven cooling — warm at one end of a shelf, cold at the other — which reads as a failing cabinet and is actually a stocking pattern.
- The same overstocking that blocks the slots keeps the door open longer at each serve, so the two problems compound each other through a busy trading day.
Opening a panel to inspect or repair something yourself doesn't automatically cancel your manufacturer's warranty — but it can risk accidental damage, and some manufacturers do have specific service conditions. Check your product's warranty terms, or ask us, before deciding.