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MODEL OVERVIEW
About this model: GE PSS26PSSSS
Stainless PSS26PSSSS combines three CustomCool modes, dual-evaporator ClimateKeeper2 and a sourced Door Alarm.
Stainless cabinet and exact storage
The stainless steel PSS26PSSSS is GE Profile's 25.50 cubic foot side-by-side refrigerator with a black textured steel case. Its exact capacity allocation is 15.81 cubic feet for fresh food and 9.69 for frozen food, within a cabinet 35 3/4 inches wide, 34 7/8 inches deep and 69 1/4 inches high. Rather than filling the freezer with fixed shelves, this SKU specifies only two wire cabinet shelves and four slide-out baskets, three with full extension. On the fresh-food side, three shelves include a Quick Space position and two sliding shelves, above a three-stack drawer system. These arrangements are meaningful for large packages and access behind them. GE links this precise stainless suffix to an owner PDF whose cover covers the 26 size family but does not list every retail suffix. The exact product page therefore establishes the installed storage, integrated ice dispenser and controls before any shared manual option is described.
All three CustomCool settings
The lower full-extension CustomCool drawer is a notable difference in this PSS26PSSSS. GE expressly lists all three choices: Express Chill, Express Thaw and Select Temp, rather than only a single rapid-chill setting. Page seven shows that choosing a mode turns on the SET light; Express Chill and Express Thaw display a countdown while running. After an Express Thaw cycle, the pan resets to a MEAT setting of 32 F. GE advises wrapping food for thawing so meat juices stay contained, and says the pan's displayed actual temperature may vary a little from SET with use and surroundings. These are normal operation states, not warnings. The exact SKU also names a Beverage Center, which the guide treats as a chilled choice associated with certain CustomCool pans. It should be understood as part of this interior drawer system, not assumed to be the separate in-door Refreshment Center described for other family versions. Recording the chosen mode and time remaining is more useful than calling a lit SET lamp an error.
ClimateKeeper2 and temporary controls
ClimateKeeper2 is specified for this exact refrigerator, with five electronic sensors and a Multiflow Air Tower. Page six explains that the system uses one evaporator for fresh food and a second for the freezer, separating their airflow during normal cooling. That description helps explain why a fresh-food temperature reading should not be treated as the freezer reading. The same page describes TurboCool as a temporary fast-cooling choice for the refrigerator compartment; its display reads TC while active and returns to the original setting after eight hours or a second press. TC is a named operating state, not a fault code. The linked guide begins at 37 F for fresh food and 0 F for frozen food, and allows a day for stabilization after adjustment. Quick Ice, listed on the exact dispenser, is another separate temporary feature that increases ice production for up to forty-eight hours or until pressed again. Distinguish cooling, drawer countdown and ice-boost controls before changing settings in response to a perceived anomaly.
Door and filter indications
Door Alarm is confirmed in the PSS26PSSSS dispenser specification. The relevant manual page says to press its pad until the indicator lights; when enabled, it sounds if either main door stays open more than three minutes. Closing the door extinguishes the light and stops the beep. Check whether a full-extension freezer basket or a large item on the Quick Space shelf prevents a complete seal, then close both doors and observe the sound. This is separate from the CustomCool SET light and TurboCool TC display. The model also has a Water Filter Indicator Light with its cartridge high on the right side of the fresh-food compartment. Page nine assigns orange to an approaching replacement and red to a due replacement; reduced water flow is another check. A filter color should not be recorded as a door alarm, and the open-door tone does not itself diagnose a filter or evaporator. If trouble persists, report the stainless PSS26PSSSS code, which light or text appeared, drawer mode, both temperatures and what changed when each door was closed.
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Exact SKU specifies Express Chill, Express Thaw and Select Temp in its full-extension drawer.
Source for this detailEnabled Door Alarm sounds when either door remains open over three minutes.
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GE Profile™ ENERGY STAR® 25.5 Cu. Ft. Stainless Side-by-Side Refrigerator with Dispenser - PSS26PSSSS - GE Appliances
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