Frigidaire FPHT18D3RS2 Owner’s Manual

EN FREEZER /REFRIGERATOR USE AND CARE GUIDE

FR REFRIGERATEUR /CONGELATEUR GUIDE D:UTILISATIQN ET D'ENTRETIEN

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Finding Information .................................... 2

Safety .......................................................... 3

Feature Overview ........................................ 5

Installation .................................................. 6

Removing the Doors ................................. 10

Installing Door Handles ............................ 12

Connecting the Water Supply .................. 13

Controls .................................................... 15

Automatic Ice Maker ................................ 17

Storage Features ...................................... 18

Storing Food and Saving Energy ............. 23

Normal Operating Sounds & Sights ......... 24

Changing the Water and Air Filters .......... 25

Care and Cleaning .................................... 27

Common Solutions for Concerns ............ 31

Warranty .................................................... 36

Safety

Important safety General Safety instructions

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in this manual. Safety items throughout this manual are labeled with a Danger, Warning, or • Do not store or use gasoline or other

Cautionbasedontherisktype.

Definitions

_This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to alert you to potential personal injury

hazards. Obey all safety messages that follow this symbol to avoid possible injury or death.

flammable liquids near this or any other appliance. Read product labels for warnings regarding flammability and

other hazards.

• Do not operate the refrigerator in the presence of explosive fumes.

• Avoid contact with any moving parts of the automatic ice maker.

Remove all staples from the carton to avoid injury. Staples can also damage finishes if they come in contact with other appliances or furniture.

Child Safety Packing Materials:

= Packing cartons covered with rugs,

bedspreads, plastic sheets, or stretch wrap may become airtight chambers and

can quickly cause suffocation.

• Destroy or recycle the product's carton, plastic bags, and any other exterior wrapping material immediately after the refrigerator is unpacked. Children should

never play with these items.

Child Entrapment and Suffocation:

• These problems are not limited to the past. Whether junked, abandoned, or temporarily stored (even for a few hours), unattended refrigerators and freezers are dangerous. Please take the precautions

listed below.

Proper Disposal of Refrigerators/ Freezers

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Safety

Leave the shelves and baskets in place so children may not easily climb inside.

Have refrigerant and compressor oil removed by a qualified service technician.

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Feature Overview

Understanding features and terms

Your Electrolux refrigerator is designed for optimal convenience and storage flexibility. The illustration below is provided to assist you with familiarizing yourself with product features and

terminology.

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Components Provided:

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Top Hinge

Cover Front

Top Hinge Cover Rear

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If possible, place the refrigerator out of direct sunlight and away from the range,

dishwasher, or other heat sources. The refrigerator must be installed on a

floor that is level and strong enough to support a fully loaded refrigerator.

Consider water supply availability for models equipped with an automatic ice

maker.

Installation

Allow the following clearances for ease of installation, proper air circulation, and plumbing and electrical connections:

Sides & Top 3/8inch (9.5 ram) Back 1 inch (25.4 ram)

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Door opening

Installation

Leveling Freezer Drawer Tolevelthecabinetusingt.e frontro,ers: (if necessary) 1 Slightly open freezerdrawer. Liftthe toe

1 Check gasket seal around top, bottom, 2 You can raise or lower each door. Use

and sides of freezer drawer, a 3/8inch socket wrench to turn the

2 If gasket is not sealed, open drawer and adjustment screws (1 per side).

slightly loosen four drawer screws (two ......

on each side) to allow drawer to rotate.

3 Close drawer and recheck the seal

on the gasket (A). Open the drawer grabbing by the sides in the center (B).

Be careful not to rotate the drawer.

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Tighten four drawer screws.

5 Recheck gasket seal.

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To raise: turn adjustment screw clockwise. To lower: turn adjustment screw

counterclockwise.

Ensure both doors are bind-free with their seals touching the cabinet on all

four sides and that cabinet is stable.

After unit is leveled, lower anti-tip leg until it contacts the floor.

Assembly

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Level Refrigerator & Adjust

Doors (if necessary)

Guidelines for final positioning of your

refrigerator:

All four corners of the cabinet must rest firmly on the floor.

The sides should tilt _Ainch (6 mm) from front to back (to,ensure that doors close 5 Install the toe grille by fitting into place.

and seal propeny/. Doors should align with each other and

be level.

Most of these conditions can be met by raising or lowering the adjustable front rollers.

Installation

To adjust the door stop: Door stop is adjustable between 85 to 145

degrees.

5 Retighten screw.

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Adjustable Door Stop 1 Remove all food items from door bins on

1 Open door to provide access to screw, door being adjusted.

2 Loosen screw. 2 Open doorsto 90 degrees. 3 Adjust door to desired location. 3 Loosen or remove screw.

before resuming normal use,

To level the doors using the adjustable lower hinge (select models):

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Adjusting Door

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Lift the door while adjusting the washer. To raise the door, rotate washer clockwise

(when viewed from the bottom). To lower door, rotate washer counterclockwise

(when viewed from the bottom).

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Raising/Lowering Door

Retighten the screw, where applicable, ensuring it is between the spokes of the set washer. Screw will not be tight, just insert until it is flush with the hinge.

Re-tighten Screw

To adjust the flipper mullion:

1 Loosen the screw located on the flipper

mullion hinge.

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Adjusting Flipper Mullion Screw

Adjust flipper mullion height. For proper connection with the flipper mullion guide, there should be a separation about the

thickness of a coin (0.060 inches, or

1.5 mm between the guide and flipper

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Mullion

Screw (where applicable)

Adjusting Flipper Mullion Height

3 Retighten screw.

Removing the Doors

Getting through narrow s Unscrew the three lower hinge screws spaces

if your refrigerator will not fit through an entrance area, you can remove the doors. Lower Hinge Removal

To prepare for removing the doors:

Make sure the electrical power cord is unplugged from the wall outlet,

2 Open the freezer drawer and remove the

Check first by measuring the entrance. __

toe grille (see "installation" section).

3 Remove any food from the door shelves

and close the doors.

To remove the refrigerator doors:

1 Trace lightlyaround the door's top hinges

with a pencil. This makes reinstallationeasier.

and hinge if necessary.

To reinstallthe rightdoor, reversethe above steps.

Once both doors are in place, ensure they are aligned with each other and level (please see the "installation" section for more details), and replace the top hinge cover.

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Removing Freezer Drawer

Ooen freezer drawer, Remove arawer screws on rlgnt ana eft

slaes two screws on each slae..

Remove hex head drawer

2 Disconnect the harness by grasping both

sides of the connector firmly, depress the latch, and pull apart. Remove the two

screws from the top hinge. Lift the door off of the bottom hinge and set it aside.

Do Not Remove

Remove Hex Hex HeadDrawer HeadDrawer

Screw Screw

3 Lift drawer up and out to remove.

Removing the Doors

Installing Freezer Drawer

1 With lower slides pulled out, hang

drawer onto slide brackets ensuring pins on each side are fully inserted into slots

on each side.

Reinstall four drawer screws (two per side), tighten down, and close drawer.

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6 Tighten four drawer screws.

7 Recheck gasket seal.

8 Install the toe grille by fitting into place.

Cabinet

3 Check gasket seal around top, bottom,

and sides of freezer drawer.

4 If gasket is not sealed, open drawer and

slightly loosen four drawer screws (two on each side) to allow drawer to rotate.

5 Close drawer and recheck the seal

on the gasket (A). Open the drawer grabbing by the sides in the center (B).

Be careful not to rotate the drawer.

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