Hotpoint KMS06 Use And Care Manual

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AirConditi~ner

Conkn@

Adapter Plug

Air Direction

Air Filter

Appliance Registration

Care and Cleaning

Condenser Coils

Control Settings

4,5

Electrical Requirements

Energy-Saving Tips

Extension Cords

Grille and Cabinet

Grounding

Model and Serial Numbers 2, 6 Power Saver Switch

Problem Solver

Repair Service

Safety Instructions

User Maintenance Instructions 6

Warranty

Back Cover

GE Answer Center”

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Use and Care of

model

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Help us help you...

Before

usi~

your air conditioner, read this book carefully.

It is intended to help you operate and maintain your new air conditioner properly.

Keep it handy for answers to your questions.

If you don’t understand something or need more help, write (include your phone number):

Consumer Affairs

Hotpoint

Appliance Park Louisville, KY 40225

Write down the model and serial numbers.

You’ll find them on a label behind the front grille on the left-hand side of the air discharge duct. (See page 6.)

These numbers are also on the Consumer Product Ownership Registration Card that came with your air conditioner. Before sending in this card, please write these numbers here:

Model Number

Serial Number

Use these numbers in any correspondence or service calls concerning your air conditioner.

If you received a

dam~ed

air conditioner . . .

Immediately contact the dealer (or builder) that sold you the air conditioner.

Save time and money. Before you request service . . .

hpotint

Safety

Instructions

Read W

Mrudiom

before

this

apptiance.

When using this appliance, always exercise basic safety precautions, including the following:

●

Use this appliance

only

for its

intended purpose

describd

this Use and Care

Book,

●

air conditioner

mwt

be properly installed in accordance

%th

the bstallation Instructions

before it

used. See

grounding

instructions on page 3.

●

N~er

u@ugyow

h~nditiOnW

by pulling on the power cord.

Always grip plug

fidy

and pull

straight out from the receptacle.

●

Repair or

repkce

immediately

all

elmtric

service cords that

have

bwome

frayed or otherwise

dam~ed.

Do not use a cord that shows cracks or abrasion damage along its length or at either the plug or connector end.

SAW

THESE

~STRUCTIONS

Ene~y-savi~

tips

s Keep the air filter clean. (See

instructions on page 6.) . For most efficient cooling, keep

the vent control in the CLOSE position except when you want to exhaust air, smoke or odors from the room.

. Don’t let the room get too hot. Whenever possible, turn the unit on before the room heats up. When heat is “stored up” in walls, furniture, rugs and draperies, your air conditioner takes longer to produce the desired comfort condition.

●

Keep windows and doors closed. Cool, dry air escapes when they’re open.

● Keep furnace floor registers and

cold air returns closed. Cold air can easily escape through them.

●

Don’t let drapes or furniture block the front of the unit and restrict air flow when it is operating.

●

It’s best to operate your air conditioner at high speed during extremely hot weather.

● Keep the outdoor condenser coil

clean. (See page 6.)

● Turn the air conditioner off

before vacations or extended absences from home.

Check the Problem Solver on page 7. It lists causes of minor operating problems that you can correct yourself.

Electrical

safetY—IMPO~NT...please

Read

Carefully.

How to connect

230/208-volt perpendicular,

electricity

tandem or large tandem type wall outlet. These

tvues

of outlets are

For

pemonal

safety,

this appliance

mmt be

properly grounded.

Eledrical requirement@

W-volt models require a

115/120-

volt a.c., 60 hz grounded outlet protected with a 15 amp time delay fuse or circuit breaker.

The power cord on these models has a three-prong (grounding) plug that mates with a standard three-prong (grounding) wall outlet (Fig. 1) to minimize the possibility of electric shock hazard from these appliances.

PREFERRED METHOD

>--7

‘

Fig. 1

-Y]

INSURE PROPER

GROUNO

EXISTS

BEFORE USE

available at most hardware stores.

230/208-VOLT

MATCHING

PERPENDICULAR TYPE WALL OUTLET

LINE CORD PLUG

REQUIRES 20 AMP TIME DELAY FUSE

OR CIRCUIT BREAKER PROTECTION

230/208-VOLT

MATCHING

TANOEM

TYPE

WALL OUTLET

LINE CORD PLUG

REQUIRES 15 AMP TIME DELAY FUSE

OR CIRCUIT BREAKER PROTECTION

-0

(.’

(

●

230/208-VOLT

MATCHING

LARGE

TANOEM

TYPE WALL OUTLET

LINE CORD PLUG

REQUIRES 30 AMP TIME DELAY FUSE

OR CIRCUIT BREAKER PROTECTION

TEMPORARY METHOD

(AOAPTER

PLUGS NOT

PERMITTEO

CANAOA)

The larger slot in the adapter must be aligned-with the larger

sl;t

in the wall outlet to provide proper polarity in the connection of the power cord.

CAUTION:

Attaching the adapter ground terminal to wall outlet cover screw does not ground the

appliace

unless cover screw is metal, and not insulated, and wall outlet is

groundd

through house wiring. You should have the circuit checked by a

qudifid

electrician to make sure the outlet is properly grounded.

When

disconn~ting

the power cord

from the adapter,

always hold the adapter with one hand. If this is not done, the adapter ground terminal is very likely to break with repeated use.

Should the adapter ground

terminal break, DO

USE

the

appliance until a proper ground has again been es~blished.

Where a standard two-prong wall outlet is encountered, it is your personal responsibility and obligation to have it replaced with a properly

Whether

your air conditioner is a

grounded three-prong wall outlet.

U5-volt or a 230/208-volt unit, it

imDortint to have the wall

Use of etiension cords

DO NOT, UNDER

C~CUMSTANCES,

CUT

REMO~

THE

TH~

(GROUND) PRONG

~OM

THE POWER CORD.

230/208-volt models

require their own single branch circuit supplying 230/208-volt a.c., protected with a time delay fuse or circuit breaker. This is recommended for best performance and to prevent overloading house wiring circuits, which could cause a possible fire hazard from overheating wires.

The power cord on these models has a 230/208-volt perpendicular, tandem or large tandem type plug that mates respectively with a

outle~

and circuit checked by a qualified electrician if there is any doubt as to whether a proper ground exists.

Use of adapter plug

(~-volt modek

only)

Because of potential safety hazards

under certain conditions, we

strongly recommend against use of an adapter plug.

However, if you still elect to use an adapter, where local codes permit, a TEMPORARY

CONNE~ION

may be made to a properly grounded two-prong

wall outlet

by use of a

listed adapter (Fig. 2) available

at most local hardware stores.

Because of potential safety hazards under certain conditions, we

stron~y recommend against the

use of an extension cord.

However,

if you

stfll elect

to use an extension cord, it is absolutely necessary that it be a

listed 3-wire grounding type appliance extension cord and that the current carrying rating of the cord in amperes be equal to or greater than the branch circuit size shown on the rating nameplate of the appliance.

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