Whirlpool 2183013 User Manual

Home AppUances

Use And Care

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A Note to You

Refrigerator Safety
Parts and Features
Before Using Your

Refrigerator
Using Your

Refrigerator
Caring for Your

Refrigerator

Food Storage Guide ....20

Troubleshooting......22

Requesting Assistance
or Service

Warranty

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14‘ NO-FROST TOP FREEZER REFRIGERATOR

PART NO. 2183013

Table of Contents

Installing it properly.

Leveling it................

Attaching the ice maker to a

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Understanding the sounds
you may hear

Saving energy

Reversing the door swing................

Caring for Your Refrigerator

Cleaning your refrigerator

Vacation and moving care...............

Power interruptions

Food Storage Guide...............................

Storing fresh food.............................

Storing frozen food

Troubleshooting
Requesting Assistance or Service ...
Warranty

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Thank you for buying a ROPER® appliance.

ROPER appliances give you all the functionality of name brand appliances at a value price.

To ensure you enjoy years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide.

It contains valuable information about how to operate and maintain your appliance properly
and safely. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail the Ownership Registra
tion Card provided with your appliance. This card helps us notify you about any new

information on your appliance.

Please record your model's information.

Whenever you call to request service on
your appliance, you need to know your
complete model number and serial number.
You can find this information on the model
and serial number label (see diagrams on
page 4 or 5 for location of label).

Please also record the purchase date of
your appliance and your dealer’s name,
address, and telephone number.

Keep this book and the sales slip together in a safe place for future reference.

Model Number.
Serial Number.
Purchase Date.
Dealer Name
Dealer Address
Dealer Phone

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Refrigerator Safety

Your safety is important to us.

This guide contains statements under
warning symbois. Piease pay special
attention to these symbois and foiiow any

instructions given. Here is a brief explana

tion of the use of the symboi.

This symbol alerts you to such dangers
as fire, electrical shock, burns, and

personal injury.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

ikWARNING

ikWARNING

• Read ail instructions before using the
refrigerator.

• Child entrapment and suffocation are
not problems of the past. Junked or
abandoned refrigerators are stiil danger
ous ... even if they wiii “just sit in the
garage a few days.”

If you are getting rid of your old
refrigerator, do it safely. Please read the
enclosed safety booklet from the
Association of Home Appliance Manu

facturers. Help prevent accidents.

To reduce the risk of fire, eiectricai shock, or
injury when using your refrigerator, foiiow these
basic precautions:

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Please:

• Install and level the refrigerator on a floor
that will hold the weight and in an area
suitable for its size and use.

• Do not install the refrigerator near an oven,
radiator, or other heat source.

• Do not use the refrigerator in an area
where the room temperature will fall below
55°F (13°C).

• Keep the refrigerator out of the weather.

• Connect the refrigerator only to the proper
kind of outlet, with the correct electrical
supply and grounding. (Refer to the
Electrical Requirements and Grounding
Instructions Sheet.)

• Never allow children to operate, play with,
or crawl inside the refrigerator.

• Never clean refrigerator parts with flam
mable fluids. The fumes can create a fire
hazard or explosion.

• FOR YOUR SAFETY •

DO NOT STORE OR USE GASOLINE OR
OTHER FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND
LIQUIDS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS OR
ANY OTHER APPLIANCE. THE FUMES
CAN CREATE A FIRE HAZARD OR EX
PLOSION.

• Do not load the refrigerator with food

before it has time to get properly cold.

• Use the refrigerator only for the uses

described in this manual.

• Properly maintain the refrigerator.

• Be sure the refrigerator is not used by

anyone unable to operate it properly.

Parts and Features

This section contains captioned illustrations of your appliance. Use them to become familiar
with where all parts and features are located and what they look like.

NOTE: The model you have purchased may have all or some of the parts and features shown

and may not match the illustration exactly. This manual is designed to cover several models.

Control panel

(all models)

Temperature control

Style 1

Light switch

Automatic Ice
maker

(p. 10)

Ice bln
Partial shelf

Control panel

(P. 8)

Model and serial
number label

(on side wall)

Crisper cover

(P- 9)

Crispers

(P. 9)

Leveling
rollers

(P- 7)

Butter

compartment

Sllde-out wire

shelves

(P- 9)

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Style 2

Ice cube

trays

(p. 10)

Partial shelf
Control panel

(P- 8)

Model and serial
number label

(on side wall)

Utility bln

(on some models)

Sllde-out
wire shelves

(P- 9)

Crisper cover

(P- 9)

Crispers

(P- 9)

Leveling
rollers

(P- 7)

PARTS AND FEATURES

Butter

compartment

Butter dish

(on some

models)

Style 3

Control panel

(P- 8)

Model and serial
number label

(on side wall)

Sllde-out

wire shelves

(P- 9)

Trivet

Leveling
rollers

(P- 7)

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Butter

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Before Using Your Refrigerator

It is important to prepare your refrigerator for use. This section tells you how to clean it,

connect it to a power source, install it, and level it.

Cleaning your refrigerator

Removing packaging materials

Remove tape and any inside labels (except
the model and serial number label) before
using the refrigerator.

NOTE: Do not remove any permanent

instruction labels inside your refrigerator. Do
not remove the Tech Sheet fastened under

the refrigerator at the front.

To remove any remaining giue:

• Rub briskly with your thumb to make a ball,

then remove.

OR

• Soak area with liquid hand-dishwashing

detergent before removing glue as
described above. Do not use sharp
instruments, rubbing alcohol, flammable
fluids, or abrasive cleaners. These can
damage the material. See “Important
Safety Instructions” on page 3.

Plugging it in

Recommended Grounding Method

A 115 Volt, 60 Hz., AC only 15 or 20 ampere
fused and properly grounded electrical
supply is required. It is recommended that a
separate circuit serving only this appliance
be provided. Use a receptacle which cannot

be turned off with a switch or pull chain. Do

not use an extension cord.

See Electrical Requirements and Ground
ing Instructions Sheet in your Literature
Package.

Cleaning it before use

After removing all packaging materials,

clean your refrigerator before
using it, if necessary. See
cleaning instructions on pages

16 and 17.

3-prong grounding
type wall receptacle

Refrigerator

power cord

3-prong
grounding plug

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BEFORE USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Installing it properly

1. Allow 3 inches (7.5 cm) between over
head cabinets and refrigerator top.

2. Aliow at ieast 1 inch (2.5 cm) between
the refrigerator condenser on the back
and the wail.

3. Allow V2 inch (1.25 cm) on each side of
the refrigerator for ease of instaliation.

4. If the hinge side of the refrigerator is to

be against a wail, you might want to
leave extra space so the door can be
opened wider.

5. Level your refrigerator.

Leveling it

Your refrigerator has two front, adjustable
rollers to prevent rocking on uneven floors.

To adjust rollers:

1. Roll refrigerator into position.

2. Adjust roilers by turning the leveiing

screws, located at the front of the base.

• Turn clockwise to raise.

• Turn counterciockwise to lower.

NOTE: Rollers are adjusted correctly

when the refrigerator no longer rocks
when the doors are opened or closed.

3. Repeat this procedure whenever the

refrigerator is moved.

Use a screw

driver to adjust

Roller

Lower

Leveling screw

Raise

NOTE: If you want the doors to close easier,

use the rollers to raise the front of the
refrigerator slightly.

Using Your Refrigerator

To obtain the best possible results from your refrigerator, it is important that you operate it

properly. This section tells you how to set the temperature control, remove and adjust some
of the features in your refrigerator, and how to save energy.

Setting the temperature control

The Temperature Control is in the refrigera
tor. It controls the temperature in both the

refrigerator and freezer compartments.
When you plug in the refrigerator for the

first time:

1. Set the Temperature Control to 3 (nor
mal). Temperature Control adjustments
range from 1 (warmest) to 5 (coldest).

NOTE: Turning the Temperature Control

to OFF stops cooling in both the refrigera
tor and freezer compartments, but it does
not disconnect the refrigerator from the
power supply.

2. Give the refrigerator time to cool down
completely before adding food. This could
take several hours.

3. Adjust the Temperature Control to have
food as cold as you like. The setting

indicated above should be correct for

normal, household refrigerator usage.

NOTE; The built-in exterior moisture control

continuously guards against moisture build
up on the outside of the refrigerator cabinet.

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