Whirlpool 8ED22DQ User Manual

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Use And Care Guide

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A Note To You

Important Safety Instructions

3 Parts And Features Before Using Your

Refrigerator 5 Using Your

Refrigerator Caring For Your

Refrigerator Food Storage

Guide

If You Need

Assistance Or Service

Warranty 28

A Note To You

Thank you for buying a Whirlpool* appliance.

You have purchased a quality, world-class home appliance. Years of engineering experience went into its manufacturing. To ensure that you enjoy many years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of valuable information on how to operate and maintain your appliance properly and safely. Please read it carefully. Also, please com plete and mail the Ownership Registration Card provided with your appliance. This will help

us notify you about any new information on your appliance.

Your safety is important to us.

This guide contains safety symbols and statements. Please pay special attention to these symbols and follow any instructions given. Here is a brief explanation of the use of each

symbol.

Awarning

This symbol will help alert you to such dangers as personal injury, burns, fire and electrical shock.

This symbol will help you avoid actions which could cause product damage

(scratches, dents, etc.) and damage to

your personal property.

acaution

Help when you need it.

If you ever have a question concerning your appliance’s operation, or if you need service, first see “If You Need Assistance Or Service” on page 26. If you need further help, feel free to call an authorized Whirlpool service center. When calling, you will need to know your appliance’s

complete model number and serial number. You can find this information on the model and

serial number label (see diagram on page 4). For your convenience, we have included a handy place below for you to record these numbers, the purchase date from the sales slip and your dealer’s name 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 Phone

Important Safety Instructions

AWARNING

• Read all instructions before using the refrigerator.

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

If you are getting rid of your old refrig erator, 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, eiectrical shock, or injury when using your refrigerator, foilow these basic precautions:

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Help us help you

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

13°C (55°F).

• Keep the refrigerator out of the weather.

• Connect the refrigerator only to the proper

kind of outlet, with the correct electrical supply and grounding.

• 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.

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

• Never clean refrigerator parts with flammable 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

EXPLOSION.

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. The model you pur chased may have all or some of the parts and features shown and they may not match the illustration exactly. This manual covers several models.

Model and serial

Automatic ice maker with cubed and crushed ice

Ice bin

Light Removable

wire sheives»...,,

Snack bin

Slide-out freezer baskets^

Light . . (on some models)

Controi panel Light

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number label

(on side wail)

Utility

compartment

Adjustable

slide-out

Spillguard*

shelves

Crisper iight

Temperature' controlied meat drawer

Adjustable door bins (on some modeis)

Meat drawer temperature control (on side wali)

Leveling roilers (behind base grille)

t Number varies with modei

Control panel

Base grille

Humidity-

controiled

crisper

Deep

adjustable

door bins

with bin

glides^

Model 8ED27DQ

shown

Freezer control

Refrigerator control

Before Using Your Refrigerator

In This Section

Page

Cleaning your refrigerator..............

Piugging it in................................

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.

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Installing it properly

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

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Cleaning your refrigerator

Removing packaging materials

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

To remove any remaining glue:

• Rub briskly with thumb to make a ball, then remove.

• 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.

NOTE: Do not remove any permanent instruction labels inside your refrigerator. Do not remove the Tech Sheet fastened under the refrigerator at the front.

Cleaning it before use

After removing all packaging materials, clean your refrigerator before using it, if necessary. See cleaning instructions on pages 21-22.

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Plugging it in

Recommended Grounding Method

A 115 Volt, 60 Hz (Plug 1) or 220/240 Volt,

50 Hz (Plug 2), 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.

Plugl

Installing it properly

1. Allow 1.25 cm {V2 inch) space on each side and at the top of the refrigerator for ease of installation.

2. If the hinge side of the refrigerator is to be

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

wider.

3. The refrigerator can be flush against the

back wall.

4. Make sure the ice maker water supply

has been connected. Refer to Installation

Instructions.

Leveling it

Your refrigerator has 2 front leveling screws-one on the right and one on the left. To adjust one or both of these, follow the directions below.

1. Remove base grille. (See page 19.)

2. To raise front, turn screw clockwise.

3. To lower front, turn screw counterclock wise.

4. Check with level.

5. Replace base grille. (See page 19.)

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Using Your Refrigerator

In This Section

Page

Setting the controls..................................7

Changing the control settings Removing the door shelf fronts Removing the door trim Adjusting the door bins Adjusting the door bin glides

Adjusting the refrigerator shelves ..10 Removing the snack bin Using the egg bin Removing the crisper and

crisper cover Adjusting the crisper

humidity control Removing the meat drawer

and cover.............................................12

Adjusting the meat drawer

temperature..........................................12

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Adjusting the wine rack Removing the freezer baskets

Removing the freezer shelf

Using the THIRSTCRUSHER*

dispensing system

Using the automatic ice maker.................15

Solving common ice maker/

dispenser problems...............................18

Removing the ice maker storage bin

Changing the light bulbs Removing the base grille Understanding the sounds you

may hear Saving energy

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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 controls, remove and adjust some of the features in your refrigerator, and how to save energy.

Setting the controls

Controls for the refrigerator and freezer are in the refrigerator. When you plug in the refrigerator for the first time:

1. Set the Refrigerator Control to 3. Refrigerator Control adjustments range from 1 (warmest) to 5 (coldest).

2. Set the Freezer Control to B. Freezer Control adjustments range from A (warmest) to C (coldest).

REFRIGERATOR

3. Give the refrigerator time to cooi down completely before adding food. This may take severai hours.

The settings indicated above should be correct for normal, household refrigerator usage. The controls are set correctly when milk or juice is as coid as you like and

when ice cream is firm, if you need to

adjust these settings, see “Changing the

control settings” below.

NOTE: The Automatic Exterior Moisture control continuously guards against moisture build-up on the outside of your refrigerator cabinet. This control does not have to be set or adjusted.

Changing the control settings

If you need to adjust temperatures in refrigerator or freezer, use the settings listed in the chart below as a guide.

CONDITION: REASON: CONTROL SETTINGS:

• Adjust the Refrigerator Control first.

• Wait at least 24 hours between adjustments.

• Then adjust the Freezer Control if needed.

RECOMMENDED Refrigerator

Freezer

Refrigerator section too warm • Room temperature too warm

Freezer • Door opened often section • Large amount of food added too warm

Refrigerator section too cold

Ice not made fast •Very cold room temperature enough

Both sections too warm •Very warm or very cold room

• Door opened often

• Large amount of food added

• Very cold room temperature (can’t cycle often enough)

• Controls not set correctly for your conditions

• Heavy ice usage (can’t cycle often enough)

• Door opened often

• Large amount of food added

temperatures

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