Whirlpool 8ED22PW User Manual

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NO-FROST REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER 8ED22PW

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UseAndCareGuide

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A Note To You Important Safety

Instructions 3

Parts And Features Before Using Your

Refrigerator Using Your

Refrigerator 7

Caring For Your

Refrigerator 18 Food Storage Guide 20 If You Need

Assistance Or Service 22

Warranty 24

1-800-253-1301

Call us with questions or comments from anywhere in the U.S.A.

A Note To You

Thank you for buying a Whirlpool appliance.

You have purchased a quality, world-class home appliance. Years of engineering experience have gone into its manufacturing. To ensure that you will enjoy many years of trouble-free operation, we have 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 complete and mail the Owner ship Registration Card provided with your appliance. This will help us notify you about any new informa

tion 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

Our Consumer Assistance Center number, 1-800-253-1301, is toll-free, 24 hours a day.

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 22. If you need further help, feel free to call our Consumer Assistance 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

^WARNING

’ Read all instructions before using the

refrigerator.

• Child entrapment and suffocation are not problems of the past. Junked or abandoned refrigerators are still dangerous ... even if

they wiil “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 Manufacturers. Help prevent accidents.

To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, or injury when using your refrigerator, follow 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 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 Require ments and Grounding Instructions Sheet.)

• 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 crawi inside the refrigerator.

• Never ciean refrigerator parts with flammable fluids. The fumes can create a fire hazard or expiosion.

• 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.

Also, 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 “Impor tant Safety Instructions” above.

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

Parts And Features

This section contains captioned iilustrations of your appliance. Use them to become familiar with where all parts and features are located and what they look like. The model you have purchased may have all or some of the parts and features shown, and they may not match the illustration exactly. This manual is designed to cover several models.

Light (ED25PW)

Slide-out freezer basket (wire on ED25PW, plastic on ED22PW)

Base grille

Leveling rollers (behind base grille)

Control panel Light

Model and

serial number

label

(on side wall)

Utility

compartment

Utility bin

Bin glide

Adjustable

door bins

Adjustable

glass shelves

Gallon-wide

door bins

Crisper light

Crisper cover

Crisper with

humidity

control

Meat drawer

Control panel

Freezer control

Model ED25PW shown

Refrigerator control

Meat drawer

air control

(on side wall)

Before Using Your Refrigerator

In This Section

Cleaning it...........................................

Plugging it in

It is important to prepare your refrigerator for use. This section will tell you how to clean it, connect it to a power source, install it and level it.

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Installing it properly

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Cleaning it

Clean your refrigerator before using it, if neces sary. See cleaning instructions on page 18.

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 Grounding

Instructions Sheet in your Literature Package.

3-prong grounding type wall receptacle

Refrigerator power cord -

3-prong grounding plug

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Installing it properly

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

2. If a hinged side of the refrigerator is to be against a wall, you might want to leave extra space on that side so the door can be opened wider.

3. The refrigerator can be flush against the wall.

4. Make sure ice maker water supply has been connected. Refer to Installation Instructions.

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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 15.)

2. To raise front, turn screw clockwise.

3. To lower front, turn screw counterclockwise.

4. Check with level.

5. Replace base grille. (See page 15.)

Right to raise;

Using Your Refrigerator

In This Section

Setting the controls

Changing the control settings.......................

Adjusting the door bins..................................

Adjusting the door bin glides

Adjusting the refrigerator shelves

Removing the crisper, meat drawer

and covers............................................................

Adjusting the crisper humidity control ... Adjusting the meat drawer temperature..

Removing the snack bin...................................

Removing the freezer door shelves

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Removing the freezer shelves

7 8 Removing the freezer basket 8 Using the automatic ice maker

Removing the ice maker storage bin

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Using the ice and water dispensers Solving common dispenser/ice maker

9 problems...............................................................

Removing the base grille

10 Changing the light bulbs...................................

Understanding the sounds you may hear

Saving energy......................................................

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In order to obtain the best possible results from your refrigerator, it is important that you operate it properly. This section will tell you how to do just that.

Setting the controls

Controls for the refrigerator and freezer are in the refrigerator. When the refrigerator is plugged in for

the first time:

1. Set the Refrigerator Control to 3.

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

REFRIGERATOR

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2. Set the Freezer Control to B. Freezer Control adjustments range from

A (warmest) to C (coldest).

3. Give the refrigerator time to cool down com

pletely before adding food. This may take several hours.

The settings indicated above should be correct for normal, household refrigerator usage. The controls will be set correctly when milk or juice is as cold as you like and when ice cream is firm. If you need to adjust these settings, see “Changing the control settings” on page 8.

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.

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