Whirlpool 8EDZOZK User Manual
NO-FROST REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER 8ED20ZK
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liseAnd Care Guide
A Note To You
Important Safety
Instructions
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Parts And Features
Before Using Your
Refrigerator
Using Your
Refrigerator
Caring For Your
Refrigerator
Food Storage Guide 19
If You Need
Assistance Or
Service
Warranty
1-800-253-1301
Call us with questions or comments
from anywhere in the U.S.A.
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A Note To You
Thank you for buying a Whirlpool appliance.
You have purchased a quality, world-class horne 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 Senrice" 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
problerrts of the past. Junked or abandoned
refrigerators are still dangerous ... even if
they will *^ust sit in the garage a few days.”
If you are getting rid of your old refrigerator,
do K 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
Ks 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 SS^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
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.
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 wKh 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 “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 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 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.
Automatic ica
maker and ke
bin (ED22ZR)
Freezer light
ke cube
trays and bin
(E020PKand
ED20ZK)
Adjustable
freezer
shelves
Glass crisper
cover
Crisper
Meat drawer
Meat drawer
air control
(on side wall)
Freezer bin
Leveling
rollers
(behind base
grille)
Control panel
Model and
serial number
label
(on side wall)
Utility
compartment
Ac^ustable
shelves
(glass-ED20PK,
wire-ED20ZK
andED22ZR)
Gallon-deep
door shelves
Shelf glide
Utility bin
(ED20PK)
Door shelves
iase grille
Control panel
Freezer control
Model ED20ZK shown
Refrigerator control
Before Using Your
Refrigerator
In This Section
CiMning 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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Cleaning it
Clean your refrigerator before using it, if neces
sary. See cleaning instructions on page 17.
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
circuK 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
typ« wall receptacle
Refrigerator
power cord
3-prong
grounding plug
Installing it
1. Allow 'h inch (1.25 cm) space on each side
and at the top of the refrigerator for ease of
installation.
2. If the refrigerator is to be against a wall, you
might want to leave extra space on the hinge
side closest to the wall so the door can be
opened wider.
3. The refrigerator can be flush against the wall.
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Leveling it
Your refrigerator has 2 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 14.)
2. To raise front, turn screw ciockwise.
3. To lower front, turn screw counterclockwise.
4. Check with level.
5. Replace base grille. (See page 14.)
Front
roller
Using Your Refrigerator
In This Section
Setting the controls
Changing the control settings
Adjusting the refrigerator shelves.............................8
Removing the freezer shelves
Removing the freezer door shelves
A<^usting the shelf glides
Removing the crisper and crisper cover
Removing the meat drawer and cover
Adjusting the meat drawer temperature
Removing the freezer bin......................................11
In order to obtain the best possible resuKs from your refrigerator, it is important that you operate K
properly. This section will tell you how to do just that.
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Using the ice cube trays
Using the automatic ke maker............................11
Using the automatk ke dispenser
Removing the ice maker storage bin
Solving common ke maker/
dispenser problems........................................... 14
Removing the base grille....................................14
Changing the light bulbs
Understanding the sounds you may hear ...16
Saving energy
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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).
REFFOGERATOR
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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