Whirlpool AD0402XM0 User Manual

use&care guide

DEHUMIDIFIERS

ycrs, Freezers, Refrigerator-Freezers, Ice Makers, Dishwashers, Built-In Ovens and Surface Units, Ranges, Microwave Ovens, Trash Compactors, Room Air Conditioners, Dehumidi

Please read this Use and Care Guide before you do anything else...

This booklet tells you how to install your de

humidifier, use it and clean it. Treat your new de humidifier with care. Use it only to do what home dehumidifiers are designed to do.

Contents

Page

Parts and Features.......................

Before You Plug It In....................

Install Properly Electrical Requirements

Using Your Dehumidifier

12 Pint Capacity Model All Other Models

Setting the Water Level Control ......... 6

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Water Disposal

Caring for Your Dehumidifier

Dehumidifier De-Icer Control

If You Need Service or Assistance .

1. Before Calling for Assistance ...

2. If You Need Assistance...............

3. If You Need Service

4. If You Have a Problem ................

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Parts and features

CONTROL

HUMIDISTAT

FULL LIGHT

FRONT GRILLE

Copy your Model and Serial Numbers here...

If you need sen/ice or call with a question, have

this information ready:

1. Complete Model and Serial Numbers (from the plate under the water pan on the base of the unit).

2. Purchase date from the sales slip.

Copy this information in these spaces. Keep this

book, your warranty and sales slip together in a handy place.

PANEL

MODEL AND SERIAL NUMBER PLATE (Not Shown)

Model Number

Serial Number

Purchase Date

Service Company Phone Number

REAR GRILLE (30,40 and 48 Pint Models Only)

CONDENSER COILS (Not Shown)

WATER PAN

Before you use your dehumidifier

It Is your personal responsibility and obliga

tion to make sure your dehumiditier:

• Has been properly installed on a floorthat is rea sonably level.

• Is the right size for the area you want to dehumidify.

• Is connected to the right kind of outlet with the proper electrical supply and grounding. (Refer to your "Electrical Requirements.")

• Is used only for jobs expected of home dehu midifiers.

Install Properly...

• Is not used by children or anyone not able to

operate it properly.

• Is properly maintained.

• Is used in an area where the room temperature will not fall below 65°F (18.3°C). [48 Pint Model will operate in temperatures down to 50°F (10°C).]

• Do not remove tech sheet which is inside the cabinet. Your service technician needs this infor mation.

1. On most models, two rollers let you easily move the dehumidifier. Remove the water pan. Tilt unit forward and roll to another position.

If your model does not have rollers, pick up the unit to move it to another position.

2. Allow at least 12 Inches (30.5 cm) of space

around the unit for good air circulation.

3. Keep all outside doors, windows and other

openings closed when dehumidifier is operat ing. Humid outdoor air will add to the dehu midifier’s operating load.

4. Water pan must be properly positioned, on the hangers inside the cabinet, when dehumidifier is operating.

Electrical Requirements

OBSERVE ALL GOVERNING CODES AND ORDINANCES. Electrical ground is required on this appiiance.

A115 volt, 60 Hz., AC only, 15 or 20 ampere fused electrical supply Is required. (Time delay fuse or circuit breaker is recommended.) It is recommended that a separate circuit serving only this appliance be provided. Do not use an extension cord.

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, REMOVE THE POWER SUPPLY CORD GROUND PRONG.

RECOMMENDED GROUNDING METHOD

For your personal safety, this appliance must be grounded. This appliance is equipped with a power supply cord having a 3-prong grounding plug. To minimize possible shock hazard, the cord must be plugged into a mating 3-prong ground ing type wall receptacle, grounded in accord ance with the National Electrical Code and local codes and ordinances. If a mating wall recepta cle is not available, it is the personal responsibility and obilgation of the customer to have a properly grounded 3-prong wall receptacle installed by a qualified electrician.

ALTERNATE GROUNDING METHOD

If changing and properly grounding the wall re ceptacle is impossible and where local codes permit (consult your electrical inspector), a tem porary adaptor may be plugged into the existing 2-prong wall receptacle to mate with the 3-prong power supply cord. THIS HOWEVER, IS NOT

RECOMMENDED.

If this is done, you must connect the grounding eyelet on the adapter to the wall receptacle cover plate screw and from this same screw, you must connect a separate copper ground wire (#14 min imum) to a grounded cold water pipe.* Do not

ground to a gas supply pipe. Do not connect to electrical supply until appliance is perma nently grounded.

ELECTRICALLY GROUNDED METAL COLD-WATER PIPE (REMOVE PAINT, ETC.)

3-PRONG

GROUNDING PLUG

POWER SUPPLY CORD

GROUND ASSEMBLY (AHACH TO GROUNDED METAL COLD-WATER PIPE)

WALL RECEPTACLE

*Cold water pipe must have metal continuity to electrical ground and not be interrupted by plastic, rubber or other electrically insulating connectors (including water meter or pump) without adding a jumper wire at these connections.

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