Whirlpool RTZOCK, RT18EK, A RT18BM User Manual

A NuteToYou

Important Safety Instructions 3

Parts And Features 4 Before Using Your

Refrigerator 6

Using Your

Refrigerator 8 p$;epo;our

15 Food Storage Guide 17 IfYou Need Assistance

Or Service

Warranty

l-800-44-ROPER

Call us with questions or comments.

NO-FROST REFRIGERATOR-FREEZERS

MODELS RT18AK RT18BK RT18DK

RT18BM RT18EK

RTZOAK

RTZOCK

A Nose ToYou

Thank you for buying a Roper 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 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.

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.

Our toll-free number, l-800-44-ROPER (l-800-447-67371, is available 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 20. If you need further help, feel free to call us. 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 diagrams on pages 4 and 5). 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

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

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 will “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.

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.

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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 install 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.)

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.

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

Control panel (all models)

Refrigerator

control

Exterior moisture

control

Light

switch

Models RT18AK (shown), RT18BK and RT18BM

Automatic

ice maker

(RTl BBM only)

Freezer shelf Control panel Model and serial

numbmlabel (on 8ide wall)

Meat drawer -

Adjustable shelves

(glaM of wire, d-ending on model)

Frwzer control

Butter

compartment

Crisper cover

-Crisper8

Leveling rollen s-(behind base grille)

-Base grille

Models RTl8DK (shown) and RT18EK

Control panel

hdel and aerial number label

(on side wall) Meat drawer

(RTISDK only) 1 Adjustable

wire shelves

Leveling rollem (behind

base grille)

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Models RTZOAK (shown) and RTZOCK

Ice cube trays

Freezer shelf lc-, Control panel Model and

aerial urn ber label

(on aide wall?

Butter

-compartment

Crisper cover

- Crispers (wire trivet

on RTi8EK)

- Base grille

tter

ent lity

ent

Meat drawer

Adjustable

gip-+

wire on RTWK)

Leveling rollers (behind base grille)

ver

Before Using Your Refrigerator

In This Section

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Clean it Plug 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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Install it properly

Level it

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Clean it

Clean your refrigerator before using it, if necessary. See cleaning instructions on page 15.

Plug it in

Recommended Grounding Method

115 Voft. 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.

a-prong grounding type wall receptacle

Refrigerator power cord

grounding plug

Install it properly

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

installation.

2. lf 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 wall.

4. If your refrigerator has an automatic ice

maker, hook up the ice maker water supply.

(See Installation Instructions.)

Level 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.

Remove base grille. (See page 13.)

2. To raise front, turn screw clockwise.

3. To lower front, turn screw counterclockwise.

4. Check with level.

5. Replace base grille. (See page 13.)

Front

roller

Right to raise;

left to lower

Use a screwdriver

Using Your Refrigerator

In This Section

Setting the controls Changing Adjusting Removing Removing the crispers and crisper cover.. Removing Removing

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.

the control settings .......................... .9

the refrigerator shetvee ................... .9

the meat drawer and cover.. ......... .10

the trivet and cover ....................... .ll

the freezer shelf.. ........................... .12

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Using the ice cube Using the automatic Changing the light bulbs Removing the base Reversing the door swing Understanding the sounds you may hear.. .I4 Saving energy

trays

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maker ..................... 12

ice

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grille

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Setting the controls

Temperature 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 4. Refrigerator Control adjustments range from

1 (warmest) to 8 (coldest).

4 WARMER

REFRIGERATOR

COWER b

2. Set the Freezer Control to C.

Freezer Control adjustments range from

A (coldest) to D (warmest).

3. Give the refrigerator time to cool down completely 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 9.

Exterior moisture control

The Exterior Moisture Control operates electric

heaters around the door openings. These heaters help keep moisture from forming on the outside of the refrigerator cabinet.

1. Use the OFF setting when humidity is low.

2. Use the ON setting if moisture forms on the outside of the refrigerator cabinet.

EXlERIOR MOISTURE CONTROL

OFF

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