Whirlpool CHEST FREEZERS User Manual

WHIRLPOOL

CORPORATION

Use And Care

A Note to You.........................2

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Freezer Safety Parts and Features Installing Your Freezer Using Your Freezer

Setting the temperature control

Adjusting the temperature control

Using the sliding basket Using the key eject lock

Using the defrost

water drain

Caring for Your Freezer Troubleshooting Requesting Assistance

or Service Index

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PART NO. 3-24308-037 Rev.

1-800-253-1301

Call our Consumer Assistance Center

CHEST FREEZERS

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A Note to You

Thank you for buying an ESTATE® appliance.

ESTATE appliances give you all the functionality of name brand appliances at a value price. To ensure you enjoy years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It contains valuable information about how to operate and maintain your appliance properly and safely. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail the Ownership Registra tion Card provided with your appliance. This card helps us notify you about any new informa tion on your appliance.

Please record your model's information.

Whenever you call to request service for your appliance, you need to know your complete model number and serial number. You can find this information on the model and serial number label (see diagram on

page 4 for location of label).

Please also record the purchase date of

your appliance and your dealer’s name,

address, and telephone number.

Keep this book and the sales slip together in a safe place for future reference.

Our toll-free number is available from anywhere in the U.S.A. 24 hours a day.

Model Number Serial Number . Purchase Date Dealer Name Dealer Address Dealer Phone

1-800-253-1301

Freezer Safety

Your safety is important to us. I

This guide contains safety statements under | warning symbols. Please pay special atten tion to these symbols and follow any instruc tions given. Here is a brief explanation of the

use of the warning symbol.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

AWARNING

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

AWARNING

injury when using your freezer, follow these basic precautions:

To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, or

Read all operating instructions before using your freezer.

Child entrapment and suffocations are not problems of the past. Junked or abandoned freezers are still dangerous, even if they will “just sit in the garage for a few days.”

If you are getting rid of your old freezer, do it safely. Please read the enclosed safety booklet from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers. Help prevent accidents.

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Help us help you

Please:

• Install and level the freezer on a floor that will hold the weight, and in an area suitable for its size and use.

• Do not install the freezer near an oven,

radiator, or other heat source.

• Use the freezer only in an area where the temperature will not exceed 110°F

(43.3°C) or drop below 55°F (13°C).

• Keep the freezer out of the weather.

• Connect the freezer only to the proper kind

of outlet, with the correct electrical supply and grounding. (See “Locating the proper electrical supply” on page 5.)

• Do not load the freezer with food before it

has time to get properly cold.

• Use the freezer only to do what home

freezers are designed to do.

• Properly maintain the freezer.

• Make sure the freezer is not used by anyone unable to operate it properly.

Never allow children to operate, play

with, or crawl inside the freezer.

Never clean freezer 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, if your freezer has a Consumer Buy Guide Label, remove it, any packaging materials, tape, and inside labels (except the model and serial number label) before using the freezer.

To remove any remaining giue:

• 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” above.

NOTE: Do not remove the Tech Sheet

located on the back of the freezer.

Parts and Features

This section contains captioned iilustrations of your appfence^ Use them to become famiiiar 3Hh rheiraCds and features are located and what they look like.

Key eject lock

(on some models)

(P-8). '

Basket

(P- 8)

Defrost water drain and drain cover

(on some models) (pp. 6, 9)

Model and

serial number

label

(on back)

(P- 2)

Temperature

control

(P-7)

Installing Your Freezer

Proper installation of any appliance is very important. This section will tell you everything you need to know to install your freezer properly.

Cleaning your freezer

Clean your freezer thoroughly before using it.

1. Use a sponge, cloth, or paper towel and mild detergent in warm water to clean outside and inside of freezer, door liner, and gasket.

2. Wipe and dry thoroughly.

Locating the proper electrical supply

AWARNING

Fire Hazard

Do not use an extension cord. Doing so can result in death, fire, or

electricai shock.

Recommended Grounding Method

A 115 Volt, 60 Hz., AC only 15 or 20 am

pere 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.

Attach power cord lock, from literature package inside the freezer, over power cord plug. See Electrical Requirements and Grounding Instructions Sheet in literature package for complete details.

AWARNING

Electrical Shock Hazard

Plug into a grounded three prong outlet.

Do not remove ground prong. Do not use an adapter. Failure to follow these instructions

can cause death, fire, or electrical shock.

3-prong grounding type wall receptacle

Power cord lock

Freezer power plug

grounding

3-prong

plug

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