Whirlpool COMPACT FREEZER User Manual
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Use And Care
Important Safety
Instructions 3
Parts And Features 4
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COMPACT FREEZER
Installing Your
Freezer 5
Using Your Freezer 7
Caring For Your
Freezer 10
If You Need
Assistance
Or Service 12
Warranty 16
1-800-253-1301
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A NOTE TO YOU
A Note To You
Thank you for buying a Whirlpool appliance.
You have purchased a quality, wodd-dass 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 if 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.
AWARNING
This symbol will help alert you to such dangers
as personal injury, bums, 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 12. 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
plate (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
The Whirlpool Freezer Guide is also available.
The Whirlpool Freezer Guide is a companion
book to this Freezer Use and Care Guide and
is available free of charge. It contains informa
tion on freezing different kinds of foods,
packaging and food storage times. The
Freezer Guide also has helpful hints for saving
energy and solving common freezer problems.
To order the Freezer Guide, write to:
Whirlpool Corporation
Attention; Customer Service Dept.
1900 Whirlpool Drive
LaPorte, IN 46305
and request the Whirlpool Freezer Guide,
Part No. 1114865.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Impoitant Safety Instructions
^WARNING
• Read all operating instructions before
using your freezer.
• Child entrapment and suffocations are not
problems of the past. Junked or aban
doned 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 safety. 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
freezer, follow these basic precautions:
-SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS-
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 comect 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 dean 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. TTIE FUMES
CAN CREATE A FIRE HAZARD OR
EXPLOSION.
Also, if your freezer has a Consumer Buy
Guide Label, remove it, any packaging
material, tape and inside labels (except the
model and serial number label) before using
your freezer.
To remove any remaining glue:
• Rub briskly with thumb to make a ball, then
remove.
OR
• Soak area with liquid hand dishwashing
detergent before removing glue as de
scribed above.
Do not use sharp instruments, rubbing
alcohol, flammable fluids or abrasive clean
ers. 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
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.
Evaporator
(on back wall
not shown)
Removable
storage
baskets
Adjustable
temperature
control
(on back of
cabinet)
Defrost drain
Removable
countertop
Leveling legs
Reversible
door and hinge
Plastic scraper
Magnetic
door gasket
• Height.........................
• Width
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a Depth.........................
(door closed)
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FREEZER DIMENSIONS
34 inches • Depth
20^4 inches
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(door open 90°)
• Weight
• Freezer capacity
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38®/32 inches
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66 pounds
3.2 cu. ft.
INSTALLING YOUR FREEZER
Installing Your Freezer
In This Section
Cleaning your freezer
Locating the proper electrical supply ..5
Proper installation of any appliance is very important. This section will tell you everything you need
to know to install your freezer properly.
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Page
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Choosing the proper location...
5
Completing the Installation
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Page
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6
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 dean outside
and inside of freezer, door liner and gasket.
2. Rinse and dry thoroughly.
Locating the proper electrical supply
Recommended Grounding Method
A 115 Volt, 60 Hz., AC only 15 or 20 ampere
fused and property 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.
If your freezer does not have a plug with a
grounding prong, connect the green ground
wire (at the lower back of the freezer) to an
effective ground. DO NOT ground the wire to
gas, electrical or hydraulic piping, PVC tubes,
or faucets.
Strong grounding
type wall receptacle
3-prong
grounding plug
Choosing the proper location
Read the following items before choosing the
location for the freezer. See “Completing the
installation” on page 6 before sliding the
freezer into place.
1. Pick a safe place, indoors, away from
flammables such as gasoline.
2. Check the strength of the floor. It should
hold the weight of a fully loaded freezer.
3. Make sure the floor is level.
4. If you want to enclose your freezer, or store
it under a counter, leave at least VA inches
of air space on all sides and behind the unit.
Leave at least 4 inches of air space above
the freezer.
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