Whirlpool ED20ZK User Manual

Use And Care

A Note To You 2 Important Safety

Instructions 3

Parts And Features 4 Before Using Your

Refrigerator 5

Using Your Refrigerator 7

Caring For Your

Refrigerator 19 Food Storage Guide 22 If You Need

Assistance

Or Service 24

Warranty

1-800-253-1301

Call us with questions or comments.

NO-FROST REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER

MODELS ED20ZK ED22ZR

A NOTE TO YOU

A Note To You

Thank you for buying a Whirlpool* appliance.

You have purchased a quality, world-class home appliance. Years of engineering experience went into its manufacturing. To ensure that you enjoy many years of trouble-free operation, we 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 com plete 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, 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 Service” on page 24. 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

Important Safety Instructions

^WARNING

To reduce the risk of fire, eiectricai 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 danger ous ... even if they will “just sit in the garage a few days.”

If you are getting rid of your old refrig

erator, do it safely.

• Never allow children to operate, play

with, or crawl inside the refrigerator.

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• 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 use 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 oniy to the proper kind of outlet, with the correct electrical supply and grounding.

• 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 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.

PARTS AND FEATURES

Parts And Features

This section contains captioned illustrations. Use them to become familiar with where all parts and features are located and what they look like.

Control panel Light

Model and Automatic ice maker and ice bin (not shownED22ZR)

Freezer light Ice cube trays

and ice bin (ED20ZK)

serial number

label (on side

compartment

Adjustable

wire shelves

wall)

Utility

Egg bin

Adjustable

freezer

shelves Crisper light

(ED22ZR) Freezer bin Leveling

rollers (behind base grille)

Control panel

Gallon-deep

door shelves

Shelf glide

Crisper cover

Crisper

Meat drawer

Door shelves

Base grille

Model ED20ZK shown

Freezer control

Refrigerator control

BEFORE USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Before Using Your Refrigerator

In This Section

Cleaning it Plugging it in

It is important to prepare your refrigerator for use. This section tells you how to clean K,

connect it to a power source, install K and level it.

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Installing it properly

Leveling it

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Cleaning it

Removing packaging materials

Remove tape and any inside labels (except the model and serial number label) before using the refrigerator.

To remove any remaining giue:

• Rub briskly wKh 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” on page 3.

NOTE: Do not remove any permanent instruction labels inside your refrigerator. Do not remove the Tech Sheet fastened under the refrigerator at the front.

Cleaning it before use

After removing all packaging materials, clean your refrigerator before using it, if necessary. See cleaning instructions on pages 19-20.

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6 6

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 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 GrourKl-

ing Instructions Sheet in your Literature Package.

3-prong grounding type wall receptacle

Refrigerator

power cord

3-prong grounding plug

BEFORE USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Installing it properly

1. Allow !/2 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.

Leveling 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.

1. Remove base grille. (See page 16.)

2. To raise front, turn screw clockwise.

3. To lower front, turn screw counterclock

wise.

4. Check with level.

5. Replace base grille. (See page 16.)

Right to raise;

USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Using Your Refrigerator

In This Section „

Setting the controls...........................7

Changing the controi settings Adjusting the sheif glide

Adjusting the refrigerator shelves ....9

Removing the crisper and

crisper cover Removing the meat drawer

and cover..........................................10

Removing the freezer shelves Removing the freezer bin

Removing the freezer door shelves ...11

To obtain the best possible results from your refrigerator, it is important that you operate it properly. This section tells you how to set the controls, remove and adjust some of the fea tures in your refrigerator, and how to save energy.

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Using the ice cube trays Using the ice dispenser (ED22ZR) ..12

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Using the automatic ice maker Removing the ice maker

storage bin........................................14

Solving common ice maker/

dispenser problems.........................15

Removing the base grille Changing the light bulbs Understanding the sounds you

may hear Saving energy

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Setting the controls

Controls for the refrigerator and freezer are in

the refrigerator. When you plug in the refrigerator

for the first time:

1. Set the Refrigerator Control to 3.

Refrigerator Control adjustments range from 1 (warmest) to 5 (coldest).

2. Set the Freezer Control to B.

Freezer Control adjustments range from

A (warmest) to C (coldest).

REFnOERATOR

USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

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 are 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" below.

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.

Changing the control settings

If you need to adjust temperatures in refrigerator or freezer, use the settings listed in the chart below as a guide. If you have

questions, call our Consumer Assistance Center number. (See page 25.)

CONDITION:

REASON:

Refrigerator • Door opened often section

too warm

Freezer

section too warm

Refrigerator

section

• Large amount of food added

• Room temperature too warm

• Door opened often

• Large amount of food added

• Very cold room temperature (can’t cycle often enough)

• Controls not set correctly

for your conditions

too coid

• Adjust the Refrigerator Control first.

• Wait at least 24 hours between adjustments.

• Then adjust the Freezer Control if needed.

RECOMMENDED CONTROL SETTINGS:

Refrigerator 4 Freezer

Refrigerator 3 Freezer

Refrigerator 2 Freezer B

Ice not made fast enough

Both sections too warm

• Heavy ice usage

• Very cold room temperature (can’t cycle often enough)

• Door opened often

• Large amount of food added

• Very warm or very cold room temperatures

Refrigerator 3 Freezer C

Refrigerator 4 Freezer B

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A NOTE TO YOU

A Note To You

Thank you for buying a Whirlpool* appliance.

Your safety Is Important to us.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Help us help you

PARTS AND FEATURES

Parts And Features

Control panel

BEFORE USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Cleaning it

Removing packaging materials

Cleaning it before use

Plugging it in

Installing it properly

Leveling it

USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Setting the controls

Changing the control settings