Whirlpool ED22DC 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 21
Food Storage Guide 24

If You Need
Assistance

Or Service

Warranty

Call ua with questions or comments.

NO-FROST REFRIGERATOR-FREEZERS

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1-800-253-1301

MODEL ED22DC

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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 arxl 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
arid 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 26. 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 arxi 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

AWARNING

To reduce the risk of fire, eiectricai shock, or injury when

using your refrigerator, foiiow 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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Help us help you

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 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 only to the proper

kind of outlet, with the con'ect electrical

supply and grounding.

• Do not load the refrigerator with food

before it has time to get property 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.

Modei and seriai

Automatic ice

maker with

cubed and

crushed ice

Controi panei Light

number iabel
(on side wall)

compartment

Adjustable

Spillguard™

Utility

slide-out

shelves

Slide-out

freezer

baskets

Temperature­controlled

meat drawer
Adjustable

door bins

Meat drawer
temperature
control
(on side wall)

Leveling rollers
(behind base grille)

Tail-bottle

retainer

Deep

adjustable

door bins

with bin

glides

Crisper light

Humidity-

controlled

crisper

Base grille

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

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installing it properly
Leveling it

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Cleaning it

Removing packaging materiais

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

To remove any remaining giue:

• Rub briskly with thumb to make a ball, then

remove.

OR

• Soak area with liquid hand-dishwashing
detergent before removing glue as
described above. Do not use sharp

instruments, mbbing 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 rermving all packaging materials,
clean your refrigerator before using it, if

necessary. See cleaning instructions on

pages 21-22.

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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 Ground

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 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.

4. Make sure ice maker water supply has

been connected. Refer to Installation
Instructions.

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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 18.)

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 18.)

Right to raise;

USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Using Your Refrigerator

In This Section

Setting the controls
Changing the control settings

Adjusting the door bins...................... ....9

Adjusting the door bin glides
Removing the tail-bottle retainer ..
Adjusting the refrigerator shelves ..10

Using the egg bin............................... ..10

Removing the crisper and
crisper cover

Adjusting the crisper

humidity control................................. ..11

Removing the meat drawer

and cover........................................... ..12 Understanding the sounds

Adjusting the meat drawer

temperature........................................

Removing the snack bin.......................13

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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Removing the freezer baskets...
Removing the freezer shelf
Using the THIRSTCRUSHER^*«

dispensing system.........................

Using the automatic ice maker..

Removing the ice maker

storage bin.....................................

Solving common ice maker/

dispenser problems

Removing the base grille................

Changing the light bulbs

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).

USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

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 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, 1-800-253-1301.

CONDITION:

Refrigerator

section
too warm

REASON:

• Door opened often

• Large amount of food added

• Room temperature too warm

• 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

A

Freezer

section
too warm

Refrigerator • Controls not set correctly

section for your corxJitions Freezer
too cold

ice not

made fast

enough

Both

sections
too warm

• Door opened often

• Large amount of food added

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

• 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

Refrigerator 3

Freezer

Refrigerator

Freezer B

2
B

C

4

USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Adjusting the door bins

To remove door bins:

1. Lift bin up.

2. Pull bin straight out.

To replace door bins:

1. Slide bin in above desired support button.

2. Push down until it stops.

Adjusting the door bin glides

Use the bin glides to secure odd-shaped
Kerns or to separate other items.

1. Grasp glide.

2. Slide glide along bin.

Removing the tail-bottle retainer

The tail-bottle retainer fits onto any door bin
in your refrigerator. The retainer helps to
hold tail-bottles in place when opening and
closing the refrigerator door.

To remove tail-bottle retainer:

1. Grasp center of retainer.

2. Pull up and off of bin.

To replace tail-bottle retainer:

1. PosKion retainer above desired door bin.

2. Gently push retainer down onto bin.

3. Make sure both side notches sK firmly

against bin.

Notch