Whirlpool ED22DL 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 us with questions or comments.
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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 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 Assistarwe 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 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 arxJ 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 Saféty Instructions
^WARNING
• 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.
To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, or injury when
using your refrigerator, follow these basic precautions:
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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, wKh the correct electrical
supply arid grounding.
• Do not load the refrigerator wKh 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
flammabie 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 serial
Automatic ice
maker with
cubed and
crushed ice
Controi panei Light
number label
(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)
Control panel
Leveling rollers
(behind base grille)
Tail-bottle
retainer
Deep
adjustable
door bins
with bin
glides
Crisper light
HumidKy-
controll^
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 properiy................................6
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 glue:
• 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, 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 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 ciosest 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.
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
Removing the crisper and
crisper cover.......................................11
Adjusting the crisper
humidity control
Removing the meat drawer
and cover............................................12
Adjusting the meat drawer
temperature.........................................12
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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Adjusting the wine rack
7
Removing the freezer baskets
8
Removing the freezer shelf..................13
Using the THIRSTCRUSHER^**
9
dispensing system
9
Using the automatic ice maker
Removing the ice maker
storage bin..........................................16
Solving common ice maker/
dispenser problems
Removing the base grille.....................18
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).
REFHGERATOR
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 rroisture
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
Freezer
section
too warm
Refrigerator
section
too cold
Ice not
made fast
enough
Both
sections
too warm
REASON:
• Door opened often
• 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
• 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
• Adjust the Refrigerator Control first.
• Wait at least 24 hours between adjustments.
• Then adjust the Freezer Control if needed.
RECOMMENDED
CONTROL SETTINGS:
Refrigerator
Freezer
Refrigerator
Freezer
Refrigerator
Freezer B
Refrigerator
Freezer
Refrigerator
Freezer
4
A
3
C
2
3
C
4
B
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
items 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. Position retainer above desired door bin.
2. Gently push retainer down onto bin.
3. Make sure both side notches sit firmly
against bin.
Notch
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