Whirlpool EDZZDK User Manual

A Note To You

Important Safety Instructions

3 Parts And Features Before Using Your

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Refrigerator Using Your

Refrigerator Caring For Your

Refrigerator Food Storage Guide 17

Assistance Or Service

Warranty

You Need

20 24

1-800-253-1301

Call us with questions or comments.

NO-FROST REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER

MODEL EDZZDK

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Note To You

Thank you for buying a Whirlpool appliance.

You have purchased a quality, world-class 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 lull of valuable information on how to operate and maintain your appliance properly and safely. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail the Ownershop 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.

This symbol will help alert you to such dangers as personal injury, burns, fire and eiectrical shock.

This symbol will help you avoid actions which could cause product damage (scratches, dents, etc.) and damage-to your personal property.

Our Consumer Assistance Center number, l-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 20. 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

TO reduce the risk of fire, electrical 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 dangerous even If they will “just sit in the garage a few days ”

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

-SAVE THE.SE INSTRUCTIONS -

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 correct electrical supply and grounding. (Refer to the Electrical Requirements and Grounding Instructions Sheet.)

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 allow children to operate, play with, or crawl inside the refrigerator.

Never clean refrigerator pans 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, remove tape and any inside labels (except the model and serial number label) before using the refrigerator.

To remove any remaining glue:

Rub brrskly 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 any permanent instruction

labels inside your refrigerator. Do not remove the

Tech Sheet fastened under the refrigerator at the front.

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.

Ice cube

trays and bin Light Removable

freezer shelves <

Snack bin Meat drawer

with temtxrature

Base grille d

Egg bin

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Light

1 compartment 1 Utility bin \ Door bin

-1 1 f]l(LCrisper light 1 Crisper cover

Model and

serial number

Utility

Leveling rollers

(behind - -

base grille)

Control panel

Freeze; control

Refrigerator control

Before Using Your

Refrigerator

In This Section

Clean it _.__.._._..._______.~......... _ ..___.._____.__..._............... 5

Plug it in __.____..._____............................................... 5

It is important to prepare your refrigerator for use. This section will tell you how to clean it, connect it to a power source, install it and level it.

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Install it properly _.___._._._.._..............................~. 5

Level it . . . . ..__......_.................-......... _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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Clean i$

Clean your refrigerator before using it, if necessary. See cleaninq instructions on page 15.

Plug 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 Grounding

Instructions Sheet in your Literature Package.

3-prong grounding

type wall rqzeptacle,

Refrigerator power cord

grounding plug

Install 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 back

wall.

4. Make sure ice maker water supply has been

connected. Refer to Installation Instructions.

Level it

Your refrigerator has 2 front 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 14.)

2. To raise front, turn screw clockwise.

3. To lower front, turn screw counterclockwise.

4. Check with level.

5. Replace base grille. (See page

leveling screws-one

14.)

Front

roller

Right to raise;

left to lower

Use a screwdriver

Using Your Refrigerator

In This Section

Setting the control6 ............................................

Changing the control settings.. ........................ .8

Adjusting the refrigerator shelve6 ................... .9

Adjusting the door bin6 .................................... .9

Adjueting the bin glide6

Removing Ihe crisper and crisper cover.. ....... .9

Adjusting the crisper humidity control ......... .10

Removing the meat drawer and cover.. ......... .10

Adjusting the meat drawer temperature.. ...... .10

In order to

obtain

the best possible results-from your refrigerator, it is important-that you operate it

properly. This section will

....................................

tell

you how to dg just that.

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Setting the controls

Controls for the refrigerator and freezer are in the refrigerator. When the refrigerator is plugged in

for the first time:

Set the Refrigerator Control to 3. Refrigerator Control adjustments range from

(warmest) to 5 (coldest).

Removing the snack

Removing the freezer Removing the freezer Using the ice cube trays Using the optional automatic ice maker..

Changing the light Removing the base Understanding the 6OUnd6 you may hear.. .I4

Saving energy ................................................

bin ................................

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bin ..............................

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bulb6

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grille ..............................

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11 11 11 12

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2. Set the Freezer Control to B. Freezer Control adjustments range from A (warmest) to C (coldest).

3. Give the refrigerator time to cool down completety before adding food. This may take several hours.

The settings indicated above should be

correct for normal, household refrigerator

usage. The controls will be 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” on page 8.

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 21.)

CONDITION: If Refngerator

Section is TOO WARM

If Freezer Section is TOO WARM

If Refrigerator Section is TOO COLD

If ICE isn’t MADE FAST ENOUGH

If BOTH SECTIONS

are 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 SEll-INGS: Refrigerator

Freezer

Refrigerator Freezer

Refrigerator Freezer z

Refrigerator Freezer

4 A

2 B

4 B

Adjusting the refrigerator shelves

Shelves can be adjusted to match the way you use your refrigerator. Glass shelves are strong

enough to hold bottles, milk and other heavy food

items.

To remove glass shelves:

1. Remove items from shelf.

2. Slide shelf out with an even, constant pull.

3. Lift front and slide the rest of the way out.

To move shelf guides to a new position:

1. Lift front of guide. Pull guide forward off rear support. Repeat for other guide.

2. To replace guide, push guide onto rear support. Push front of guide down onto support.

To replace glass shelves:

I. Guide rear of shelf into shelf guide.

2. Slide shelf into place.

Be careful when

handling glass items.

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