Whirlpool EDZZDQ User Manual

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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 23

Food Storage Guide 26 If You Need

Assistance Or Service

Warranty

1-800-253-1301

Call us with questions or comments.

NO-FROST REFRIGERATOR-FREEZERS

WITH THIRSTCBUSHER’“

DitpitViB Syciem

MODELS ED27DQ ED25DQ ED22DQ

28 32

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. TTiis 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 28. 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

AWARNING

To reduco the risk of fire, electrical shock, or injury when using your refrigerator, follow these basic precautions:

• Read all instructions before using the

refrigerator.

• Child entrapnnent and suffocation are rtot 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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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.

• 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. Your refrigerator may have some or all of the features shown, and they may not look like the illustrations. This manual covers many models.

Model and serial

Automatic ice maker with cubed and crushed ice

Ice bin

Light Removabie

wire sheives*.

Snack bin Siide-out

freezer baskets

(ofiome models) Ugh*

number label (on side wall) ^ Utility bin

Utility

compartment

Adjustable

slide-out

Spillguard^**

shelves

Tail-bottle

retainer

Crisper light

Temperaturecontroiied meat drawer

Adjustabie door bins (on some models)

Meat drawer temperature control (on side wall)

Leveling rollers (behind base grille)

Number varies with model

Control panel

Base grille

Humidity-

controll^

crisper

Deep

adjustable

door bins

with bin

glides*

Model ED27DQ

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

• 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 rerrvDving all packaging materials, clean your refrigerator before using it, if necessary. See cleaning instructions on pages 23-24.

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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 20.)

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 20.)

Right to raise;

USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Using Your Refrigerator

In This Section ^

Setting the controls Changing the control settings Removing the door shelf fronts Removing the door trim Adjusting the door bins Adjusting the door bln glides

Removing the tail-bottle retainer ....11

Adjusting the refrigerator shelves ..11 Using the egg bin Removing the crisper and

crisper cover Adjusting the crisper humidity

control.................................................13

Removing the meat drawer and cover

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Adjusting the meat drawer temperature

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Removing the snack bin

Adjusting the wine rack.......................14

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

dispensing system..............................15

Using the automatic ice maker Removing the ice maker

storage bin..........................................18

Solving common ice maker/ dispenser probiems

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

may hear.............................................22

Saving energy

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

USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

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).

3. Give the refrigerator time to cool down com

pletely 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” on page 9.

REFnCERATOR

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.

USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

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 29.)

CONDITION: Refrigerator

section too warm

Freezer section too warm • Very cold room temperature

REASON:

• Door opened often

• Large amount of food added

• Room temperature too warm

• Door opened often

• Large amount of food added

(can’t cycle often enough)

• 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

Freezer

3 C

Refrigerator section too cold

Ice not made fast enough

Both sections too warm

• 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

Refrigerator

Freezer

Refrigerator

Freezer

Refrigerator

Freezer

Removing the door shelf fronts (on some models)

Remove the door shelf fronts for easier

cleaning. To remove shelf fronts:

1. Remove all items from the shelf.

2. Pull out on the inside tab at each end of

the shelf front.

3. Pull shelf front straight out.

To replace shelf fronts:

1. Line up each end of the shelf front with

the button on the door liner wall.

2. Push shelf front straight back until it

snaps securely into place.

3. Replace items on the shelf.

2 B

3 c

4 B

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