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Please read this
Use and Care Guide
before you do anything else...
This booklet tells you how to start your freezer,
defrost it, clean it and adjust controls.
Treat your new freezer with care. Use it only to
do what home freezers are designed to do.
Parts and features
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Light
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Copy your Model and Serial Numbers here...
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When you need -service. or call with a questlon.
have this information ready:
1. Complete
plate located as shown).
2. Purchase date from sales slip.
Copy this information in these spaces. Keep this
book, your warranty and sales slip together in a
handy place. There is no warranty registration to return. Proof-of-purchase is all that is required for inwarranty service.
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Model and Serial Numbers [from the
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Model Number
Serial
Purchase Date
Service Company and Telephone Number
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Number
, Baskets
Temperature
Control
Model and Serial
Number Plate
SAFETY FIRST
BEFORE YOU PLUG IT IN.
Install Properly
Level Chest Freezer
Remove Sales Labels
Install Defrost Drain Cover
Clean It
Plug It In
USING YOUR FREEZER
Setting the Temperature Control
Adjusting the Temperature Control
Cooling Freezer First
The Sliding Baskets.
The Key Eject Lock
The Signal Light
Energy Saving Tips
Contents
CLEANING YOUR FREEZER
Cleaning Chart
FREEZING FOOD IN YOUR FREEZER
Packaging and Sealing Food
To Wrap Foods
Loading
Storing Frozen Food
VACATION AND MOVING CARE
Vacations
Shutting Off and Moving
IF YOU NEED SERVICE OR ASSISTANCE.
1. Before Calling for Assistance
2. If You Need Assistance
3. If You Need Service
4,IfYouHaveaProblem
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Before you plug it in
IMPORTANT
Before using your freezer, you are personally re-
sponsible for making sure that it.,.
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is installed and levelled on a floor that will hold the
weight, and in an area suitable for its size and use.
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is connected only to the right kind of outlet, with the
right electrical supply and grounding. (Refer to
your “Electrical Requirements and Grounding
Instructions,“)
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is used only for jobs expected of home freezers,
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is not near an oven, radiator or other heat source.
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is properly maintained
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is out of the weather.
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is used in an area where the room temperature
will not exceed 110°F (433°C).
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is not run where there are explosive fumes
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is not used by those who may not understand
how it should be used.
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is not loaded with food before it has time to get
properly cold.
Install properly..
I. Check the strength of the floor. It should hold the
weight of a fully loaded freezer.
2. Pick a safe place, indoors, away from inflammables such as gasoline.
3. Allow at least 3 inches (7.5 cm) air space on all
sides of freezer and 2 inches [5 cm) at back. Leave
room at top for lid to open all the way.
4. It should not be necessary to remove the lid during
installation. If, for any reason, the hinges need ad-
justment, see your authorized WHIRLPOOL dealer.
5. Do not cover the freezer with items such as
blankets, sheets, tablecloths, etc.
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Install defrost drain cover...
1. Remove cover from literature package
2. Check drawing on front cover for placement
3. Install cover.
Clean it . . .
Clean your freezer before
usrng it. See cleaning
instructions on page6.
Plug it in...
3-prong grounding
type wall receptacle
Retaining Clip
Level chest freezer...
from end to end and front to back so that the lid will
seal properly.
Remove sales labels...
Remove the Consumer Buy Guide label and any
inside
To remove any remaining glue:
1. Rub briskly with thumb to make a ball, then
OR
2. Soak area with dishwashing detergent solution (1
toxic solvents, such as acetone, gasoline, car-
bon tetrachloride, etc. These can damage the
materlal.
NOTE: DO NOT REMOVE the Care 81 Service label
on Inside Ild or Tech Sheet on back of cabinet.
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labels before using the freezer.
remove.
teaspoon detergent in 1 quart warm water] before removing glue as described in step 1.
DO NOT USE rubbing alcohol or flammable or
Freezer 1
Power Plug
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.
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grounding plug
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Use a
receptacle which cannot be turned off with a
switch or pull chain. Do not use an extension
cord.
Attach retaining clip over power cord plug
from literature package inside the freezer.