Whirlpool EL13SC User Manual

use&care guide

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REFRIGERATOR

Models EL11SC

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Please read this Use and Care Guide before you do anything else...

This booklet tells you how to start your refrigerator, clean it, move shelves and adjust controls. It even tells you what new sounds to expect from your refrigerator.

Treat your new refrigerator with care. Use it only to do what home refrigerators are designed to do.

Parts and features

FREEZER COMPARTMENT

ICE CUBE TRAYS

(not shown)'

FREEZER TRAY

MODEL AND SERIAL NUMBER PLATE (not Shown]

LIGHT TEMPERATURE

CONTROL RUN SWITCH ADJUSTABLE

SHELVES CRISPER

COVER CRISPER LEVELLING

LEG

INSIDE DOOR

FOR

MODEL ELUSO

INSIDE DOOR

FOR

MODEL EL13SC

Copy your Model and Serial Numbers here...

When you need service or call with a question,

have this information ready:

1. Complete Model and Serial Numbers (from the 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.

Please complete and mail the Owner Regis

tration Card furnished with this product.

Model Number

Serial Number

Purchase Date

Service Company and Telephone Number

Contents Page

PARTS AND FEATURES

SAFETY FIRST.................................................. 3

BEFORE YOU PLUG IT IN................................ 3

Install Properly ............................................... 4

Level Refrigerator-Freezer Remove Sales Labels Clean It

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Plug It In Turn It On

USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR....................... 5

Setting the Controls........................................ 5

The Freezer Tray............................................ 5

Changing the Light Bulb Adjusting the Refrigerator Shelves ... 6 Removing Crisper and Crisper

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Cover

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Safety first

Child entrapment and sutfocatlon are

not problems of the past. Junked or aban doned refrigerators are still dan gerous...even If they will “just sit In the garage for a few days.”

If you are getting rid of your old

refrigerator, do it safely. Please read the enclosed safety booklet from the Associa tion of Home Appliance Manufacturers. Help prevent accidents.

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Ice Cube Trays

Sounds You May Hear.............................. 6

Energy Saving Tips

DEFROSTING AND CLEANING YOUR

REFRIGERATOR......................................... 7

Defrosting the Freezer Compartment 7 Cleaning the Refrigerator Cleaning Chart

FOOD STORAGE GUIDE.................................. 9

Storing Fresh Food ........................................ 9

Freezing and Storing Frozen Foods .. 10

VACATION AND MOVING CARE IF YOU NEED SERVICE OR ASSISTANCE 14 WHIRLPOOL REFRIGERATOR WARRANTY

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Before you plug it in

Important

Before using your refrigerator, you are personally responsible for making sure that it...

• is installed and leveled on a floor that will hold the weight, and in an area suitable for its size and use,

• is connected only to the right kind of outlet, with the right electrical supply and grounding. (Refer to your “Electrical Requirements and Grounding Instructions!’)

• is used only for jobs expected of home

refrigerators.

• is not near an oven, radiator or other heat source.

• is properly maintained.

• is out of the weather.

• is used in an area where the room temperature will not fall below 55°F (13°C).

• is not used by those who may not understand how it should be used.

• is not loaded with food before it has time to get properly cold.

Install properly...

1. Allow 3 inches (7.5 cm) between overhead cab inets and the refrigerator top.

2. Allow at least an inch [2.5 cm) between the re

frigerator condenser on the back and the wall

3. Allow V'2 inch (1.25 cm) on each side of the re

frigerator for ease of installation.

4. If the refrigerator is to be against a wall, you

might want to leave extra space on the hinge

side so the door can be opened wider.

Remove sales labels...

Remove the Consumer Buy Guide label, tape and any inside labels before using the re frigerator To remove any remaining glue:

1. Rub briskly with thumb to make a ball then

remove.

2. Soak area with liquid hand dishwashing

detergent before removing glue as described in step 1.

DO NOT USE rubbing alcohol or flammable or

toxic solvents, such as acetone, gasoline, car

bon tetrachloride, etc. These can damage the material.

NOTE: DO NOT REMOVE ANY PERMANENT IN STRUCTIONS LABELS INSIDE YOUR REFRIGER ATOR.

Do not remove the Tech sheet fastened under

the refrigerator at the front.

Clean it...

Clean your refrigerator before plugging it in or

using it. See cleaning instructions on page 7.

Plug it in...

Level refrigerator-freezer...

1. Keep the 4 bolts that held refrigerator in ship

ping crate. They are the levelling iegs.

2. Screw these bolts all the way into bolts holes at

the bottom corners of refrigerator.

3. Adjust each leg until the refrigerator won't rock.

Slide retrigerator into place.

4. Adjust front legs to level the refrigerator.

- To raise corners, turn legs in direction shown.

- To lower corners, turn legs in direction shown.

5. Check with level.

RECOMMENDED GROUNDING METHOD

A 115 Volt, 60 Hz., AC only 15 or 20 ampere tused

and properly grounded electrical supply is required. It is recommended that a separate cir cuit serving only this appliance be provided.

Do not use an extension cord. Use a recepta

cle which cannot be turned off with a switch or pull chain. See individual electrical requirements

and grounding instruction sheet in your literature package.

• Move Run Switch to RUN.

NOTE: The refrigerator motor will not operate until the Run Switch is on RUN.

Using your refrigerator

Setting the control...

The control for the refrigerator temperature is in the refrigerator. When the refrigerator is plugged in and the Run Switch is moved to RUN.

temperature

CONTROL

LIGHT SWITCH

Give the refrigerator time to cooi down

compieteiy before adding food. (This may take

several hours.)

This setting should be about right for normal

household refrigerator usage.

The control will be set about right when milk or juice is as cold as you like. In hot weather or if the door is opened often, turn the control to a higher number to keep the ternperature you Ii ke. If the mi I k or juice is too cold or refrigerator items start to freeze, turn the control to a lower number or adjust the freezer tray damper. Wait 24 hours after an adjustment is made before further change is made to the controls.

• Set the Thermostat Control to 3.

The freezer tray...

The freezer tray is located under the freezer

compartment.

The damper at the rear of the freezer tray helps

control the refrigerator temperature for warm weather operation. The damper can be adjusted for proper cooling and defrosting of the

refrigerator.

To adjust the damper:

1. Pull out the freezer tray.

2. Lift out the damper from the rear of the tray.

3. Slide damper into the desired position.

NOTE: “B,C,D” positions provide fine cooling adjustments to best meet your cooling needs in warm weather.

C D E -(FULL Open)

COOLING AND DEFROSTING.

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