Whirlpool ET12AK User Manual
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REFRIGERATOR-
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Model ET12AK
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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 de-
signed to do.
Parts and features
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Trays
Freezer Shelf T
Refrigerator
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Utility
Bin
Crisper
Cover
Crisper
Leveling
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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
label located as shown).
2. Purchase dote 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.
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Model Number
Serial Number
Purchase Date
Service Company and Telephone Number
Contents
SAFETY FIRST
BEFORE YOU PLUG IT IN
Install Properly
Level Refrigerator-Freezer
Remove Sales Labels
Clean It,
Plug It In
USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR
Setting the Controls
Changing the Control Settings
Power Savina Control 5
Moving the Meat Pan 6
Changing the Light Bulb
Removing the Crisper and Cover 6
Removing and Adjusting
the Freezer Shelf 6
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Adjusting the Refrigerator Shelves
Ice Cube Trays
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Optional Automatic Ice Maker
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Sounds You May Hear
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4 Energy Saving Tips
4 CLEANING YOUR REFRIGERATOR
Cleaning Chart,
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FOOD STORAGE GUIDE
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Storing Fresh Food
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Storing Frozen Food
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VACATION AND MOVING CARE
IF YOU NEED SERVICE OR ASSISTANCE
I, Before Calling for Assistance
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2. If You Need Assistance
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Before you plug it in
IMPORTANT
Before using your refrigerator, you are personally
responsible for making sure that it...
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is installed and leveled 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 Groundrng
Instructions,“)
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is used only for jobs expected of home re-
frigerators.
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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 fall below 55’ F (13” C].
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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.. .
1. Allow 3 inches (7.5 cm] between overhead cabinets and refrigerator top.
2. Allow at least on inch (2.5 cm) between the
refrigerator condenser on the bock and the wall
3. Allow % inch (1.25 cm] on each side of the
refrigerator for ease of installation.
4. If the refrigerator is to be against a wall, you might
wont to leave extra space on the hinge side so the
door con be opened wider.
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Remove sales labels.. .
Remove the Consumer Buy Guide label. tape and
any inside labels before using the refrigerator
To remove any remaining glue:
I. Rub briskly with thumb to make a ball then remove.
OR
2. Soak area with dishwashing detergent solution (1
teaspoon detergent in 1 quart worm water) 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-
STRUCTION LABELS INSIDE YOUR REFRIGERATOR.
Do not remove the Tech Sheet fastened under
the refrigemtor at the front.
Clean it.. .
Clean your refrigerator
before using It.
See cleaning instructions
on page 8.
Plug it in...
Sprang grounding
type wall receptacl
Level refrigerator-freezer.. .
I, Keep the 4 bolts that hold refrigerator in shipping
crate. They ore the levelling legs.
2. Screw these bolts all the way into bolt holes at the
bottom corners of refrigerator. Roll refrigerator into
place.
3. Lower legs just enough to lift rollers off floor.
4. Adjust each until the refrigerator won’t rock.
5. Adjust front legs to level the refrigerator.
-To raise corners, turn legs in direction shown.
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To lower corners, turn legs in direction shown.
6. Check with level.
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Refrigerator
Power Cord
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.
Do not use an extension cord. Use a receptacle which cannot be turned off with a switch
or pull chain. See individual electrical requirements and grounding instruction sheet in your literature package
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