Whirlpool ET14AK User Manual

NO-FROST
REFRIGERATOR­FREEZER

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Model ETl4AK

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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

ICE CURE
TRAYS

FREEZER SHELF ­REFRIGERATOR -

CONTROL
MODEL AND

SERIAL NUMBER ­LABEL

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COMPARTMENT

POWER SAVING
CONTROL

FREEZER
CONTROL

LEVELLING
LEG & ROLLER

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Copy your Model and Serial Numbers here...

When you need service or call with a question,

have this information ready:

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Complete

the label 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-

tmtion card furnished with this product.

Model and Serial Numbers (from

Model Number

Serial Number

Purchare Da+e

Service Company and Telephone Number

MEAT DRAWER

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Contents

PARTS AND FEATURES. ................

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 Saving Control ..............

Moving the Meat Drawer and Cover

Changing the Light Bulb ............

Removing the Crispers and Cover .
Adjusting the Refrigerator Shelves .

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Removing and Adjusting

The Freezer Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ice Cube Trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Optional Automatic Ice Maker . . . . . .

Sounds you May Hear . . . . . . . . . . . .

Energy Saving Tips . . . . . . . .

CLEANING YOUR REFRIGERATOR. .

Cleaning Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

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

Freezing and Storing Frozen Foods .

VACATION AND MOVING CARE.. . . . . .

IF YOU NEED SERVICE OR ASSISTANCE.
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...

l is installed and leveled on a floor that will hold

the weight, and in an area suitable for its size
and use.

l is connected only to the right kind of outlet, with

the right electrical supply and grounding.
(Refer to your “Electrical Requirements and
Grounding Instructions:‘)

l is used only for jobs expected of home

refrigerators.

l is not near an oven, radiator or other heat

source.

l is properly maintained.
l is out of the weather.
l is used in an area where the room temperature

will not fall below 55°F (13°C).

l is not used by those who may not understand

how it should be used.

l is not loaded with food before it has time to get

properly cold.

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Install properly...

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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 remalning glue:

1. Rub briskly with thumb to make a ball then
remove.

OR

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, car­bon tetrachlorlde, etc. These can damage the
materlal.

NOTE: DO NOT REMOVE ANY PERMANENT IN­STRUCTIONS LABELS INSIDE YOUR REFRIGER­ATOR.

Do not remove the Tech sheet tastened under
the retrlaerator at the front.

1. Allow 3 inches (7.5 cm) between overhead cab­inets and the refrigerator top.

2. Allow at least an inch (2.5 cm) between the re­frigerator condenser on the back and the wall.

3. Allow

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

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inch (1.25 cm] on each side of the re-

frigerator for ease of installation.
might want to leave extra space on the hinge

side so the door can be ooened wider.

Level refrigerator-freezer...

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1. Keep the 4 bolts that hold refrigerator in ship­ping crate. They are 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.

- To lower corners, turn legs in direction shown.

6. Check with level,

Clean it...

Clean your refriger­ator before using it.
See cleaning instruc­tions on page 8.

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Plug it in...

3-PRONG GROUNDING
TYPE WALL RECEPTACLE

REFRIGER

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 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.

GROUNDING PLUG

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REFRIGERATOR

Setting the controls...

Controls forthe refrigerator and freezer are in the

refrigerator. When the refrigerator is plugged in for

the first time...

Gfve the refrigerator time to cool down com­pletely before adding food. (This may take sev­eral hours.]

1. Set the REFRIGERA­TOR CONTROL to 3

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2. Set the FREEZER

CONTROL to B. -

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Changing the control settings...

If you need to adjust temperatures in refrigerator

or freezer. use the settings listed in the chart below l Then adjust the Freezer Control if needed.

QUESTIONS?
. ..call your
COOL-LINE@
service
assistance

telephone

number
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CONDITION:
If Refrigerator

Section is
TOO WARM

If Freezer
Section is
TOO WARM

If Refrigerator
Section is
TOO COLD

If ICE isn’t Heavy ice usage

MADE FAST ENOUGH Very cold room temperature Freezer

If BOTH SECTIONS Door opened often Refrigerator

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

(can’t cycle often enough)

Large amount of food added Freezer
Very warm or very cold

room temperatures

These settings should be about right for nor-

mal household refrlgemtor usage.

The controls will be set about right when milk or
juice is as cold as you like and when ice cream is
firm.

l Adjust the Refrigerator Control first.
l Wait at least 24 hours between adjustments.

RECOMMENDED
CONTROL SETTINGS:

Refrigerator
Freezer

Refrigerator 3
Freezer A

Refrigerator
Freezer

Refrigerator

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2
B

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4

B

Power Saving Control...

The Power Saving Control on the Control Con­sole operates electric heaters around the door
openings. These heaters help keep moisture from

formino on the outside of the refrigerator.

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1. Use the “CONSUMES LESS ENERGY” setting when
humidity is low.

2. Use the “REDUCES EXTERIOR MOISTURE” setting if

moisture forms on the outside of the refrigerator.
The indicator light will glow when the switch is in
the “REDUCES EXTERIOR MOISTURE” position.