Whirlpool ET14DC User Manual

use&care guide

CYCLE DEFROST REFRIGERATOR-

Model ET12DC

and

Model ET14DC

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Please read this Use and Care Guide

before you do anything else.

This booklet tells you how to start your refrig

erator, clean it move shelves and adjust con trols. It even tells you what new sounds to expect from your refrigerator

Treat your new refrigerator with core Use it

only to do what home refrigerators are de signed to do.

Parts and features

Juice Can

Rack

Power Saving

Control

Crisper Cover

Crisper

Model and Serial Number Plate

Levelling

Leg

Copy your Model and Serial Numbers here.

Wheo vcxi nt--ea service or call with a question,

have this ctorn sit'on ready

1. Complete Mcxtel and Ser ai Numbers (from the plate located as shown j Serial Number

2. Purchase dare from sales sl'p Copy this information ri these spaoes. Keep this

book, your warranty and sales slip together in a handy place

Model Number

____________

Purchase Date

Service Company and Telephone Number

Safety first

Child entrapment, and suffocation, are not things of the past. Junked or abandoned refrigerators are still dangerous , 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.

Contents

Page

BEFORE YOU PLUG IT IN

Remove Shipping Block............................. 4

install Properly Levei Refrigerator Freezer , 4 Remove Sales Labels

Cleon It .......................................................4

Plug It In .....................................................4

USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Getting the Control rowei'Saving Control

.Adjustinq the Shelves ................................5

Removing Crisper and Crisper

Cover ......................................................5

Changing the Light Bulb .............................6

Ice Cube Travs............................................6

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5 5

Page Sounds You May Hear Energy Saving lips

CLEANING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Defrosting the Freezer

Cleaning Chart .......................................... 8

FOOD STORAGE GUIDE

Storing Fresh Food Storing Frozen Food

VACATION AND MOVING CARE 10-11 IF YOU NEED SERVICE OR ASSISTANCE 11

1. Before Calling for Assistance

2. If You Need Assistance

3. If You Need Service

4. If You Have a Problem

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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 cortnected only to the right kind of outlet, with the right electric supply and grounding.

• is used orhy 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 run where there are explosive fumes is not used by children or others who may not understand how it should be used is not loaded with food before it has time to get properly cold

Remove the shipping block...

A Styrofoam block IS wedged in the defrost pan to help prevent shipping dam age This block must

be removed to clear the way for defrost water, evaporation

Shipping Biock Must Be Removed

and to make the power cord acces sible.

Install properly...

3. Adjust each leg until the refrigerator won't rock. 4, Adjust front legs to level the refrigerator.

— To raise corners, turn legs clockwise. — To lower corners, turn legs counterclockwise.

6. Check with level.

Remove sales labels...

Remove the Consumer Buy Guide label, tape and

any inside labels before using the refrigerator

To remove any remaining glue:

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

2. Soak area with dishwashing detergent solution (1 teaspoon detergent in 1 quart warm water] before removing glue as described in step 1.

DO NOT USE rubbing aicohol 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 refrigerator at the front.

Clean it...

Clean your refrigerator before using it. See cleaning instructions

on page 7

1 Allow 3 inches 1 7 5 cm) between overhead cab

nets and the refrigerator top

2 Allow at least an inch [2 5 cm) between the refrig

erator conaenser and the wal

3 You don't need space between counters and

cabinets and *ne refrigerator sides. For ease of installation, you might want to leave enough room i’.-’ inch - 'l,2f' cm) so the retrigerator can be moved easily

4 If the refrigerateis to De against a wall, you might

want to leave enough space so the door can be opened wider

Level refrigerator-freezer...

Keep the 4 bolts that hold refrigerator In shipping crate. They are the levelling legs Screw these bolts all the way into bolt holes at the bottom comers of refrigerator Move refrigerata

nto place

Plug it in.

3-prong

grounding type v

wall receptacle

Power Cord

Recommended

Grounding Method

A 115 Volt, 60 Hz , AC only 15 or 20 ampere fused and properly grounded electrical supply is re quired, It is recommended that a separate circuit serving only this appliance be provided

Do not use an extension cord. Use a recep

tacle which cannot be turned off with a switch or pull chain. See individual electrical require

ments and grounding instruction sheet in your liter ature package

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