Whirlpool ET25DQ User Manual

Use And Care

A Note To You Important Safety

Instmctions

Parts And Features Before Using Your

Refrigerator Using Your

Refrigerator

Caring For Your Refrigerator 21

Food Storage Guide 24 If You Need

Assistance Or Service

Warranty

1-800-253-1301

Call us with questions or comments.

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NO-FROST REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER

WITH thirstCRusher'“

MODELS ET22DQ ET25DQ

A NOTE TO YOU

A Note To You

Thank you for buying a Whirlpool* appliance.

You purchased a quality, world-class home appliance. Years of engineering experience went into its manufacturing. To ensure that you enjoy many years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of valuable information on how to operate and maintain your appliance properly and safely. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail the Ownership Registration Card provided with your appliance. This will help us notify you about any new information on your appliance.

Your safety Is Important to us.

This guide contains safety symbols and statements. Please pay special attention to these symbols and follow any instructions given. Here is a brief explanation of the use of each symbol.

Awarning

This symbol will help alert you to such dangers as personal injury, burns, fire and electrical shock.

This symbol will help you avoid actions which could cause product damage (scratches, dents, etc.) and damage to your personal property.

Acaution

Our Consumer Assistance Center number, 1-800-253-1301, Is toll-free, 24 hours a day.

If you ever have a question concerning your appliance’s operation, or if you need service, first see “If You Need Assistance Or Service” on page 26. If you need further help, feel free to call our Consumer Assistance Center. When calling, you will need to know your appliance’s complete model number arxl serial number. You can find this information on the model and serial number label (see diagram on page 4). For your convenierx:e, we have included a handy place below for you to record these numbers, the purchase date from the sales slip and your dealer’s name and telephone number. Keep this book and the sales slip together in a safe place for future reference.

Model Number Serial Number Purchase Date

Dealer Name Dealer Phone

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Important Safety Instructions

^WARNING

• Read all instructions before using the refrigerator.

•Child entrapment and suffocation are rK)t problems of the past. Junked or abarKloned refrigerators are still danger ous ... even if they will “just sit in the garage a few days.”

If you are getting rid of your old refrig erator, do it safely. Please read the enclosed safety booklet from the Association of Home Appliance Manu

facturers. Help prevent accidents.

To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, or injury when using your refrigerator, follow these basic precautions:

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Help us help you

Please:

• Install and level the refrigerator on a floor that will hold the weight and in an area suitable for its size and use.

• Do not install the refrigerator near an oven, radiator or other heat source.

• Do not use the refrigerator in an area where the room temperature will fall below 55‘>F(13°C).

• Keep the refrigerator out of the weather.

• Connect the refrigerator only to the proper kind of outlet, with the correct electrical supply and grounding. (Refer to the Electrical Requirements and Grounding Instructions Sheet.)

• Do not load the refrigerator with food before it has time to get properly cold.

• Use the refrigerator only for the uses described in this manual.

• Properly maintain the refrigerator.

• Be sure the refrigerator is not used by anyone unable to operate it properly.

• Never allow children to operate, play with, or crawl inside the refrigerator.

• Never clean refrigerator parts with flammable fluids. The fumes can create a fire hazard or explosion.

• FOR YOUR SAFETY •

DO NOT STORE OR USE GASOLINE OR OTHER FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND LIQUIDS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS OR ANY OTHER APPLIANCE. THE FUMES CAN CREATE A FIRE HAZARD OR

EXPLOSION.

PARTS AND FEATURES

Parts And Features

This section contains captioned illustrations of your appliance. Use them to become familiar with where all parts and features are located and what they look like.

Removable

freezer shelves. Control panel Lateral-adjust

Spillguard^** sheH

Model

number label

(on side wall)

Egg bin

Meat drawer

Adjustable Spillguard^“ shelves

Crisper cover Humidity-

controlled crispers

Leveling rollers (behind base grille)

Freezer light

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Automatic

ice maker

Ice bin

Shelf glides Ice chute to

dispenser

Butter

compartment

Tail-bottle

retainer

Adjustable

door bin

Bin glides

Deep

adjustable

door bins

Sheif glide

Base grille

MODEL ET22DQ Shown

Control panel

Refrigerator

controi

Exterior

moisture

controi

Light

switch

Freezer controi

BEFORE USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Before Using Your Refrigerator

In This Section

Page

Cleaning your refrigerator Plugging it in

It is important to prepare your refrigerator for use. This section tells you how to clean it, connect it to a power source, install it and level it.

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Installing it properly Leveling it

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Cleaning your refrigerator

Removing packaging materials

Remove tape and any inside labels (except the model and serial number label) before using the refrigerator.

To remove any remaining glue:

• Rub briskly with thumb to make a ball, then

remove.

• Soak area with liquid hand-dishwashing

detergent before removing glue as de scribed above. Do not use sharp instru

ments, nibbing alcohol, flammable fluids or

abrasive cleaners. These can damage the

material. See “Important Safety Instruc

tions” on page 3.

NOTE: Do not remove any permanent

instruction labels inside your refrigerator. Do not remove the Tech Sheet fastened under the refrigerator at the front.

Cleaning it before use

After removing all packaging materials,

clean your refrigerator before using it, if necessary. See cleaning instructions on pages 21-22.

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Plugging it in

Recommended Grounding Method

A 115 Volt, 60 Hz., AC only 15 or 20 ampere fused and properly grounded electrical supply is r^uired. It is recommended that a separate circuit serving only this appliance be provided. Use a receptacle which cannot be turned off with a switch or pull chain. Do not use an extension cord.

See Electrical Requirements and Ground ing Instructions Sheet in your Literature Package.

3-prong grounding type wall receptacle

Refrigerator power cord

3-prong grounding plug

BEFORE USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Installing it properly

1. Allow inch (1.25 cm) space on each side and at the top of the refrigerator for ease of installation.

2. If the hinge side of the refrigerator is to be

against a wall, you might want to leave extra space so the door can be opened wider.

3. The refrigerator can be flush against the

back wall.

Leveling it

Your refrigerator has 2 front leveling screws-one on the right and one on the left. To adjust one or both of these, follow the directions below.

1. Remove base grille. (See page 18.)

2. To raise front, turn screw clockwise.

3. To lower front, turn screw counterclock wise.

4. Check with level.

5. Replace base grille. (See page 18.)

Right to raise;

USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Using Your Refrigerator

In This Section

Setting the controls

Changing the control settings

Adjusting the door bins.........................9

Adjusting the bin/shelf glides Removing the tail-bottle retainer

Adjusting the lateral-adjust shelf ....10

Adjusting the cantilever

refrigerator shelves.............................11

Using the egg bin Removing the meat drawer

and cover............................................12

Removing the crispers and crisper

cover...................................................12

To obtain the best possible results from your refrigerator, it is important that you operate it properly. This section tells you how to set the controls, remove and adjust some of the features in your refrigerator, and how to save energy.

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Adjusting the crisper humidity

control............................................

Removing the freezer shelf.............

Using the automatic ice maker..

Removing the ice maker

storage bin

Using the THIRSTCRUSHER^**

dispensing system Removing the base grille Changing the light bulbs

Understanding the sounds you may hear

Saving energy

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Setting the controls

Temperature controls

Controls for the refrigerator and freezer are in the refrigerator. When you plug in the refrigerator for the first time:

1. Set the Refrigerator Control to 4.

Refrigerator Control adjustments range

from 1 (warmest) to 8 (coldest).

2. Set the Freezer Control to C.

Freezer Control adjustments range from

A (coldest) to D (warmest).

3. Give the refrigerator time to cool down completely before adding food. This may

take several hours.

The settings indicated above should be

correct for normal, household refrigerator

usage. The controls are set correctly when milk or juice is as cold as you like arxf when ice cream is firm. If you need to adjust these settings, see “Changing the control settings" on page 8.

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USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Exterior moisture control

The Exterior Moisture Control operates electric heaters around the door openings. These heaters help keep moisture from forming on the outside of the refrigerator cabinet.

• Use the OFF setting when humidity is low.

• Use the ON setting if moisture forms on the outside of the refrigerator cabinet.

Changing the control settings

If you need to adjust temperatures in refrigerator or freezer, use the settings listed in the chart below as a guide. If you have questions, call our Consumer Assistance Center number. (See page 27.)

CONDITION:

REASON:

• Adjust the Refrigerator Control first.

• Wait at least 24 hours between adjust ments.

• Then adjust the Freezer Control if needed.

RECOMMENDED CONTROL SETTINGS:

Refrigerator section too warm

Freezer section

too warm

Refrigerator

section too cold

Ice not made fast

enough

Both

sections too warm

• 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

• Heavy ice usage

• Very cold room temperature

(can’t cycle often enough)

• Door opened often

• Large amount of food added

• Very warm or very cold room

temperatures

Refrigerator 4

Freezer A

Refrigerator 3

Freezer C

Refrigerator 2

Freezer B

Refrigerator 3

Freezer C

Refrigerator 4

Freezer B

USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Adjusting the door bins

To remove door bins:

1. Lift bin up.

2. Pull bin straight out.

To replace door bins:

1. Slide bin in above desired support button.

2. Push down until it stops.

Adjusting the birVshelf glides

Use the bin/shelf glides to secure odd

shaped Kerns or to separate other items.

1. Grasp glide.

2. Slide glide along bin/track. NOTE: SheK glides cannot be removed.

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Removing the tail-bottle retainer

The tail-bottle retainer fits onto any door bin

in your refrigerator. The retainer helps to hold tail-bottles in place when opening and

closing the refrigerator door.

To remove tail-bottle retainer:

1. Grasp center of retainer.

2. Pull up and off of bin.

To replace tail-bottle retainer:

1. PosKion retainer above desired door bin.

2. Gently push retainer down onto bin.

3. Make sure both side notches sK firmly against bin.

Notch

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