Whirlpool ETl4CC User Manual

CYCLE DEFROST
REFRIGERATOR­FREEZERS

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Model ETl4CC

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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 CUBE

TRAYS
LIGHT

MODEL AND
SERIAL NUMBER
LABEL
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JUICE CAN

RACK

BUTTER

COMPARTMENT

TEMPERATURE
CONTROL

POWER SAVING

CONTROL

CRISPER
COVER

CRISPER

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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 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

pU,.&are Date

Service Company and Telephone Number

/ SHELVES

ADJUSTABLE

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Contents

PARTS AND FEATURES
SAFETY FIRST

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BEFOREYOU PLUG IT IN

Install Properly
Level Refrigerator-Freezer
Remove Sales Labels
Clean It
Plug it In

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USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Setting the Control
Power Saving Control
Removing Crisper and Crisper

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Cover

Adjusting the Refrigerator Shelves

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Changing the Light Bulb
Ice Cube Trays

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Sounds You May Hear
Energy Saving Tips

CLEANING YOUR REFRIGERATOR.

Defrosting the Freezer
Cleaning Chart

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FOOD STORAGE GUIDE

Storing Fresh Food

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Freezing and Storing Frozen Foods . .

VACATION AND MOVING CARE

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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.

Install properly...

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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 YZ 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 want to leave extra space on the hinge
side so the door can be opened wider.

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Remove sales lab&Is.. .

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, gasollne, car­bon tetrachloride, etc. These can damage the
material.

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

Do not remove the Tech sheet fastened under

the refrigerator at the front.

Clean it...

Clean your refriger- ‘;j
ator before using it.
See cleaning instruc-

tions on page 7.

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Level refrigerator-freezer...

1. Keep the 4 bolts that held refrigerator in ship­ping crate. They are the levelling legs.

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.

4. Slide refrigerator into place.

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.

Plug it in...

3-PRONG
TYPE WALL RECEPTACLE<

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 wlth a switch or
pull chain. See individual electrical requirements
and grounding instruction sheet in your literature
package.

GROUNDING

3-PM
GROUNDING PLUG

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Using your refrigerator

Setting the control...

The Temperature Control for the refrigerator and
freezer is in the refrigerator in the top right hand
corner. When the refrigerator is plugged in for the
first time:

l Set the Temperature

Control to 3.

TEMPERATURE

CONTROL

LIGHT SWITCH

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

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

This seftlng should be about right for normal

household refrigerator usage.

Power Saving Control...

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

forming on the outside of the refrigerator.

1. Use the “SAVES
POWER” setting

when humidity is

low.

2. Use the “REDUCES
EXTERIOR MOIS­TURE” setting if
moisture forms on
the outside of the
refrigerator.

Removing crispers and crisper cover...

To remove the crisper:

LIFT THE FRONT
THEN THE

BACK.

1. Slide crisper straight out to stop.

2. Lift the front, then slide the rest of the way out.

3. Replace in reverse order.
To remove the cover:

1. Lift front, then lift back.

2. Pull up and out.
To replace the cover:

1. !$no;fl;es on back of cover into back wall

LIFT THE FRONT AND PULL AGAIN.

2. ~~Vm front intO Place.
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