Whirlpool ETl8YK User Manual

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Use And Care

A Note To You Important Safety

Instructions

Parts And Features

Before Using Your

Refrigerator Using Your

Refrigerator

Caring For Your Refrigerator

Food Storage Guide 16

If You Need

Assistance Or Service

Warranty

1-800-253-1301

Call us with questions or comments.

NO-FROST REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER

MODEL ET18YK

A NOTE TO YOU

A Note To You

Thank you for buying a Whirlpool appliance.

You have purchased a quality, world-class home appliance. Years of engineering experience have gone into its manufacturing. To ensure that you will enjoy many years of trouble-free operation, we have developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of valuable information on howto operate and maintain your appliance properly and safely. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail the Owner ship Registration Card provided with your appliance. This will help us notify you about any new informa tion 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 18. 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 and serial number. You can find this information on the model and serial number label (see diagram on

page 4). For your convenience, 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 not problems of the past. Junked or abandoned refrigerators are still dangerous ... even if

they will “just sit in the garage a few days.”

If you are getting rid of your old refrigerator, do it safely. Please read the enclosed safety booklet from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers. 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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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 Require ments 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.

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

To remove any remaining giue:

• Rub briskly with thumb to make a ball, then

remove.

• Soak area with liquid hand dishwashing detergent before removing glue as described above. Do not use sharp instruments, rubbing alcohol, flammable fluids or abrasive cleaners. These can damage the material. See "Impor tant Safety Instructions” above.

NOTE: Do not remove any permanent instruction labels inside your refrigerator. Do not remove the Tech Sheet fastened under the refrigerator at the

front.

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. The model you have purchased may have a|l or some of the parts and features shown and they may not match the illustration exactly. This manual is designed to cover several rrradels.

Ice bin Control panel Model and

serial number label (on side wall)

Crisper cover •

Crispers •

Ice cube trays

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Freezer shelf

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. Shelf glide

Extra deep

.door shelf

Leveling roiiers

(behind base grille)

Control panel

REFRIGERATOR EXTERIOR HOBTUIC CONTROL

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Refrigerator

control

Exterior moisture

control

Base grille

Light

switch

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Freezer control

BEFORE USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Before Using Your Refrigerator

In This Section

Cleaning it.......................................

Plugging it in

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

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Instating it properly

5 Leveling it..................................

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Cleaning it

Clean your refrigerator before using it, if neces sary. See cleaning instructions on page 14.

Plugging it in

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. Use a receptacle which cannot be turned off with a switch or pull chain. Do not use an extension cord.

See Electrical Requirements and Grounding

Instructions Sheet in your Literature Package.

3-prong grounding type wall receptacle

Refrigerator

power cord

3-prong grounding plug

Installing it properly

1. Allow V4 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 wall.

BEFORE USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

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 12.)

2. To raise front, turn screw clockwise.

3. To lower front, turn screw counterclockwise.

4. Check with level.

5. Replace base grille. (See page 12.)

Front roller

Right to raise;

left to lower

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