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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 18 If You Need

Assistance

Or Service

Warranty

1-800-253-1301

Call us with questions or comments.

NO-FROST REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER

MODELS ET20ZK ET18ZK

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 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 com plete 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 20. 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

ÀWARNING

• Read all instructions before using the

refrigerator.

• Child entrapment and suffocation are not problems of the past. Junked or abandoned 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 Asso ciation of Home Appliance Manufactur ers. Help prevent accidents.

To reduce the risk of fire, electricai 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 Requirements and Grourvding 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. The model you pur chased may have all or some of the parts and features shown and they may not match the illustration exactly. This manual covers several models.

Freezer shelf

Ice cube trays

Ice bin

Control panel ___

Utility

compartment

Model and

serial number

label (on side wall)~

Meat drawer'

Crisper cover

Crispers

Leveling rollers (behind

base grille)

Control panel

Butter

compartment

Adjustable

wire shelves

Model ET18ZK shown

Refrigerator

control

Exterior moisture Light

control switch

Freezer

control

BEFORE USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Before Using Your Refrigerator

In This Section

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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5 instaiiing it properiy 5

Leveiing 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 giue:

• Rub briskly with your 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, rubbing 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 14 and 15.

Page

6 6

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 Ground

ing Instructions Sheet in your Literature

Package.

3-prong grounding type wall receptacle

Refrigerator power cord

3-prong grounding piug

BEFORE USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Installing it properly

1. Allow Уг 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, foltow the directions below.

1. Remove base grille. (See page 12.)

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 12.)

Right to raise;

USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Using Your Refrigerator

In This Section

Page

Setting the controls............................7

Changing the control settings Adjusting the shelf glide

Adjusting the refrigerator shelves ....9

Removing the meat drawer

and cover.............................................9

Removing the crispers and

crisper cover

Removing the freezer shelf

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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10 10

Using the ice cube trays Using the optional automatic

ice maker..........................................11

Changing the light bulbs Removing the base grille Reversing the door swing Understanding the sounds

you may hear....................................13

Saving energy

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12 12 13

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

and when ice cream is firm. If you need to adjust these settings, see “Changing the control settings” on page 8.

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A NOTE TO YOU

A Note To You

Thank you for buying a Whirlpool* appliance.

Your safety Is Important to us.

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

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Help us help you

PARTS AND FEATURES

Parts And Features

Control panel

BEFORE USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Plugging it in

Cleaning your refrigerator

Removing packaging materials

Cleaning it before use

Installing it properly

Leveling it

USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

In This Section

Setting the controls

Temperature controls