EV150F
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use&care guide
UPRIGHT
Model EV150F
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Please read this
Use and Care Guide
before you do anything else...
This booklet tells you how to start your freezer,
defrost it, clean it and adjust controls.
Treat your new freezer with care. Use it only to
do what home freezers are designed to do.
Parts and features
Plate
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
plate 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. There is no warranty registration to re
turn. Proof-of-purchase is all that is required for in
warranty service.
Model Number
Serial Number
Purchase Date
Service Company and Telephone Number
Contents
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SAFETY FIRST
BEFORE YOU PLUG IT IN
Install Properly
Level Freezer
Remove Sales Labels
Clean It ...................................................... 4
Plug It In
USING YOUR FREEZER
Setting the Temperature Control............. 5
Adjusting the Temperature Control .... 5
Cooling Freezer First
The PoviTer Saving Control
Changing the Light Bulb
Removing the Bottom Basket..................... 6
The Key Eject Lock..................................... 6
Energy Saving Tips
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)1985 Whirlpool Corporation
Safety first
Child entrapment and suffocation are
not things of the past. Junked or aban
doned freezers are still dangerous...even if
they will "just sit in the garage a few days.”
If you are getting rid of your old freezer,
do it sately. Please read the enclosed
safety booklet from the Association of
Home Appliance Manufacturers. Help pre
vent accidents.
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CLEANING YOUR FREEZER
Cleaning Chart ............................................ 7
FREEZING FOOD IN YOUR FREEZER. 8
Packaging and Sealing Food
To Wrap Foods
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Storing Frozen Food .................................. 9
VACATION AND MOVING CARE
Vacations
Shutting Off and Moving ............................ 10
IF YOU NEED SERVICE OR ASSISTANCE 11
1, Before Calling for Assistance .............. 11
2. If You Need Assistance
3. If You Need Service
4, If You Flave a Problem
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Before you plug it in
IMPORTANT
Before using your freezer, you are personally re
sponsible for making sure that it...
• is installed and levelled on a floor that will hold the
weight, and in an area suitable for its size and use,
• is connected only to the right kind of outlet, with the
right electrical supply and grounding. (Refer to
your "Electrical Requirements and Grounding
Instructions.")
• is used only for jobs expected of home freezers,
• 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 exceed 110°F (43.3°C).
• is not run where there are explosive fumes.
• is not used by those who may not understand
how it should be used.
• is not loaded with food before it has time to get
properly cold.
Install properly...
1. Check the strength of the floor It should hold the
weight of a fully loaded freezer.
2 Pick a safe place, indoors, away from in
flammables such as gasoline.
3. Allow 3 inches (7,5 cm) air space on top of freezer
for proper ventilation.
4. Allow at least an inch (2,5 cm) between the
freezer condenser, on the back of the unit, and
the wall.
5. Allow '/2 inch (1.25 cm) on each side of the freezer
for ease of installation.
6. If the freezer is to be against a wall, you might
want to leave extra space on the hinge side so the
door can be opened wider
7. The four bolts that held your freezer in the shipping
crate are designed to be the levelling legs. Screw
the legs far enough Into the bolt holes. In each of
the four bottom corners, so the freezer stands
about 1 inch (2,5 cm) off the floor.
Remove sales labels...
Remove the Consumer Buy Guide label and any
inside labels before using the freezer.
To remove any remaining glue:
1. Rub briskly with thumb to make a ball, then
remove,
OR
2, Soak area with dishwashing detergent solution (1
teaspoon detergent in 1 quart warm water) be
fore removing glue as described in step 1.
DO NOT USE rubbing alcohol or flammable or
toxic solvents, such as acetone, gasoline, car
bon tetrachloride, etc. These can damage the
material.
NOTE: DO NOT REMOVE the Tech Sheet fas
tened under the freezer at the front.
Clean it...
Clean your freezer before
using it. See cleaning
instructions on page 7,
Plug it in...
3-prong grounding
type wall receptacle
Retaining
Level freezer...
so the door will stay
open at any position.
Levelling Leg
Lower Raise
Sfart adjusfmenf wifh the door hinge side.
1. Slide freezer into place.
2. Adjust front legs to level the freezer.
- To raise front, turn each leg clockwise.
-To lower front, turn each leg counter-clockwise,
3. Check with level
4. After freezer is fully loaded, recheck with level
Freezer
Power Plug
Recommended Grounding Method
A115 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. Use a
receptacle which cannot be turned off with a
switch or pull chain. Do not use an extension
cord.
Attach retaining clip over power cord plug
from literature package inside the freezer.
3-prong
grounding plug
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