Whirlpool EV150FX, EV120FX Use And Care Manual
A Note To You
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Important Safety
Instructions
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Parts And Features 4
Installing Your
Freezer 5
Using Your Freezer 7
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If You Need Assistance
Or Sewice
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Warranty
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1-800-253-1301
Call us with questions or comments.
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UPRIGHT FREEZERS
MODELS EVlZOFX EVl50FX
EV170NX EV200FX
A Note To You
Thank you for buying a Whirlpool appliance.
You have purchased a quality, worldclass 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. ft 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 Cwnership 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.
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.
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 21. 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 plate (see diagram on
page 6). 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
The Whirlpool Freezer Guide is also available.
The Whirlpool Freezer Guide is a companion
book to this Freezer Use and Care Guide and is
available free of charge. It contains information
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on freezing different kinds of foods, packaging
Freezer Guide
and food storage times. The Freezer Guide also
has helpful hints for saving energy and solving
common freezer problems.
To order the Freezer Guide, write to:
Whirlpool Corporation
Attention: Customer Service Dept.
1900 Whirlpool Drive
LaPorte, IN 46305
and request the Whirlpool Freezer Guide, Part
No. 1114865.
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Important Safety Instructions
To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, or injury when using
your freezer, follow these basic precautions:
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Read all operating Instructions before
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Never allow children to operate, play with,
using your freezer.
or crawl inside the freezer.
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Child entrapment and suffocations are
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Never clean freezer parts with flammable
not problems of the past. Junked or
fluids. The fumes can create a fire hazard
abandoned freezers are still dangerous,
or explosion.
even if they will “just slt in the garage for
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a few days.”
ff you are getting rid of your old freezer,
DO NOT STORE OR USE GASOLINE OR
do it safely. Please read the enclosed
OTHER FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND LIQUIDS
safety bookfet from the Association of
IN THE VICINITY OF THIS OR ANY OTHER
Home Appliance Manufacturers. Help
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prevent accidents.
FIRE HAZARD OR EXPLOSION.
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-SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS-
Help us help you
Please:
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Install and level the freezer on a floor that will
hold the weight, and in an area suitable for its
size and use.
9 Connect the freezer only to the proper kind of
outlet, with the correct electrical supply and
grounding. (See “Locating the proper electrical
supply” on page 5.)
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Use the freezer only to do what home freezers
are designed to do.
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Do not install the freezer near an oven, radiator
or other heat source.
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Property maintain the freezer.
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Keep the freezer out of the weather.
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Use the freezer only in an area where the
temperature will not exceed 110°F (43.3%) or
drop below 55°F (13°C).
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Make sure the freezer is not used by anyone
unable to operate it properly.
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Do not load the freezer with food before it has
time to get properly cold.
Also, please remove the Consumer Buy Guide
Label, materials, tape and inside labels (except
the model and serial number label) before using
the freezer.
To remove any remaining glue:
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Rub briskly with thumb to make a ball, then
remove.
OR
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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 “Important Safety
Instructions” above.
NOTE: Do not remove the Tech Sheet located
on the back of the freezer.
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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.
Model and serial
number label -
(on side wall)
Temperature
control -
Stationary
Storage gate
Base grille
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Leveling
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(not shown) \
- tight
(on some models)
Stationary
door shelves
(number varies
with model)
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Key eject lock
(on mome models)
\ Dtain and
dram cover
(on 8ome modeir)
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Installing Your Freezer
In This Section
Page
Page
Installing the handle
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5
Choosing the
proper location
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Cleaning your freezer
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Completing the installation
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Locating the
proper
electrical
8upply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Proper installation of any appliance is very important. This section will tell
you
everything
YOU
need to
know to install your freezer property.
Installing the handle
I. Remove screws from front of freezer door and
discard.
2. Locate handle assembly kii among packing
materials.
3. Attach top of handle to top hole in door with
shorter of 2 screws provided.
4. Attach bottom of handle to lower hole in door
with longer of 2 screws.
5. Snap trim piece into place.
Trim piece
Use
longest
screw here
Cleaning your freezer
Clean your freezer thoroughly before using it.
1, Use a sponge, cloth or paper towel and mild
detergent in warm water to clean outside and
inside of freezer, door liner and gasket.
2. Rinse and dry thoroughfy.
Locating the proper electrical supply
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.
&prong grounding
type wall receptacle
Retaining clip
Attach retaining clip, from literature package
inside the freezer, over power cord plug. See
Electrical Requirements and Grounding Instructions Sheet in literature package for complete
details.
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