Whirlpool EV150NX, EV190NX, EW150FX, EV11OCX User Manual
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Home
Appliances
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Use & Care Guide
Model and
serial number
plate 1
Exterior
moisture
control 4
Pull-out
basket H
(EV190FX
and
EWSONX)
Stationary
freezer
shelves
OR
Pull-out
freezer
shelves
(EWBONX
and
EWSONX)
Interior light
(not on EVllOCX) cpntrol
Temperature
Stationary
door
shelves
7
Juice can
/ ~~fz
EVllOCX)
(not on
EVllOCX)
Signal light
(not on
EVllOCX)
Trivet OR
Basket
(EVlSONX)
(EVllOCX,
EVl50FX and
EVl9OFX)
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UPRIGHT FREEZERS
EVllOCX EW50FX EV150NX EW9OFX EW9ONX
Contents
Important Safety Instructions.
Installing Your Freezer.
Using Your Freezer
Setting the temperature control
Adjusting the temperature control
Cooling freezer first
Exterior moisture control
The pull-out basket
The trivet
The freezer basket
The key eject lock
Replacing the light bulbs
Cleaning Your Freezer
Cleaning manual defrost models
Cleaning frost-free models
Cleaning the condenser coils
Caring For Your Freezer
If electricity goes off
Moving
If You Need Service Or Assistance
Whirlpool Domestic Freezer Warranty.
Remove the Consumer Buy Guide Label, tape
and any inside labels before using the freezer.
To remove any remaining glue:
. 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” on page 3.
NOTE: Do not remove the Tech Sheet fastened
under the freezer at the front.
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Freezer Guide
Whirlpool Freezer Guide for your freezer.
The Whirlpool Freezer Guide is a companion book
to this Freezer Use and Care Guide and is available free of charge. It contains information on freezing different kinds of foods, packaging, 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.
Thank you for buying a Whirlpool appliance.
Please complete and mail the Owner
Registration Card provided with this product. Then complete the form below. Have this
information ready if you need service or call with
a question.
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Copy model and serial numbers from plate
(see diagram on front cover) and purchase date
from sales slip.
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Keep this book and sales slip together in a
handy place.
Model Number
Serial Number
Purchase Date
Service Company Phone Number
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Important Safety Instructions
To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, or
freezer, follow basic precautions including the following:
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Read all instructions before using
the freezer.
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Child entrapment and suffocation
are not problems of the past. Junked
It is your responsibility to be sure
your freezer:
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is installed and leveled on a floor that will hold
the weight, and in an area suitable for its size
or abandoned freezers are still and use.
dangerous...even if they will “just
sit in the garage a few days!’
If you are getting rid of your old freezer,
do it safely. Please read the enclosed
safety booklet from the Association of
Home Appliance Manufacturers. Help
prevent accidents.
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Never allow children to operate, play
with, or crawl inside the freezer.
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Never clean freezer 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
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is connected only to the right kind of outlet, with
the right electrical supply and grounding. (Refer
to the Electrical Requirements and Grounding
Instructions Sheet.)
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is used only to do what home freezers are
designed to do.
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is not near an oven, radiator or other heat
source.
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is properly maintained.
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is out of the weather.
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is used in an area where the temperature
will not exceed 110°F (43.3”).
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is not used by anyone unable to operate it
properly.
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is not loaded with food before it has time to get
properly cold.
CREATE A FIRE HAZARD OR EXPLOSION.
injury when using your
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Installing Your Freezer
1. Clean it
Clean your freezer 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 thoroughly.
2. Plug it in
3-prong grounding
type wall receptacle -
Retaining clip
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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.
Attach retaining clip, from literature pack inside
the freezer, over power cord plug. See Electrical
Requirements and Grounding Instruction Sheet in
your Literature Package.
Freezer Power Llug
;
3-irong grounding plug
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Leveling leg ,
Raise
Lower
3. Install properly
1.
Pick a safe place, indoors, away from flamma-
bles such as gasoline.
2. Check the strength of the floor. It should hold
the weight of a fully loaded freezer.
3. Allow at least 3 inches (7.5 cm) air space on
top of freezer and 1 inch (2.5 cm) at back Allow
% inch (1.25 cm) on each side of the freezer
for ease of installation.
4. 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.
4. Level freezer
Level freezer so the door WIII stay open at any
position.
1.
Depending on model, freezer comes with either
4 bolts that hold freezer in shipping crate or
2 threaded leveling legs.
NOTE:
The 2 threaded leveling legs are
shipped in a separate package.
2. Screw 4 bolts all the way into bolt holes in the
bottom corners of freezer. Screw 2 leveling legs
all the way into bolt holes in the bottom front
corners of freezer.
3. Slide freezer into place.
4. For models with 4 bolts, adjust each leg until the
freezer won’t rock.
5. Adjust front legs to level the freezer.
-To raise corners, turn legs in directlon shown.
-To lower corners, turn legs In direction shown.
6.
Check with level.
7. After freezer is fully loaded, recheck with level.
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