Whirlpool EV170NX User Manual

Whirlpool

UseAndCare

Important Safety
Instnictions

Parts And Features
Installing Your

Freezer
Using Your Freezer
Caring For Your

Freezer 10
If You Need Assistance

Or Service 12
Warranty

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UPRIGHT FREEZERS

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Call us with questions or comments.

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MODELS EV120FX EV150FX

EV170NX EV200FX

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 how to 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 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
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.

Freezer Guide

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Important Safety Instructions

^WARNING

• Read aii operating instructions before

using your freezer.

• Chiid entrapment and suffocations are

not probiems of the past. Junked or
abandoned freezers are still dangerous,
even if they will “just sit in the garage for
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.

To reduce the risk of fire, eiectrical shock, or injury when using
your freezer, foiiow these basic precautions:

-SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS-

Help us help you

Please:

• Install and level the freezer on a floor that will
hold the weight, and in an area suitable for Ks
size and use.

• 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.)

• Use the freezer only to do what home freezers
are designed to do.

• Do not install the freezer near an oven, radiator
or other heat source.

• Properly maintain the freezer.

• Keep the freezer out of the weather.

• Use the freezer only in an area where the

temperature will not exceed 110°F (43.3°C) or
drop below 55”F (13°C).

• Make sure the freezer is not used by anyone

unable to operate it properly.

• Do not load the freezer with food before it has

time to get properly cold.

• Never allow children to operate, play with,

or crawl inside the freezer.

• Never clean freezer parts whh 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, 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:

• Rub briskly wKh thumb to make a ball, then

remove.

OR

• 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.

PARTS AND FEATURES

Parts And Features

This section contains captioned illustrations of your appliance. Use them to become familiar wrth where
all parts and features are located and what they look like.

Model and serial
number label
(on side wall)

(on some models)

Temperature
conbol

Light

Stationary
refrigerated
shelves
(number
varies with
model)

Storage gate

Base grille

Leveling legs
(not shown)

Stationary

door shelves

(number varies

with model)

Key eject lock

(on some models)

Drain and

drain cover

(on some models)

INSTALLING YOUR FREEZER

Installing Your Freezer

In This Section

Installing the handle

Cleaning your freezer...................

Locating the proper electrical supply....

Proper installation of any appliance is very important. This section will tell you everything you need to
know to install your freezer properly.

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Choosing the proper location

5

Completing the installation

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Installing the handle

1. Remove screws from front of freezer door and

discard.

2. Locate handle assembly krt 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.

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 thoroughly.

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 swKch or pull chain. Do not use an extension
cord.

Attach retaining clip, from literature package

inside the freezer, over power cord plug. See
Electrical Requirements and Grounding Instruc
tions Sheet in literature package for complete
details.

3-prong grounding
type wall receptacle

Retaining clip

Freezes
power plug

3-prong

grounding

plug