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.

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.

• 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

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

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