EV190N
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use&care guide
WhirlDOol
NO-FROST
UPRIGHT
Model EV190N
or-Freezers. Ice Makers, Dishwashers. Built-In Ovens and Surface Units, Ranges. Microwave Ovens, Trash Compactors, Room Air Conditioners. Dehumidifiers. Automatic Washers. Clothes Dryers. Freeze
Please read this
Use and Care Guide
before you do anything else...
This booklet tells you how to start your freezer
clean it and adjust controls.
Treat your new freezer with care, use it only to
do what home freezers are designed to do.
Temperature
Control
Power Soving '
Control
Slide-Out
Adjustable*
Shelves
Basket
Model and
Serial Number
Plate
Basket Shelf
Juice Can
Shelves
Key Eject
Lock
Stationary
Door
Shelves
Signal Light
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
label 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.
Please complete and mall the Owner Regis
tration card furnished with this product.
Model Number
Serial Number
Purchase Date
Service Company and Telephone Number
Contents
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ..
BEFORE USING YOUR FREEZER
1. Clean It
2. Remove Sales Labels
3. Plug It In .......................................
4. Install Properly
5. Level Freezer ...............................
USING YOUR FREEZER
Setting the Temperature Controi ...
Adjusting the Temperature Control .
Cooling Freezer First
The Power Saving Controi
Adjusting the Basket Shelf
Adjusting the Freezer Shelves
Changing the Light Bulb
Removing the Freezer Basket..........
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CLEANING YOUR FREEZER
FREEZING FOOD IN YOUR FREEZER
VACATION AND MOVING CARE
IF YOU NEED SERVICE OR ASSISTANCE. 11
WHIRLPOOL DOMESTIC
FREEZER WARRANTY
Important safety instructions
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The Key Eject Lock
The Signai Light
Energy Saving Tips
Cleaning Chart
Packaging and Sealing Food
To Wrap Food
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Storing Frozen Food
Vacations............................................ . 10
Shutting Off and Moving
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^WARNING
To reduce the risk of fire, eiectricai shock, or injury when using your freezer, foiiow basic precautions inciuding the foiiowing:
• Read aii instructions before using the
freezer.
• Chiid entrapment and suffocation are not
probiems of the past. Junked or aban
doned freezers are stiii dangerous...even if
they wiii “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.
• Never allow children to operate, play with,
or crawl inside the freezer.
• 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 CREATE A FIRE HAZARD OR
EXPLOSION.
It is your responsibility to be sure your
freezer:
• is installed and leveled 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 ground
ing. (Refer to the Electrical Requirements and
Grounding Instructions Sheet.)
• is used only to do what home freezers are
designed to do.
• is not near an oven, radiator or other heat
source.
• is properly maintained.
• is out of fhe weather.
• is used in an area where the temperature
will not exceed 110°F (43.3°).
• is not used by anyone unable to operate it
properly.
• is not loaded with food before it has time to
get properly cold.
- SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS -
Before using your freezer
1. Clean it...
Clean your freezer before using it. See cieoning
instructions on page 7.
2. Remove sales labels...
Remove the Consumer Buy Guide iobel and any
inside iobeis before using the freezer.
To remove any remaining giue:
1. Rub briskly with thumb to moke o boii, then
remove.
OR
2. Soak area with dishwashing detergent solution
(1 teaspoon detergent in 1 quart warm water) be
fore removing giue as described in step 1.
DO NOT USE rubbing aicohoi or fiammabie or
toxic soivents, such as acetone, gasoiine, car
bon tetrachioride, etc. These can damage the
surtace tinish.
NOTE: DO NOT REMOVE the Tech Sheet fas
tened under the freezer at the front.
3. Plug it in...
3-prong grounding
type wall receptacle
Retaining Clip
4. Install properly...
1. Check the strength of the floor. It should hold the
weight of a fully loaded freezer.
2. Allow 3 inches (7.5 cm) air space on fop of
freezer for proper ventilation.
3. Allow at least an inch (2.5 cm) between the
freezer condenser, on the back of the unit, and
the wall.
4. Allowy2 inch (1.25 cm) on each side of the freezer
for ease of installation.
5. If the freezer is to be in a corner, you might want
to leave extra space on the hinge side so the
door can be opened wider.
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
5. Level freezer...
so the door will stay open at any position.
This freezer has 2 threaded leveling legs that are
shipped in a separate package.
1. Screw these legs all the way into bolt holes in the
bottom front corners of the freezer.
2. Slide the freezer info place.
3. Adjust front legs to level the freezer.
- To raise corners, turn legs in direction shown.
- To lower corners, turn legs in direction shown.
4. Check with level.
5. After freezer is fully loaded, recheck with level.
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