Whirlpool EV190N User Manual

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

Loading ..............................................

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.

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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