Whirlpool EVlZOFX, EV200FX, EVl50FX User Manual

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A Note To You

Important Safety Instructions

3 Parts And Features 4 Installing Your

Freezer 5 Using Your Freezer 7 gazirFor Your

If You Need Assistance Or Sewice

Warranty

Call us with questions or comments.

UPRIGHT FREEZERS

MODELS EVlZOFX EVl50FX

1-800-253-1301

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EV170NX EV200FX

A Note To You

Thank you for buying a Whirlpool appliance.

You have purchased a quality, worldclass 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. ft 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 Cwnership Registration Card provided with your appliance. This will help us notify you about any new information 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.

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.

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.

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Freezer Guide

Important Safety Instructions

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

Read all operating Instructions before using your freezer.

Child entrapment and suffocations are not problems of the past. Junked or abandoned freezers are still dangerous, even if they will “just slt in the garage for a few days.”

ff you are getting rid of your old freezer, do it safely. Please read the enclosed safety bookfet from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers. Help prevent accidents.

-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 its size and use.

9 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.

Property 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%) 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 with flammable fluids. The fumes can create a fire hazard or explosion.

FOR YOUR SAFE-W

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 with 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

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

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(on side wall)

Temperature control -

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(on some models)

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with model)

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Key eject lock

(on mome models)

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Installing Your Freezer

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Installing the handle Cleaning your freezer

Locating the

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Installing the handle

I. Remove screws from front of freezer door and

discard.

2. Locate handle assembly kii 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 thoroughfy.

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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 switch 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.

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