Whirlpool RT14GD User Manual

Home Appliances

Use And Care

A Note To You Important Safety

Instructions

Parts And Features

Before Using Your Refrigerator

Using Your

Refrigerator

Caring For Your Refrigerator

Food Storage Guide 16 If You Need

Assistance Or Service

Warranty

1-800-44-ROPER

Call us with questions or comments.

NO-FROST REFRIGERATOR-FREEZERS

MODELS RT14DK RT14EK

RT14DM RT14HD

RT14GD

A NOTE TO YOU

A Note To You

Thank you for buying a Roper* appliance.

You purchased a quality, world-class home appliance. Years of engineering experience went into its manufacturing. To ensure that you enjoy many years of trouble-free operation, we 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 Ownership 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.

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 toll-free number, 1-800-44-ROPER (1-800-447-6737), is available 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 18. If you need further help, feel free to call us. When calling, you will need to know your appliance’s complete model number and serial number. You can find this information on the niodel and serial number label (see diagrams on pages 4 and 5). 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

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Important Safety Instructions

Awarning

' Read all instructions before using the

refrigerator.

• Child entrapment and suffocation are not problems of the past. Junked or abandoned refrigerators are still danger ous ... even if they will “just sit in the garage a few days.”

If you are getting rid of your old refrig

erator, do it safely. Please read the enclosed safety booklet from the Asso ciation of Home Appliance Manufactur ers. Help prevent accidents.

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

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

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

• Do not use the refrigerator in an area where the room temperature will fall below 55”F (13°C).

• Keep the refrigerator out of the weather.

• Connect the refrigerator only to the proper

kind of outlet, with the correct electrical

supply and grounding. (Refer to the

Electrical Requirements and Grounding Instructions Sheet.)

• Do not load the refrigerator with food before it has time to get properly cold.

• Use the refrigerator only for the uses described in this manual.

• Properly maintain the refrigerator.

• Be sure the refrigerator is not used by anyone unable to operate it properly.

• Never allow children to operate, play with,

or crawl inside the refrigerator.

• Never clean refrigerator 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.

PARTS AND FEATURES

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. The model you have purchased may have all or some of the parts and features shown and may not match the illustration exactly. This manual is designed to cover several models.

Control panel (all models)

Temperature control Light switch

Models RT14DM

Butter

. compartment

Models RT14GD (shown), RT14HD and RT14DK

PARTS AND FEATURES

Butter

' compartment

BEFORE USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

Before Using Your

Refrigerator

In This Section

Cleaning your refrigerator

Plugging it in.................................

It is important to prepare your refrigerator for use. This section tells you how to clean it, connect it to a power source, install it and level it.

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Installing it properly

Leveling it................................

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Cleaning your refrigerator

Removing packaging materials

Remove tape and any inside labels (except the nrKxdel and serial number label) before using the refrigerator.

To remove any remaining giue:

• Rub briskly with your thumb to make a ball,

then remove.

• Soak area with liquid hand-dishwashing

detergent before removing glue as de scribed above. Do not use sharp instru ments, rubbing alcohol, flammable fluids or abrasive cleaners. These can damage the material. See “Important Safety Instruc tions” on page 3.

NOTE: Do not remove any permanent instruction labels inside your refrigerator. Do not remove the Tech Sheet fastened under the refrigerator at the front.

Cleaning it before use

After removing all packaging materials, clean your refrigerator before using it, if necessary. See cleaning instructions on pages 13 and 14.

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Plugging it in

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.

See Electrical Requirements and Ground

ing Instructions Sheet in your Literature

Package.

3-prong grounding type wall receptacle

Refrigerator power cord

3-prong grounding plug

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