Whirlpool RT18BK User Manual
Home Appliance!
Use And Care
A Note To You
Important Safety
Instructions 3
Parts And Features
Before Using Your
Refrigerator
Using Your
Refrigerator
Caring For Your
Refrigerator
Food Storage Guide 17
If You Need Assistance
Or Service 20
Warranty
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24
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4
6
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1-800-44-ROPER
Call us with questions or comments.
NO-FROST REFRIGERATOR-FREEZERS
MODELS RT18AK RT18BK RT18DK RT20AK
RT18BM RT18EK RT20CK
A NOTE TO YOU
ANoteToYou
Thank you for buying a Roper 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 howto 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 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 20. 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 model and serial number label (see diagrams on pages 4 and 5). For your conve
nience, 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 stiii dangerous ... even if
they wiil “just sit in the garage a few days.”
If you are getting rid of your old refrigerator,
do it safeiy. Please read the enclosed safety
booklet from the Association of Home
Appiiance Manufacturers. Help prevent
accidents.
To reduce the risk of fire, eiectrical shock, or injury when using your
refrigerator, foilow these basic precautions:
- SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS -
Help us help you
Please:
• Install and level the refrigerator on a fioor that
wiii hold the weight and in an area suitabie for
its size and use.
• Do not instaii the refrigerator near an oven,
radiator or other heat source.
• Do not instaii the refrigerator in an area where
the room temperature wiii fall below 55°F
(13°C).
• Keep the refrigerator out of the weather.
• Connect the refrigerator oniy to the proper kind
of outlet, with the correct eiectricai suppiy and
grounding. (Refer to the Eiectricai Require
ments and Grounding Instructions Sheet.)
• Do not ioad 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 ciean refrigerator parts with fiammable
fiuids. The fumes can create a fire hazard or
expiosion.
• 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, remove tape and any inside iabeis (except
the model and serial number label) before using
the refrigerator.
To remove any remaining glue:
• Rub briskly with thumb to make a baii, then
remove.
OR
• Soak area with iiquid hand dishwashing
detergent before removing giue as described
above. Do not use sharp instruments, rubbing
alcohoi, flammabie fiuids or abrasive cieaners.
These can damage the materiai. See “impor
tant Safety Instructions” above.
NOTE: Do not remove any permanent instruction
iabeis inside your refrigerator. Do not remove the
Tech Sheet fastened under the refrigerator at the
front.
PARTS AND FEATURES
Parts And Features
This section contains captioned iiiustrations 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)
Refrigerator
control
Exterior moisture Light
control switch
Models RT18AK (shown), RT18BK and RT18BM
Automatic
ice maker
(RT1BBM only)
Ico cube trays
(RT1SAK and
RT1BBK)
Freezer shelf
Control panel
Model and serial
number label
(on side wall)
Meat drawer
Adjustable
shelves
(glass or
wire, depending
on model)
Freezer
control
Butter
compartment
Crisper cover
Crispers
Leveling rollers
(behind base
grille)
Base grille
Models RT18DK (shown) and RT18EK
ice cube trays
Freezer shelf
(parb'al shelf
on RT18EK)
Control panel
PARTS AND FEATURES
Model and
serial
number label
(on sidewall)
Meat drawer
(RTISDKonly)
Adjustable
wire shelves
Leveling rollers
(behind
base grille)
Models RT20AK (shown) and RT20CK
Ice cube trays
Freezer shelf
Conhol panel
Model and
serial
umber label
(on side wall)
Butter
compartment
Crisper cover
Crispers
(wire trivet
RT18EK)
Base grille
Butter
compartment
Utility
compartment
Meat drawer
Adjustable
shelves
(glass on
RT20AK,
wire on
RT20CK)
Leveling rollers
(behind
base grille)
Crisper cover
Crispers
Base grille
BEFORE USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR
Before Using Your
Refrigerator
In This Section
Clean It
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Plug It In.......................................
It is important to prepare your refrigerator for use. This section will tell you how to clean it, connect it to
a power source, install it and level it.
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Install It properly
6
Level it
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Clean it
Clean your refrigerator before using it, if neces
sary. See cleaning instructions on page 15.
Plug 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 Grounding
Instructions Sheet in your Literature Package.
3-prong grounding
type wall receptacle
Refrigerator
power cord
3-prong
grounding plug
Install it properly
1. Allow Vi inch (1.25 cm) space on each side
and at the top of the refrigerator for ease of
installation.
2. If the hinge side of the refrigerator is to be
against a wall, you might want to leave extra
space so the door can be opened wider.
3. The refrigerator can be flush against the wall.
4. If your refrigerator has an automatic ice
maker, hook up the ice maker water supply.
(See Installation Instructions.)
BEFORE USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR
Level it
Your refrigerator has 2 front leveling screws-one
on the right and one on the left. To adjust one or
both of these, follow the directions below.
1. Remove base grille. (See page 13.)
2. To raise front, turn screw clockwise.
3. To lower front, turn screw counterclockwise.
4. Check with level.
5. Replace base grille. (See page 13.)
Right to raise;
left to iower
Front
roller
USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR
Using Your Refrigerator
In This Section
Setting the controls
Changing the control settings......................
Adjusting the refrigerator shelves
Removing the meat drawer and cover
Removing the crispers and crisper cover
Removing the trivet and cover
Removing the freezer shelf
In order to obtain the best possible results from your refrigerator, it is important that you operate it
properly. This section will tell you howto do just that.
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Using the ice cube trays
8
Using the automatic ice maker
9
Changing the light bulbs
9
Removing the base grille
10
Reversing the door swing
11
Understanding the sounds you may hear
11
12
Saving energy
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Setting the controls
Temperature controls
Controls for the refrigerator and freezer are in the
refrigerator. When the refrigerator is plugged in
for the first time:
1. Set the Refrigerator Control to 4.
Refrigerator Control adjustments range from
1 (warmest) to 8 (coldest).
I
REFRIGERATOR
WARMER
COLDER
2. Set the Freezer Control to C.
Freezer Control adjustments range from
A (coldest) to D (warmest).
3. Give the refrigerator time to cool down
completely before adding food. This may take
several hours.
The settings indicated above should be
correct for normal, household refrigerator
usage. The controls will be set correctly when
milk or juice is as cold as you like and when
ice cream is firm. If you need to adjust these
settings, see “Changing the control settings"
on page 9.
Exterior moisture control
The Exterior Moisture Control operates electric
heaters around the door openings. These heaters
help keep moisture from forming on the outside
of the refrigerator cabinet.
1. Use the OFF setting when humidity is low.
2. Use the ON setting if moisture forms on the
outside of the refrigerator cabinet.
FREEZER
■ WARMER ^jH C puj COLDER I
EXTERK
)R MOISTURE C ONTROL
OFF ON
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