Whirlpool RT22AK 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 .... 19
Troubleshooting
Requesting Assistance
or Service
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Warranty
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Table of Contents
A Note to You......................................................2
Refrigerator Safety
Parts and Features..............................................4
Before Using Your Refrigerator............................5
Cleaning your refrigerator
Plugging it in
Installing it properly
Leveling it.......................................................6
Using Your Refrigerator.......................................7
Setting the controls.........................................7
Changing the control settings
ReniK>ving the drop>-in door trim pieces... 9
Removing the snap-off door trim.....................9
Adjusting the refrigerator shelves
Removing the meat drawer
and cover
Removing the crispers and
crisper cover
Removing the freezer shelf
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Using the ice cube trays
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Using the optional automatic
ice maker......................................................12
Changing the light bulbs
Removing the base grille...............................14
Understanding the sounds
you may hear
Saving energy...............................................15
Caring for Your Refrigerator
Cleaning your refrigerator............................. 16
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Vacation and moving care
Power interruptions
Food Storage Guide
Storing fresh food........................................19
Storing frozen food
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Troubleshooting........................................21
Requesting Assistance or Service
Index
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Warranty....................................................24
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A Note to You
Thank you for buying a Roper* appliance.
Roper appliances give you all the functionality of name brand appliances at a value prise. To
ensure you enjoy years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It
contains valuable information about how to operate and maintain your appliance props riy and
safely. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail the Ownership Registration
Card provided with your appliance. This card helps us notify you about any new information
on your appliance.
Please record your model's Information.
Whenever you call to request service on
your appliance, you need to know your
complete model number and serial number.
You can find this information on the model
and serial number label (see diagram on
page 4 for location of label).
Please also record the purchase date of
your appliance and your dealer’s name,
address, arvl 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 Address
Dealer Phone
_____
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Refrigerator Safety
Your safety is important to us.
This guide contains statements under
warning symbols. Please pay special
attention to these symbols and follow any
instructions given. Here is a brief explana
tion of the use of the symbol.
This symbol alerts you to such dangers
as personal injury, bums, fire, and
electrical shock.
^WARNING
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
^WARNING
•Read all instructions before using the
refrigerator.
•Child entrapment and suffocation are not
problems of the past. Junked or aban
doned refrigerators are still dangerous ...
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
encbsed safety booklet from the
Association of Home Appliance Manufac
turers. Help prevent accidents.
To reduce the risk of flra, electrical shock, or Injury when
using your refrigerator, follow these basic precautions:
• Never allow children to operate, play with,
or crawl inside the refrigerator.
• Never clean refrigerator parts with flam
mable 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 EX
PLOSION.
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Please:
• Iristall 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.
Parts and Features
This section contains captioned illustrations of your appliarx:e. Use them to become familiar
with where all parts and features are located and what they look like.
Control panel
mimoniioaniiiEcoiinwL
Refrigerator
control
Ice cube trays
(p. 12)
Freezer sheH
(P. 12)
Control panel
(P- 7)
Model and
serial
number label
(on side wall)
Meat drawer
(p. 10)
Adjustable
shelves (glass or
wire, depending
on nrradel) (p. 10)
Leveling
rollers
(behind base grille) (p. 6)
Exterior
moisture
control
Light
switch
Freezer
control
Utility
compartment
Crisper cover
(P.11)
Crispers
(P.ll)
Snap-off
door trim
(P. 9)
Base grille
(p. 14)
Drop-In
door trim
(P. 9)
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Before Using Your
Refrigerator
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, arni level it.
Cleaning your refrigerator
Removing packaging materiais
ReoK>ve tape arnl any inside labels (except
the rrxxJel and serial number label) before
using the refrigerator.
To remove any remaining giue:
• Rub briskly with your thumb to make a ball,
then remove.
OR
• 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
Instructions” on page 3.
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 swKch or pull chain. Do
not use an extension cord.
See Electrical Requirements and Grourxl-
ing Instructions Sheet in your Literature
Package.
NOTE: Do not remove any permanent
instruction labels inside your refrigerator. Do
not rerrK>ve 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 16 and 17.
3-prong grounding
type wall receptacle
Refrigerator
power cord
3-prong
grounding plug
BEFORE USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR
Installing 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
back wall.
4. If your refrigerator has an automatic ice
maker, hook up the ice maker water
supply. (See Installation Instructions.)
Leveling 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 14.)
2. To raise front, turn screw clockwise.
3. To lower front, turn screw counterclock
wise.
4. Check with level.
5. Replace base grille. (See page 14.
Right to raise;
ieft to lower
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Using Your Refrigerator
To obtain the best possible results from your refrigerator, it is important that you operate it
properly. This section tells you how to set the controls, remove and adjust some of the
features in your refrigerator, and how to save energy.
Setting the controls
Temperature controls
Controls for the refrigerator and freezer are
in the refrigerator. When you plug in the
refrigerator for the first time;
1. Set the Refrigerator Control to 4.
Refrigerator Control adjustments range
from 1 (warmest) to 8 (coldest).
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 are 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 8.
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.
• Use the OFF setting when humidity is low.
• Use the ON setting if rrK)isture forms on
the outside of the refrigerator cabinet.
USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR
Changing the control settings
If you need to adjust temperatures in • Adjust the Refrigerator Ck)ntrol first,
refrigerator or freezer, use the settings listed • Wait at least 24 hours between adjust-
in the chart below as a guide. If you have ments.
questions, call our toll-free numter. , Then adjust the Freezer Control if needed.
RECOMMENDED
CONDITION:
Refrigerator section
too warm
Freezer section
too warm
Refrigerator section
too cold
Ice not made fast
enough
Both sections
too warm
REASON:
• Door opened often
• Large amount of food added
• Room temperature too warm
• Door opened often
• Large amount of food added
• Very cold room temperature
(can’t cycle often enough)
• Controls not set correctly for
your conditions
• Heavy ice usage
• Very cold room temperature
(can’t cycle often enough)
• Door opened often
• Large amount of food added
• Very warm or very cold room
temperatures
CONTROL SETTINGS:
Refrigerator 6
Freezer
Refrigerator
Freezer
Refrigerator 2
Freezer
Refrigerator
Freezer
Refrigerator 6
Freezer C
D
4
A
A
4
A
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