Whirlpool RT22AK User Manual

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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
Index..............................23
Warranty
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MODEL RT22AK

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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11 12
Using the ice cube trays
3
5 5
6
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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Help us help you

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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