VL# 01 Home Appiances 4a UseAndCare A Note To You 2 Important Safety Instructions 3 Parts And Features 4 Before Using Your Refrigerator 5 Using Your Refrigerator 7 I Caring For Your Refrigerator 23 Food Storage Guide 26 NO-FROST REFRIGERATOR-FREEZERS W TH T=m&!IgR h-i B MODELS 3VED29DQ 3VED27DQ 3VED23DQ
A Note To You Thank you for buying a Whirpoo* appiance. You have purchased a quaity, word-cass home appiance. Years of engineering experience went into its manufacturing. To ensure that you enjoy many years of troube-free operation, we deveoped this tjse and Care Guide. It is fu of vauabe information on how to operate and maintain your appiance propery and safey. Pease read it carefuy. Aso, pease compete and mai the Ownership Registration Card provided with your appiance. This wi hep us notify you about any new information on your appiance. Your safety is important to us. This guide contains, safety symbos and statements. Pease pay specia attention to these symbos and foow any instructions given. Here is a brief expanation of the use of each symbo. This symbo wi hep aert you to such dangers as persona injury, burns, fire and eectrica shock. This symbo wi hep you avoid actions which coud cause product damage (scratches, dents, etc.) and damage to your persona property. Hep when you need it. If you ever have a question concerning your appiance s operation, or if you need service, first see If You Need Assistance Or Service on page 28. If you need further hep, fee free to ca an authorized Whirpoo service company. When caing, you wi need to know your appiance s compete mode number and seria number. You can find this information on the mode and seria number abe (see diagram on page 4). For your convenience, we have incuded a handy pace beow for you to record these numbers, the purchase date from the saes sip and your deaer s name and teephone number. Keep this book and the saes sip together in a safe pace for future reference. Mode Number ~ Seria Number ~ Purchase Date ~ ~- Deaer Name Deaer Phone 2
Important Safety Instructions To reduce the risk of fire, eectrica shock, or injury when using your refrigerator, foow these basic precautions: Read a instructions before using the refrigerator. Chid entrapment and suffocation are not probems of the past. Junked or abandoned refrigerators are sti dangerous even if they wi just sit in the garage a few days. If you are getting rid of your od refrigerator, do it safey. Never aow chidren to operate, pay with, or craw inside the refrigerator. Never cean refrigerator parts with fammabe fuids. The fumes can create a fire hazard or exposion. 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. I - SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS - Hep us hep you Pease: Insta and eve the refrigerator on a foor that wi hod the weight and in an area suitabe for its size and use. Do not insta the refrigerator near an oven, radiator or other heat source. Do not use the refrigerator in an area where the room temperature wi fa beow 13 C (55 F). Keep the refrigerator out of the weather. Connect the refrigerator ony to the proper kind of outet, with the correct eectrica suppy and grounding. Do not oad the refrigerator with food before it has time to get propery cod. Use the refrigerator ony for the uses described in this manua. Propery maintain the refrigerator. Be sure the refrigerator is not used by anyone unabe to operate it propery. 3
Parts And Features This section contains captioned iustrations. Use them to become famiiar with where a parts and features are ocated and what they ook ike. Your refrigerator may have some or a of the features shown, and they may not ook ike the iustrations. This manua covers many modes. Automatic ice maker with cubed and crushed ice (on some modes) Light / -A. Mode and seria number abe (on side wa) II Utiity Side-out freezer basketst Temperaturecontroed - Crisper ight Humiditycontroed - crisper door bins (on some modes) Meat drawer temperature contro N (on side wa) \ Deep adjustabe door bins with bin gidest t Number Leveing (behind varies with mode roers base grie) \ Base grie Mode 3VED29DQ shown Contro pane I FREDER REFRIGERATOR 4 Freezer contro Refrigerator contro
Before Using Your Refrigerator I In This Section Page I Ceaning Page it....5 Instaing it propery....6 Pugging it in......5 Leveing it... 6 It is important to prepare your refrigerator for use. This section tes you how to cean it, connect it to a power source, insta it and eve it. Ceaning it Removing packaging materias Remove tape and any inside abes (except the mode and seria number abe) before using the refrigerator. To remove any remaining gue: Rub brisky with thumb to make a ba, then remove. OR Soak area with iquid hand-dishwashing detergent before removing gue as described above. Do not use sharp instruments, rubbing acoho, fammabe fuids or abrasive ceaners. These can damage the materia. See Important Safety Instructions on page 3. Pugging it in Recommended Grounding Method A 220 or 240 Vot, 50 Hz., AC ony 15 or 20 ampere fused and propery grounded eectrica suppy is required. It is recommended that a separate circuit serving ony this appiance be provided. Use a receptace which cannot be turned off with a switch or pu chain. Do not use an extension cord. See Eectrica Requirements and Grounding Instructions Sheet in your Literature Package. NOTE: Do not remove any permanent instruction abes inside your refrigerator. Do not remove the Tech Sheet fastened under the refrigerator at the front. Ceaning it before use After removing a packaging materias, cean your refrigerator before using it, if necessary. See ceaning instructions on pages 23-24.
Instaing it propery 1. Aow 1.25 cm (I,$ inch) space on each side and at the tfop of the refrigerator for ease of instaation. 2. If the refrigerator is to be against a wa, you might want IO eave extra space on the hinge side cosest to the wa so the door can be opened wider. 3. The refrigerator can be fush against the wa. 4. Make sure ice maker water suppy has been connected. Refer to Instaation Instructions. Leveing it Your refrigerator has 2 front eveing screws-one on the right and one on the eft To adjust one or both of these, foow the directions beow. 1. Remove base grie. (See page 20.) 2. To raise front, turn screw cockwise. 3. To ower front, turn screw countercockwise. 4. Check with eve. 5. Repace base grie. (See page 20.)
Using Your Refrigerator In This Section Page Setting the contros... 8 Changing the contro settings......9 Removing the door shef fronts....9 Removing the door trim....10 Adjusting the door bins....10 Adjusting the door bin gides...... Adjusting the refrigerator sheves.. 1 Using the egg bin....12 Removing the crisper and crisper cover....12 Page Removing the snack bin....i4 Adjusting the wine rack....14 Removing the freezer baskets......i4 Removing the freezer shef......14 Using the THIRSTCRUSHER* dispensing system... Using the automatic ice maker......17 15 Removing the ice maker storage bin... 18 Soving common ice maker/ dispenser probems....19 Adjusting the crisper humidity Removing the base grie....20 contro....13 Changing the ight bubs....20 Removing the meat drawer and cover....13 Understanding the sounds you may hear....22 Adjusting the meat drawer temperature....13 Saving energy... 22 To obtain the best possibe resuts from your refrigerator, it is important that you operate it propery. This section tes you how to set the contros, remove and adjust some of the features in your refrigerator, and how to save energy.
Setting the contros Contros for the refrigerator and freezer are in the refrigerator. When you pug in the refrigerator for the first time: 1. Set the Refrigerator Contro to 3. Refrigerator Contro adjustments range from 1 (warmest) to 5 (codest). 2. Set the Freezer Contro to B. Freezer Contro adjustments range from A (warmest) to C (codest). 3. Give the refrigerator time to coo down competey before adding food. This may take severa hours. The settings indicated above shoud be correct for norma, househod refrigerator usage. The contros are set correcty when mik or juice is as cod as you ike and when ice cream is firm. If you need to adjust these settings, see Changing the contro settings on page 9. NOTE: The Automatic Exterior Moisture contro continuousy guards against moisture buid-up on the outside of your refrigerator cabinet. This contro does not have to be set or adjusted. 8
Changing the contro settings If you need to adjust temperatures in refrigerator or freezer, use the settings isted in the chart beow as a guide. Adjust the Refrigerator Contro first. Wait at east 24 hours between adjustments. Then adjust the Freezer Contro if needed. CONDITION: Refrigerator section too warm Freezer section too warm Refrigerator section too cod Ice not made fast enough Both sections too warm --.-.._-- - - - - I_ RECOMMENDED REASON: I---._--_.-- CONTROL SETINGS: -.-- -- Door opened often Refrigerator 4 Large amount of food added Freezer A Room temoerature too warm Door opened often Large amount of food added Very cod room temperature (can t cyce often enough) Contros not set correcty for your conditions Heavy ice usage Very cod room temperature (can t cyce often enough) Door opened often Large amount of food added Very warm or very cod room temperatures Refrigerator 3 Freezer C Refrigerator 2, Freezer B Refrigerator 3 Freezer C Refrigerator 4 Freezer B Removing the door shef fronts (on some modes) Remove the door shef fronts for easier ceaning. To remove shef fronts: 1. Remove a items from the shef. 2. Pu out on the inside tab at each end of the shef front. 3. Pu shef front straight out. To repace shef fronts: 1. Line up each end of the shef front with the button on the door iner wa. 2. Push shef front straight back unti it snaps securey into pace. 3. Repace items on the shef. 9
Removing the door trim (dispenser area) (on some modes) Remove the trim above the dispenser area for easier ceaning. To remove trim: 1. Remove a items from the shef. 2. Pu straight up at each end of the trim. To repace trim: 1. Line up each end of the trim above the trim pocket opening in the door iner wa. 2. Push the trim straight down unti it stops. 3. Repace items on the shef. Adjusting the door bins To remove door bins: 1. Lift bin up. 2. Pu bin straight out. To repace door bins: 1. Side bin in above desired support button. 2. Push down unti it stops. 10
Adjusting the door bin gides Use the bin/shef gides to secure oddshaped items or to separate other items. 1. Grasp gide. 2. Side gide aong bin/track. NOTE: Shef gides cannot be removed. -.- --.- Adjusting the refrigerator sheves Adjust the sheves to match the way you use your refrigerator. Gass sheves are strong enough to hod bottes, mik and other heavy food items. To remove gass sheves: 1. Remove items from shef. 2. Side shef out with an even, constant pu. 3. Lift front and side the rest of the way out. To move shef guides to a new position: 1. Lift front of guide. Pu guide forward off rear support. Repeat for other guide. 2. To repace guide, push guide onto rear support. Push front of guide down onto support. To repace gass sheves: 1. Guide rear of shef into shef guide. 2. Side shef into pace. Be carefu when handing gass items. 11
Usiny the egg bin The egg bin has three pieces -the id, the egg carrier, and the bin. Use the egg bin to hod one, two or three dozen eggs. To hod one dozen eggs: Pace a dozen eggs into the egg carrier. Then pace the egg carrier into the bin and cover with the id. To hod two dozen eggs: Pace two dozen eggs oose in the bin and cover them with the id. Use the carrier to transport eggs between bin and your cooking area. To hod three dozen eggs: Pace two dozen eggs oose in the bin. Invert the id and pace it on the bin. Pace a dozen eggs, in the carton, on top of the id. Use the carrier to transport eggs between the bin and your cooking area. Removing the crisper and crisper cover To remove the cri sper: 1. Side the crisper straight out to the stop. 2. Lift the front sighty. 3. Side out the rest of the way. 4. Repace in reverse order. I / Lid Pu out to the To remove the cover: 1. Hod cover firmy with both hands and ift front of cover off supports. 2. Lift cover out by puing up and out. To repace the cover: 1. Fit back of cover into notch supports on was of refrigerator. 2. Lower front into pace. Lift the cover front, then the back. 12
Adjusting the crisper humidity co~ntro You can contro the amount of humidity in the moisture-seaed crisper. The contro can be adjusted to any setting between LOW and HIGH. LOW (open) ets moist air out of the crisper for best storage of fruits and vegetabes with skins. HIGH (cosed) keeps moist air in the crisper for best storage of fresh, eafy vegetabes. Removing the meat drawer and cover To remove the meat drawer: 1. Side the meat drawer straight out to the stop. 2. Lift the front sighty. 3. Side out the rest of the way. 4. Repace in reverse order. To remove the cover: 1. Remove meat drawer and crisper. 2. Lift front of cover off supports. 3. Lift cover out by puing up and out. To repace the cover: 1. Fit back of cover into notch supports on was of refrigerator. 2. Lower front into pace. 3. Repace meat drawer and crisper. Pu out to the stop, ift the front and pu again. Adjusting the meat drawer temperature Cod air fows against the meat drawer Use contro to through an opening between the freezer and adjust meat drawer the refrigerator. This heps keep the meat temperature. drawer coder than the rest of the refrigerator for better storage of meats. Side the contro to et more or ess cod air through.
Remcsvimq the snack bin To remove the snkk bin: 1 Side snack bin straight out to the stop with an even, constant motion. 2. Lift the front. Pu out to the 3. Side bin out the rest of the way. stop, ift the front 4. Repace in reverse order. and pu again. Adjusting the wine rack To remove the wze rack: 1. Lift front of wine rack. 2. Pu rack off rear support. 3. Repace in reverse order. Step 2 Removing the freezer baskets To remove a basket: 1. Side basket out to the stop. 2. Lift the front to cear the stop. 3. Side basket out the rest of the way. To repace a basket: 1. Pace basket on the sides. 2. Make sure the wire stops cear the front of the sides. 3. Side basket in a the way. Pu out to the stop, the front and pu ift Removing the freezer shef To remove the shef: 1. Lift right side of shef off supports. 2. Side shef out of shef support hoes. 3. Repace in reverse order. 14
Using the THIRSTCRUSHER dispensing system The ice dispenser Ice dispenses from the ice maker storage bin in the freezer. When you press the dispenser bar, a trapdoor opens in a chute between the dispenser and the ice bin. Ice moves from the bin and fas through the chute. When you reease the dispenser bar, a buzzing sound may be heard for a few seconds as the trapdoor coses. The dispenser system wi not operate when the freezer door is open. For crushed ice, cubes are crushed before being dispensed. This may cause a sight deay when dispensing crushed ice. Noise from the ice crusher is norma, and pieces of ice may vary in size. When changing from CRUSHED to CUBE. a few ounces of crushed ice wi be dispensed aong with the first cubes. I Persona Injury Hazard Tumbing ice and pressure can break a 1 fragie gass. Use a sturdy gass when dispensing ice or water. Faiure to do so coud resut in persona injury or breakage. To dispense ice: 1. For cubed ice, move Ice Seector Switch to CUBE position. CUBE ICE CRUSHED. I. : o.i. I For crushed ice, move Ice Seector Switch to CRUSHED position. CUBE ICE CRUSHED 2. Press a sturdy gass against the ice dispenser bar. Hod gass cose to dispenser opening so ice does not fa outside of gass. 3. Remove the gass to stop dispensing. NOTE: The first few batches of ice may have an off-favor from new pumbing and parts. Throw the ice away. Aso, take arge amounts of ice from the ice bin, not through the dispenser. 15
The water dispenser Chied water comes from a tank behind the meat drawer. It hods approximatey 1.5 L (1% quarts). When the refrigerator is first hooked up, press the water dispenser bar with a gass or jar unti you draw and discard 1.9 to 2.8 L (2 or 3 quarts). The water you draw and discard rinses the tank and pipes. Aow severa hours to chi a new tankfu. NOTE: The sma tray beneath the dispenser is designed to evaporate sma spis. There is no drain in this tray. Do not pour water into it. To dispense water: 1. Press a sturdy gass against the water dispenser bar. 2. Remove the gass to stop dispensing. NOTE: Dispense enough water every week to maintain a fresh suppy. The dispenser ight To turn on night ight, side dispenser LIGHT switch to the eft. See page 21 for directions for changing the dispenser ight bub. WATER LIGHT 16
Using the automatic ice maker Here are a few things you wi want to know about your automatic ice maker: The ON/OFF ever is a wire signa arm. DOWN to make ice automaticay. UP to shut off the ice maker. NOTE: Do not turn ice maker on unti it is connected to the water suppy. Instructions for ice maker water suppy hook up are attached to the back of the refrigerator cabinet. It is norma for ice crescents to be attached by a corner. They break apart easiy. The ice maker wi not operate unti the freezer is cod enough to make ice. This can take overnight. If ice is not being made fast enough and more ice is needed, turn the Refrigerator Contro toward a higher number. Wait a day and, if necessary turn the Freezer Contro toward C. Good water quaity is important for good ice quaity. Try to avoid connecting the ice maker to a softened water suppy. Water softener chemicas (such as sat from a mafunctioning softener) can damage the ice maker mod and ead to poor ice quaity. If a softened water suppy cannot be avoided, make sure the water softener is operating propery and we maintained. r upto stop ice maker. DOWN to start ice maker. 17
Removing the ice maker storage bin Remove, empty and cean the storage bin if: the ice dispenser has not, or wi not, be used for a week or more. a power faiure causes ice in the bin to met and freeze together. the ice dispenser is not used reguary. To remove ice bin: 1. Pu the covering pane out from the bottom and side it to the rear. 2. Lift the signa arm so it cicks into the OFF (up) position. Ice can sti be dispensed, but no more can be made. 3. Lift the front of the storage bin and pu it out. 4. Empty the ice bin. Use hot or warm water to met the ice if necessary. Never use anything sharp to break up ice in the bin. This can damage the bin and dispenser mechanism. 5. Wash with mid detergent. Rinse we. Do not use harsh or abrasive ceaners or sovents. 6. When repacing the bin, make sure it is pushed in a the way. Then push the signa arm down to the ON position to restart ice production. 18
Soving common ice maker/dispe!nser probems --- ---- -...-- - PROBLEM CAUSE SOLUTIONS Ice dispenser Freezer door open Cose the freezer door. won t work Ice bin not propery Make sure bin is pushed in a the way. instaed Wrong ice in bin Use ony crescents from ice maker. Shake the bin occasionay to keep cubes separated and to increase storage room. Dispenser not used for Dump od ice and make a new suppy. extended periods, causing ice cubes to met together -- Ice dispenser Ice dispenser bar hed Wait about 3 minutes for the dispenser stops working in too ong motor to reset. Large amounts of ice shoud be taken from the bin, not through the dispenser. -- Off -taste or Ice attracts airborne Dump od ice and make a new suppy. odor in ice odors; od ice Store excess ice in covered container. Water quaity Water containing mineras (such as sufur) may require a fiter to remove. Foods not propery Wrap propery. See pages 26 and 27. wrapped Ice bin and freezer may Cean freezer and ice bin. See ceaning need ceaning chart on pages 23 and 24. Pumbing to ice maker Foow Instaation Instructions for proper ice maker water suppy hook up. (See back of refrigerator cabinet.) New ice maker The first few oads of ice from a new ice maker may have an off-taste. Dump ice and make a new suppy. -.-. 19
Removing the base grie To remove the grie: 1. Open both doors. 2. Pu base grie forward to reease the support tabs from the meta cips. 3. Do not remove Tech Sheet fastened behind the grie. To repace the grie: 1. Line up grie support tabs with meta cips. 2. Push firmy to snap into pace. 3. Cose the doors. See ceaning instructions for defrost pan and condenser cois on page 24. Changing the ight bubs Condenser cois -_-- grie Eectrica Shock Hazard Before removing a ight bub, either unpug the refrigerator or disconnect the eectricity eading to it at the main power suppy. Faiure to do so coud resut in persona injury. To change refrigerator ight: 1. Disconnect refrigerator from power suppy. 2. Reach behind the Contro Consoe to remove bub. 3. Repace bub with a 40-watt appiance bub. 4. Reconnect refrigerator to power suppy. To change crisper ight: 1. Disconnect refrigerator from power suppy. 2. Pu top of ight shied forward unti it snaps free. 3. Lower ight shied to cear bottom supports. 4. Pu ight shied straight out to remove. 5. Repace bub with a 40-watt appiance bub. 6. Repace ight shied in reverse order. 7. Reconnect refrigerator to power suppy. risper ight 20
To change ight beow ice bin: 1. Disconnect refrigerator from power suppy. 2. Push in sides of ight shied unti it snaps free. 3. Repace bub with a 40-watt appiance bub. 4. Repace ight shied. 5. Reconnect refrigerator to power suppy. Light beow ice bin To change ight behind quick freeze compartment (on some modes): 1. Disconnect refrigerator from power suppy. 2. Lift and secure quick freeze compartment door. 3. Remove ight shied by puing top forward. 4. Repace bub with a 40-watt appiance bub. 5. Repace ight shied. 6. Reconnect refrigerator to power suppy. To change dispenser area ight: 1. Disconnect refrigerator from power suppy. 2. Reach through dispenser area to remove bub. 3. Repace with a heavy-duty IO-watt bub, which can be purchased from your Whirpoo deaer. 4. Reconnect refrigerator to power suppy. NOTE: Not a commercia appiance bubs wi fit your refrigerator. Be sure to repace a bub with one of the same size and shape. Light behind quick freeze compartment Dispenser area ight I 21
Understanding the sounds you may hear Your new refrigerator may make sounds tha your od one didn t. Because the sounds are new to you, you might be concerned about them. Don t be. Most of the new sounds are norma. Hard surfaces ike the foor, was and cabinets can make the sounds seem ouder. The foowing describes the kinds of sounds that might be new to you, and what may be making them. Sight hum, soft hiss You may hear the refrigerator s and moving air. fan motor Cicking or snapping sounds The thermostat makes a definite cick when the refrigerator stops running. It aso makes a sound when the refrigerator starts. The defrost timer wi cick when the defrost cyce starts. Saving energy Water sounds When the refrigerator stops running, you may hear gurging in the tubing for a few minutes after it stops. You may aso hear defrost water running into the defrost water pan. Ice maker sounds tricking water thud (catter of ice) You may hear buzzing (from the water vave), tricking water and the catter of ice dumped into the bin. Running sounds Your refrigerator has a high-efficiency compressor and motor. It wi run onger than oder designs. It may even seem to run most of the time. You can hep your refrigerator use ess Go ahead and fi up the refrigerator, but eectricity. don t overcrowd it so air movement is Check door gaskets for a tight sea. Leve bocked. the cabinet to be sure of a good sea. It is a waste of eectricity to set the refrig Cean the condenser cois reguary. erator and freezer to temperatures coder Open the door as few times as possibe. than they need to be. If ice cream is firm in Think about what you need before you the freezer and drinks are as cod as your open the door. Get everything out at one famiy ikes them, that s cod enough. time. Keep food organized so you won t Make sure your refrigerator is not next to a have to search for what you want. Cose heat source such as a range, water heater, door as soon as food is removed. furnace, radiator or in direct sunight. 22
23 Caring For Your Refrigerator In This Section Page Ceaning your refrigerator... 23 Vacation and moving care... 24 Page Power interruptions.......................... 25 Your refrigerator is buit to give you many years of dependabe service. However, there are a few things you can do to hep extend its product ife. This section tes you how to cean your refrigerator and what to do when going on vacation, moving or during a power outage. Ceaning your refrigerator Both the refrigerator and freezer sections defrost automaticay. However, cean both about once a month to prevent odors from Persona Injury Hazard buiding up. Wipe up spis right away. To cean your refrigerator, turn the Refrig- Refrigeration system tubes are ocated erator Contro to OFF, unpug it, take out a near the defrost pan and can become removabe parts and cean the refrigerator hot. Remove and insta defrost pan according to the foowing directions, carefuy. Faiure to do so coud resut in persona injury. PART Removabe parts (sheves, crisper, etc.) Outside Inside was (aow freezer to warm up so coth won t stick) WHAT TO USE HOW TO CLEAN Sponge or coth with mid Hand wash, rinse and dry thordetergent and warm oughy. water Sponge, coth or paper Wash outside of cabinet. Do not towe with mid detergent, use abrasive or harsh ceaners. warm water and an Rinse and dry thoroughy. appiance wax (or good Wax painted meta surfaces at east auto paste wax) twice a year. Appy wax with a cean, soft coth. Waxing painted meta surfaces provides rust protection. Do not wax pastic parts. Sponge, soft coth or Wash with mixture of warm water paper towe with baking and: soda or mid detergent - mid detergent, or and warm water - baking soda (26 g [2 tabespoons] to.95 L [ quart] of water). Rinse and dry thoroughy. continued on next page
~-_ PART..- ---- WHAT TO USE HOW TO CLEAN Door iners and Sponge, soft coth Wash, rinse and dry thoroughy. gaskets or paper towe with DO NOT USE ceaning waxes, concenmid detergent and trated detergents, beaches or ceaners warm water containing petroeum on pastic parts. --. Pastic parts Soft, cean sponge Wash, rinse and dry thoroughy. (covers and or soft, cean coth DO NOT USE paper towes, window panes) with mid detergent and warm water sprays, scouring ceansers or fammabe fuids. These can scratch or damage materia. See Important Safety Instructions on page 3. -------_-- Defrost pan Sponge or coth Remove base grie. (See page 20.) with mid detergent To remove defrost pan, ift pan over wire and warm water Condenser cois Vacuum ceaner with extended narrow attachment Foor under refrigerator brace (remove tape; if any). Wash, rinse and dry thoroughy. Repace with notched corner to the rear. Push it in a the way. Make sure defrost pan drain tube is pointing into pan. Repace base grie. Remove base grie. Vacuum cois when dusty or dirty. Cois may need to be ceaned as often as every other month. Repace base grie. Foor ceaners Ro refrigerator out ony as far as the water suppy ine aows. Cean foor. Ro refrigerator back into pace. Check to see if the refrigerator is eve. Vacation and moving care Short vacations No need to shut off the refrigerator if you wi be away for ess than four weeks. 1. Use up any perishabes. 2. Freeze other items. 3. Raise signa arm to OFF (up) position. 4. Shut off water suppy to ice maker. 5. Empty the ice bin. 24
Long vacations If you wi be gone a month or more: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Remove a food from the refrigerator. Turn off the water suppy to the ice maker at east one day ahead of time. When the ast oad of ice drops, turn off the ice maker. Make sure a ice is dispensed out of the ice maker mechanism. Unpug the refrigerator. Cean it, rinse we and dry. Tape rubber or wood bocks to the tops of both doors to prop them open far enough for air to get in. This stops odor and mod from buiding up. Persona Injury Hazard Do not aow chidren to cimb on, pay near or cimb inside the refrigerator when the doors are bocked open. They may become injured or trapped. Moving When you are moving the refrigerator to a new home: 1. Turn off the water suppy to the ice maker at east one day ahead of time. 2. Disconnect the water ine. 3. After the ast oad of ice drops, ift the signa arm to the OFF (up) position. 4. Remove a food from the refrigerator. 5. Pack a frozen food in dry ice. 6. Unpug the refrigerator. 7. Cean it thoroughy. Rinse we and dry. 8. Take out a removabe parts, wrap them we, and tape them together so they don t shift and ratte. 9. Screw in the eveing roers. 10. Tape the doors shut and tape the power suppy cord to the cabinet. When you get to your new home, put everything back and refer to page 5. Aso, remember to reconnect the water suppy ine. To restart refrigerator, see Using Your Refrigerator on page 7. Power interruptions If eectricity goes off, ca the power company. Ask how ong power wi be off. 1. If service wi be interrupted 24 hours or ess, keep both doors cosed. This heps food stay frozen. 2. If service wi be interrupted onger than 24 hours: (a) Remove a frozen food and store in a frozen food ocker. OR (b) Pace 32 grams of dry ice in freezer for every iter (2 Ibs. for every cubic foot) of freezer space. This wi keep food frozen for 2 to 4 days. Wear goves to protect your hands from dry ice burns. OR (c) If neither a food ocker or dry ice is avaiabe, use or can perishabe food at once. 3. A fu freezer stays cod onger than a party fied one. A freezer fu of meat stays cod onger than a freezer fu of baked goods. If food contains ice crystas, it may be safey refrozen, athough the quaity and favor may be affected. If the condition of the food is poor, or if you fee it is unsafe, dispose of it. 25
26 Food Storage Guide There is a correct way to package and store refrigerated or frozen food. To keep food fresher, onger, take the time to study these recommended steps. Storing fresh food Wrap or store food paced in the refrigerator in airtight and moisture-proof materia. This prevents food odor and taste transfer throughout the refrigerator. For dated products, check code date to ensure freshness. Leafy vegetabes Remove store wrapping and trim or tear off bruised and discoored areas. Wash in cod water and drain. Pace in pastic bag or pastic container and store in crisper. Vegetabes with skins (carrots, peppers) Store in crisper, pastic bags or pastic container. Fruit Wash, et dry and store in refrigerator in pastic bags or crisper. Do not wash or hu berries unti they are ready to use. Sort and keep berries in their origina container in a crisper, or store in a oosey cosed paper bag on a refrigerator shef. Eggs Store without washing in egg bin provided, or in the origina carton on an interior shef. Mik Wipe mik cartons. For best storage. pace mik on interior shef. Butter or margarine Keep opened butter in covered dish or cosed compartment. When storing an extra suppy, wrap in freezer packaging and freeze. Cheese Store in the origina wrapping unti you are ready to use it. Once opened, rewrap tighty in pastic wrap or auminum foi. Leftovers Cover eftovers with pastic wrap or auminum foi. Pastic containers with tight ids can aso be used. Meat Store most meat in origina wrapping as ong as it is airtight and moisture-proof. Rewrap if necessary. See the foowing chart for storage times. t L TYPE APPROXIMATE (DAYS)+ Chicken 1 to 2 Ground beef Steaks and roasts Cured meats Bacon Cod cuts Variety meats 1 to2 3 to 5 7to10 5 to 7 3 to 5 1 to2 TIME +f storing meat onger than the times given, foow the directions for freezing. NOTE: Use fresh fish and shefish the same day as purchased.
I Storing frozen food The freezer section is designed for storage of commerciay frozen food and for freezing food at home. NOTE: For further information about preparing food for freezing or food storage times, check a freezer guide or reiabe cookbook. Packaging The secret of successfu freezing is in the packaging. The way you cose and sea the package must not aow air or moisture in or out. Packaging done in any other way coud cause food odor and taste transfer throughout the refrigerator and drying of frozen food. Packaging recommended for use: Rigid pastic containers with tight-fitting ids Straight-sided canning/freezing jars Heavy-duty auminum foi Pastic-coated paper Non-permeabe pastic wraps (made from a Saran fim) Foow package or container instructions proper freezing methods. Do not use: Bread wrappers Non-poyethyene pastic containers Containers without tight ids Waxed paper Waxed-coated freezer wrap Thin, semi-permeabe wrap for The use of these wrappings coud cause food odor, taste transfer and drying of frozen food. Freezing Do not expect your freezer to quick-freeze any arge quantity of food. Put no more unfrozen food into the freezer than wi freeze within 24 hours (no more than 32 to 48 grams of food per iter [2 to 3 Ibs. per cubic foot] of freezer space). Leave enough space for air to circuate around packages. Be carefu to eave enough room at the front so the door can cose tighty. Storage times wi vary according to the quaity of the food, the type of packaging or wrap used (airtight and moisture-proof) and the storage temperature, which shoud be -17.8% (0 F). 27
If You Need Assistance Or Service Performance probems often resut from itte things you can fix without toos. Pease read the chart beow before caing for service on your appiance. 1. Before caing for assistance... Listed in this chart are the most common probems consumers Pease read through this and see if it can sove your probem. run into with their appiances. PROBLEM Your refrigerator wi not operate The ights do not work The ice maker does not work You hear unfamiiar sounds or a ratting/jinging noise CHECK THE FOLLOWING Is the power suppy cord firmy pugged into a ive circuit with proper votage? Has a househod fuse or circuit breaker bown/tripped? Is the Refrigerator Contro set to the OFF position? Is the power suppy cord firmy pugged into a ive circuit with proper votage? Has a househod fuse or circuit breaker bown/tripped? Is a bub burned out? Is the freezer cod enough to make ice? It coud take overnight for the freezer to reach the proper temperature. Is the ON/OFF ever in the ON (down) position? (See page 17.) Is the water vave turned on? Does the water ine have a cog or eak? Is something on top of or behind the refrigerator? Some new sounds are norma. See Understanding may hear on page 22. the sounds you There is water in This is norma on hot, muggy days. Make sure the refrigerator is eve the defrost pan so the pan does not overfow. The motor seems Are the condenser cois dirty? to run too much Has the door been opened often? Has a ame amount of food been added at one time? The motor naturay ru& onger if these things happen. Is the room hot? If the room is too warm, the motor runs onger to keep the unit coo. 28
29 2. If the probem is not due to one of the items isted in Step I+... Contact the deaer from whom you purchased the unit or an authorized Whirpoo* service company. 3. If you need FSP repacement parts+... FSP is a registered trademark of Whirpoo Corporation for quaity parts. Look for this symbo of quaity whenever you need a repacement part for your Whirpoo appiance. FSP repacement parts wi fit right and work right because they are made to the same exacting specifications used to buid every new Whirpoo appiance. +When asking for hep or service: Pease provide a detaied description of the probem, your appiance s compete mode and seria numbers, and the purchase date. (See page 2.) This information wi hep us respond propery to your request.
WHIRLPOOL* Refrigerator Warranty LENGTH OF WARRANTY FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY From Date of Purchase FULL FIVE-YEAR WARRANTY From Date of Purchase WHIRLPOOL WILL NOT PAY FOR WHIRLPOOL WILL PAY FOR FSP@ repacement parts and repair abor to correct defects in materias or workmanship. Service must be provided by an authorized Whirpoo service company. FSP repacement parts and repair abor to correct defects in materias or workmanship in the seaed refrigeration system. These parts are: 1. Compressor 4. Drier 2. Evaporator 5. Connecting tubing 3. Condenser Service must be provided by an authorized Whirpoo service company. A. Service cas to: 1. Correct the instaation of your refrigerator. 2. Instruct you how to use your refrigerator. 3. Repace house fuses or correct house wiring or pumbing. 4. Repace ight bubs. B. Repairs when your refrigerator is used in other than norma, singe-famiy househod use. C. Pickup and deivery. Your refrigerator is designed to be repaired in the home. D. Damage to your refrigerator caused by accident, misuse, fire, food, acts of God or use of products not approved by Whirpoo. E. Any food oss due to product faiure. F. Repairs to parts or systems caused by unauthorized modifications made to the appiance. 5-93 WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSE- QUENTIAL DAMAGES. Outside the United States, a different warranty may appy. For detais, pease contact your authorized Whirpoo distributor or miitary exchange. PrInted on r&&ed paper- 10% post-consumer waste 50% recovered materias PART NO. 2170234 0 1993 Whirpoo Corporation * Regsered Trademark of Whrpoo Corporation Printed I U S A