0 NO-FROST REFRIGERATORFREEZER Model ET18HM
Please read this Use and Care Guide before you do anything else... Thls booklet tells you how to start your refrigerator, clean lt, move shelves and adjust controls. It even tells you what new sounds to expect from your refrigerator. Treat your new refrigerator with care. Use it only to do what home refrigerators are designed to do.
Contents i Page 7 Reversing the Door Swing ........... Removing and Adjusting the 7 Freezer Shelf ...................... 7 Automatic Ice Maker ................ 8 Sounds You May Hear ............... 8 Energy Saving Tips .................. 8 CLEANING YOUR REFRIGERATOR....... 9 Cleaning Chart ..................... 10 FOOD STORAGE GUIDE ................ 10 Storing Fresh Food .................. 11 Storing Frozen Food ................. 14 VACATION AND MOVING CARE ........ IF YOU NEED SERVICE OR ASSISTANCE.
Before using your refrigerator 4. Install properly... 1. Remove sales labels... Remove the Consumer Buy Guide label, tape and any inside labels before using the refrigerator. To remove any remaining glue: 1. Rub briskly with thumb to make a ball then remove. OR 2. Soak area with liquid hand dishwashing detergent before removing glue as described in step 1. DO NOT USE rubbing alcohol or flammable or toxic solvents, such as acetone, gasoline, carbon tetrachloride, etc. These can damage the material.
Using your refrigerator POWERSAVING CONTROL REFRIGER-ATOR CONTROL LlGHi SWITCH FREkZER CONTROI Setting the controls... Controls for the refrigerator and freezer are in the refrigerator. When the refrigerator is plugged in for the first time... 1. Set the REFRIGERA- Give the refrigerator pletely before addlng time to cool down comfood. (This may take sev- is as cold as you like and when ice cream is 2. Set the FREEZER CONTROL to B. Changing the control settings...
Changing the light bulb... 1. Reach behind the control console to find bulb. 2. Remove bulb. 3. Replace with a 40-watt appliance bulb. 8s.”./ ,ts.-, ,. ..r.: ?I/, ,.,,Ilil”H,11.,,6 1 ., ., ,/:.. .,. 1* ., i.FL_r. I . *j -, ., :.*:,. ._._ . ...I- Moving the meat drawer and cover... To remove PULL OUT TO THE STOP. LIFT THE FRONT AND PUL Shelves can be adjusted to match the way you use your refrigerator. the meat drawer: 1. Slide meat drawer out to the stop. 2. Lift the front of meat drawer. 3.
Reversing the door swing... You can change the hinges on your refrigerator so the doors open the other way. You will need a #20 Torx head screwdriver. Refer to the instruction sheet included with your refrigerator. *” _ Removing and adjusting the freezer shelf...> To remove the shelf: 1. Lift front slightly. 2. Lift back off supports. 3. Replace in reverse order. To adJust the shelf: 1. Remove shelf. 2. Remove supports by sliding upwards. 3. Replace supports on desired level. 4. Replace shelf. ,, j ..
Sounds you may hear... YOUr new refrigerator may make sounds that your old 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 normal. Hard surfaces like the floor, walls and cabinets can make the sounds seem louder. The following chart describes the kinds of sounds that might be new to you, and what may be making them. _.,9 _ -.a.=. . c ..lil I1cs-.s* .?A--IuI”.- ,...--.,,_1__“_l-,- c__I CI”-lt_C_ - _,_.,- .__,.. -I_ .,u -a.-.. .
Cleaning chart... . .,^ ,- Part AS, ,.‘ .~ What to use Sponge or cloth; mild detergent and warm water. .. Removable parts ‘(shelves, crisper, meat drawer, etc.) ..w.m, a ,.. “,_ Outside ~~I Sponge, cloth & paper towel;mild detergent; appliance wax [or good auto paste wax). Waxlng palnted metal -*CC-III-aCI s..- - ._ -._,. Sponge, soft cloth or Paper towel, baking soda, warm water, mild detergent. -__I-. Inside walls (Freezer should be allowed to warm up so cloth won’t stick.) ---ZIvm.A. ,.
Food storage guide There is a right way to package and store refrigerated or frozen food. To keep food fresher, longer, take the time to study these recommended steps. STORING FRESH FOOD Cured or Smoked Meat and Cold Cuts. Ham, bacon, sausage, cold cuts, etc., keep best.in original wrappings. Once opened, tightly re-wrap in plastic wrap or aluminum foil. Canned Ham. Store in refrigerator unless the label says it’s okay to store on the shelf. Do not freeze. Fresh Poultry...Wrap in plastic wrap.
STORING FROZEN FOOD The freezer section is designed for storage of commercially frozen food and for freezing food at home. Packaging-The secret of successful freezing is in the packaging. The wrap you use must be air, moisture and vapor proof. The way you close and seal the package must not allow air, moisture or vapor in or out. Packaging done in any other way could cause food odor and taste transfer throughout the refrigerator and drying of frozen food.
Freezing Vegetables - Freeze only fresh highquality vegetables picked when barely mature. For best results, freeze no more than 2 to 3 hours after picking. Wash in cold water, sort and cut into appropriate sizes. Blanch or scald. Pack in recommended container and freeze. Do not freeze lettuce, celery, carrot sticks, potatoes or fresh tomatoes. All will become limp or mushy. Tomatoes will collapse when thawed.
IMPORTANT: Do not expect your freezer to quickfreeze any large quantity of food. Put no more unfrozen food into the freezer than will freeze within 24 hours. (No more than 2 to 3 pounds of food per cubic foot of freezer space.) leave enough space for air to circulate around packages. Be careful to leave enough room at the front so the door can close tightly.
Vacation and Moving Care Short vacations... Moving... No need to shut off the refrigerator if you will be away for less than four weeks. Use up perishables; freeze other items. 1. Turn off your ice maker. 2. Shut off the water supply to the ice maker. 3. Empty the ice bin. Shut off the ice maker water supply a day ahead of time. Disconnect the water line. After the last sup ply of ice drops, lift the signal arm to turn off the ice maker. Remove all food. Pack frozen foods in dry ice.
If you need service or assistance, we suggest you follow these five steps: 2. If you need assistance?.. 1. Before calling for assistance... Performance problems often result from little things you can find and fix yourself without tools of any kind. Call Whlrlpool phone number. H your rdrtgemtor will not operate: Is the electric cord plugged into a live circuit with proper voltage? (See page 4.
WH1RLPOOI.F REFRIGERATOR WARRANTY LEHMH OF WARRANYY WHIRLPOOL RF00 --- -- WILL PAY FOR From Date of Purchase FSP replacement park and repalr labor to correct defects in materials or workmanshlp. Servlce must be provlded by a franchised TECH-CARE@service company. UMITED PM-YEAR WARRANlV From Date of Purchase FSPreplacement parts for electronic control system If defective in materlals or workmanshla fElectronlc models 0nlv.l M.
