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NO-FROST REFRIGERATOR-FREEZERS WITH THIRST@~i~~‘ MODELS TKi++l 01’ Home Appliances A Note To You ImDortant Safetv Insbwtions Parts And Features Before Using Your Refrigerator Using Your Refrigerator Caring For Your Refrigerator Food Storage Guide Warranty 3ED27DQ 3ED25DQ 6ED27DQ 6ED25DQ 3ED22DQ 6ED22DQ...
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A Note To You Thank you for buying a Whirlpool You have purchased a quality, world-class home appliance. Years of engineering 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 how to operate and maintain your appliance properly and safely.
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Important Safety To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, or injury when using your refrigerator, follow these basic precautions: Read all instructions before using the refrigerator. Child entrapment and suffocation are not problems of the past. Junked or abandoned refrigerators are still dangerous even if they will “just sit in the garage a few days.”...
Control panel FREEZER Freezer control them to become familiar with where Light Control panel I II 11111 Base grille Model 3ED27DQ shown REFRIGERATOR Refrigerator control Model and serial number label I-_ _:-I_ . ..- II\ compartment shelves tumidity...
Before Using Your Refrigerator In This Section Cleaning it ............5 Plugging it in .
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Your refrigerator has 2 front leveling screws-one Right to raise; left to lower on the right and one on the left. To adjust one or both of these, follow the directions below. Use a screwdriver .:. Remove base grille. (See page 16.) 2.
Using Your Refrigerator In This Section Setting the controls ..8 the control settings.. Changing ..8 Adjusting the refrigerator shelves the door bins ... Adjusting the door bin glides ..9 Adjusting cover..9 Removing the crisper and crisper Adjusting the crisper humidity...
Changing the control If you need to adjust temperatures in refrigerator or freezer, use the settings listed in the chart below as a guide. CONDITION: REASON: Door opened often If Refrigerator Section is Large amount of food added Room temperature TOO WARM If Freezer Door opened often...
Adjusting the door To remove door bins: 1. Lift bin up. 2. Pull bin straight out. To replace door bins: 1. Slide bin in above desired support button. 2. Push bin down until it stops. Adjusting the door The door bin glides can be used to secure odd- shaped items or to separate other items.
Adjusting the crisper You can control the amount of humidity in the moisture-sealed crisper. The control can be adjusted to any setting between LOW and HIGH. LOW (open) lets moist air out of the crisper for best storage of fruits and vegetables with skins.
Removing the snack To remove the snack bin: 1. Slide snack bin straight out to the stop with an even, constant motion. 2. Lift the front. 3. Slide bin out the rest of the way. 4. Replace in reverse order. Adjusting the wine To remove the wine rack:...
THlRSTCRUSHER* Personal Injury Hazard Tumbling ice and pressure on a fragile glass can break it. Do not use a fragile glass when dispensing ice or water. Doing so could result in personal injury or breakage. The ice dispenser Ice is dispensed from the ice maker storage bin in the freezer.
The water dispenser Chilled water comes from a tank behind the meat drawer. It holds approximately 1.5 L (1% quarts). When the refrigerator is first hooked up, press the water dispenser bar with a glass or jar until you have drawn and discarded 1.9 or 2.8 L (2 or 3 quarts).
Removing the ice maker Remove, empty and clean the storage bin if: - the ice dispenser has not, or will not, be used for a week or more. c a power failure causes ice in the bin to melt and freeze together.
. Ice bin and freezer may need cleaning Plumbing to ice maker New ice maker Removing the door (3ED27DQ and 6ED27DQ only) To remove the trim: 1. Remove all items from the shelf. 2. Pull trim piece straight up at each end.
Bemoving the base gr To remove the grille: Open both doors. 2. Pull base grille forward to release the support tabs from the metal clips. 3. Do not remove Tech Sheet fastened behind the grille. To replace the grille: 1. Line up grille support tabs with metal clips. 2.
2. Reach throuqh dispenser area to remove bulb. 3. Replace with a heavy-duty lo-watt bulb, which can be purchased from your Whirlpool dealer. 4. Reconnect refrigerator to power supply. NOTE: Not all commercial appliance bulbs will fit your refrigerator. Be sure to replace a bulb with one of the same size and shape.
Caring For Your Refrigerator In This Section your refrigerator ....... Cleaning and moving care .
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WHAT TO USE PART Sponge or cloth with Defrost pan mild detergent and warm water Vacuum cleaner with Condenser coils extended narrow attachment Floor cleaners Floor under refrigerator Holiday and moving Long holidays Remove all the food if you are going for a month or more.
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Power interruptions If electricity goes off, call the power company. Ask how long power will be off. 1. If service is to be interrupted 24 hours or less, This will help foods keep both doors closed. stay frozen. 2. If service is to be interrupted longer than 24 hours: (a) Remove all frozen food and store in a frozen food locker.
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Butter or margarine Keep opened butter in covered dish or closed compartment. When storing an extra supply, wrap in freezer packaging and freeze. Cheese Store in the original wrapping until you are ready to use it. Once opened, rewrap tightly in plastic wrap or aluminum foil.
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Parts 2 and 3 tell you what to do if you still need assistance or service. When calling an authorized Whirlpool* service com- pany for help or calling for service, please provide a detailed description of the problem, your appliance’s complete model and serial numbers and the purchase date.
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Step 1 . . . Contact the dealer from whom you purchased the unit or an authorized Whirlpool* service company. 3. If you need FSP* replace- ment parts . . .
These parts are: 1. Compressor 2. Evaporator 3. Condenser 4. Drier 5. Connecting tubing Service must be provided by an authorized Whirlpool’ company. WHIRLPOOL WILL NOT PAY FOR A. Service calls to: 1. Correct the installation of the refrigerator. 2. Instruct you how to use the refrigerator.