If You Need Service Or Assistance; 1 Before Calling - Whirlpool ED26SS Use & Care Manual

If you need service or
assistance, we suggest
you follow these four steps:
1. Before calling for assistance.. .
Performance problems often result from lrttle thongs
You can find and IIX Yourself without tools of any kind
if your refrigerator will not operate:
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Is the electric cord plugged in'
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Is a fuse blown or a circurt breaker tripped?
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Is the Temperature Control turned ON?
if your ice maker will not operate:
OFF/ON; Signal Arm '
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Has the freezer had enough time to get cold? With
a new refrigerator, this might take overnight
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Is the signal arm ON...in the down posrtron?
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Is the water valve turned on, and is water getting
to the ice maker?
if there is a Beeping Sound:
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Was the AUTO SCAN Switch just placed In RESET?
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Is AUTO SCAN Switch in RESET? Beeping Sound is
heard when a door is opened or closed.
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Is the TOO WARM or DOOR OPEN symbol in the
display?
if the check coil symbol comes on too often:
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Have there been power interruptrons' Clear
symbol from display.
if there is a rattling or jingling noise, or other
unfamiliar sounds:
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Is something on top or behind the refrigerator mak-
ing noise when the refrigerator is runnrng?
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New features on Your new refrigerator make new
sounds. You may be hearing air flowing from the
fan, timer clicks for the defrosting cycle, defrost
water drainrng Into the defrost pan, or water filling
the molds and ice dropping into the bin
if there is water in the defrost pan:
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In hot, muggy weather, this is normal The pan can
even be almost full. Make sure the refrrgerator is
level so the pan doesn't overflow.
if the lights aren't working:
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Check fuses and crrcurt breakers. Make sure It's
plugged In
if a bulb is burned out:
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See instructions for changing light bulbs on page 10
Use appliance bulbs only
If the motor seems to run too much:
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Is the condenser, behind the base grrlle, free of
dust and lint?
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On hot days, or if the room is warm, the motor
naturally runs longer
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If the door has been opened a lot. or if a large
amount of food has been put in, the motor WIII run
longer to cool down the interior.
Remember:
Motor running time depends on dif-
ferent things: number of door openings, amount of
food stored, temperature of the room, setting of the
controls.
And, Your new refrigerator may be larger than
Your old one so It has more space to be cooled. It
also has a regular freezer instead of a frozen focd
compartment. All this means better refrigeration and
may require more running time than your old one