Safety Instructions - Whirlpool Side by side Refrigerator/Freezer Use & Care Manual

Your safety is important to us.
This guide contains safety statements under a warning
symbol. This symbol alerts you to such
dangers as fire, electrical shock, burns,
and personal injury. Please pay special
attention to this symbol and follow any
instructions given.
IMPORTANTSAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
duce the risk of fire, electrical shock, or injury when using
your refrigerator, follow these basic precautions:
0 Read all instructions before using the refrigerator.
0 Never allow children to operate, play with, or crawl
0 Child entrapment and suffocation are not
inside the refrigerator.
problems of the past. Junked or abandoned l
Never clean refrigerator parts with flammable fluids.
refrigerators are still dangerous . . . even if they
The fumes can create a fire hazard or explosion.
will "just sit in the garage a few days."
0 FOR YOUR SAFETY.
If you are getting rid of your old refrigerator, do
it safely. Please read the enclosed safety booklet
DO NOT STORE OR USE GASOLINE OR OTHER
from the Association of Home Appliance Manu-
FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND LIQUIDS IN THE
facturers. Help prevent accidents.
VICINITY OF THIS OR ANY OTHER APPLIANCE.
THE FUMES CAN CREATE A FIRE HAZARD OR
EXPLOSION.
-SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS -
Help us help you
Please:
0 Install and level the refrigerator on a floor that will
hold the weight and in an area suitable for its size
and use.
0 Do not install the refrigerator near an oven, radiator,
or other heat source.
0 Do not use the refrigerator in an area where the
temperature will fall below 55°F (13°C).
0 Keep the refrigerator out of the weather.
0 Connect the refrigerator only to the proper kind of
outlet, with the correct electrical supply and ground-
ing. (See "Electrical Requirements" on page 8 or
refer to the Electrical Requirements and Grounding
Instructions Sheet in your Literature Package.)
0 Do not load the refrigerator with food before it has
time to get properly cool. (See "Setting the controls"
on page 14.)
0 Use the refrigerator only for the uses described in
this manual.
0 Properly maintain the refrigerator.
0 Be sure the refrigerator is not used by anyone unable
to operate it properly.
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