Whirlpool 6ET18RK - Manual (Page 5)

Using Your Refrigerator
REFRIGERATOR
Setting the controls
Controls for the refrigerator and freezer are in
the refrigerator. To adjust a control, turn knob.
When the refrigerator is plugged in for the first
time:
1. Set the refrigerator Control to 4.
2. Set the Freezer Control to C.
Give the refrigerator time to cool down com­
pletely before adding food. (This may take
several hours.)
These settings should be right for normal
household refrigerator usage.
The controls will be set about right when milk
or juice is as cold as you like and when ice
cream is firm.
Refrigerator Control adjustments range from
1 to 8. Freezer Control adjustments range from
A to D.
Changing the control settings
If you need to adjust temperatures in refrigerator
or freezer, use the settings listed in the chart
below as a guide.
• Adjust the Refrigerator Control first.
• Wait at least 24 hours between adjustments.
• Then adjust the Freezer Control if needed.
CONDITION: REASON:
RECOMMENDED
CONTROL SETTINGS:
If Refrigerator
Section is
TOO WARM
Door opened often
Large amount of food added
Room temperature too warm Refrigerator
Freezer 6
D
If Freezer Door opened often Refrigerator 4
Section is
TOO WARM Large amount of food added
Very cold room temperature
(can’t cycle often enough)
Freezer A
If Refrigerator Controls not set correctly Refrigerator 2
Section is
TOO COLD for your conditions Freezer A
If ICE isn’t Heavy ice usage Refrigerator 4
MADE FAST
ENOUGH Very cold room temperature
(can’t cycle often enough) Freezer A
If BOTH Door opened often Refrigerator 6
SECTIONS
are TOO WARM Large amount of food added
Very warm or very cold room
temperatures
Freezer C