Using your refrigerator, Questions, Setting the controls – Whirlpool ET20EK User Manual
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Using your refrigerator
REFRIGERATOR
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POWER SAVING CONTROL
CONSUMES
LESS
ENERGY
FREEZER
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REFRIGERATOR CONTROL INDICATOR LIGHT POWER SAVING CONTROL LIGHT SWITCH FREEZER CONTROL
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
TOR CONTROL TO 4.
2. Set the FREEZER
CONTROL TO C.
To adjust a control,
reach under the console
and turn the knob.
REFRIGERATOR
ulER □□ COI
Give the refrigerator time to cool down com
pletely before adding food. (This may take sev
eral hours.)
These settings shouid be about right for nor
mal 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.
Adjust the Refrigerator Control first.
Wait at least 24 hours between adjustments.
Then adjust the Freezer Control if needed.
QUESTIONS?
...call your
COOL-LINE®
service
assistance
telephone
number
(page 15).
CONDITION:
REASON:
RECOMMENDED
CONTROL SETTINGS:
If Refrigerator
Section is
TOO WARM
Door opened often
Large amount of food added
Room temperature too warm
Refrigerator 6
Freezer D
If Freezer
Section is
TOO WARM
Door opened often
Large amount of food added
Very cold room temperature
(can’t cycle often enough)
Refrigerator 4
Freezer A
If Refrigerator
Section is
TOO COLD
Controls not set correctly
for your conditions
Refrigerator 2
Freezer A
If ICE isn’t
MADE FAST ENOUGH
Heavy ice usage
Very cold room temperature
(can’t cycle often enough)
Refrigerator 4
Freezer A
If BOTH SECTIONS
are TOO WARM
Door opened often
Large amount of food added
Very warm or very cold
room temperatures
Refrigerator 6
Freezer C
Power Saving Control...
The Power Saving Control on the Control Con
sole operates electric heaters around the door
openings. These heaters help keep moisture from
forming on the outside of the refrigerator.
POWER SAVING CONTROL
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1. Use the “CONSUMES LESS ENERGY" setting when
humidity is low.
2. Use the “REDUCES EXTERIOR MOISTURE" setting if
moisture forms on the outside of the refrigerator.
The indicator light will glow when the switch is in
the "REDUCES EXTERIOR MOISTURE” position.