Before calling for assistance, 1, before calling for assistance – Whirlpool 3ED26MM User Manual

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If you need serviee or

assistance, >ve suggest

you follow these three steps:

1. Before calling for assistance...

Performance problems often result from little ftmngs

you can find and fix yourself without tools of any xinc

If your refrigerator will not operate:

Is the power suppr/ cord plugged mto a
with the proper voitage^ iSee page 4 i

ve circu I

• Have you checked your home s mars fuses or circuii

breaker box'^

• Is the Temperature Control turned

If there is a rattling or jingling noise, or other un

familiar sounds:

• Is something on top or behind the ref'^'peraror max-

ng noise when the refrigerator is runnmgn

• New teatures on your new refrigerator make niew

sounas You may be hearing an f!ow- ng from the
fans, timer clicks for the detrost.ng oycie, defros*
water draining into the defrost oos'

If your ice maker will not operate:

• Has the freezer had enough time to ger co d't vVnh a

new refrigerator, thus might take overn.gh'

• Is the signal arm

ON n

the

aoiwn pos

tion't

• Is the w-ater valve turned onh is water getting tO' the

ce miakerh

If there is water in the defrost pan:

• In hot, muggy weather, this is normal. The pan can

even be halt full. Make sure the refrigerator is level so
the pan doesn't overflow

If the light does not work:

• Have you checked your home's mam fuses

or circuit

breaker box'?

• Is the power suoply cord plugged into a live circuit

with the proper voltaget^ [See page 4 ]

If a bulb is burned out:

• See Instructions for changing I ght bulbs on paged

Use appliance bulbs only

it the motor seems to run too much:

• Is the condenser, behind the base grille, free of oust

and Imth

• On not days.

O' T the room c warm. The motor nafsj-

rally runs longer

• If the door has been openea a lOt, or if a large

amount of food has been pu* m, the motor will run
Onger !o cool aowm the intermr

Remember:

Motor running t me depends on aif-

ferent things, number of door openings, amount of
food stored, temperature of the room, setting of tne
controls

,And, your new refrigerator may be 'argerthon your

oM one sc T has more space tc be cooled It also has
a regular freezer instead of a trozen food ccmpar’-
ment ,AII tnis m.eans oetter refrigeration and may re-
guire more running time than your old one