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FRENCH DOOR
BOTTOM MOUNT
REFRIGERATOR
USE & CARE GUIDE
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W10417001B
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Congratulations on your purchase and welcome to Each appliance that leaves our factory is inspected the Whirlpool Brand family of high-quality thoroughly to ensure that it is working properly and ® appliances. Your new Whirlpool French Door is in perfect condition. Refrigerator combines advanced cooling technology Follow the Installation and Use and Care Instructions with simple operation and high efficiency. in this guide and your refrigerator will provide many years of
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REFRIGERATOR SAFETY Your safety and the safety of others are very important. We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and obey all safety messages. This is the safety alert symbol. This symbol alerts you to potential hazards that can kill or hurt you and others. All safety messages will follow the safety alert symbol and either the word “DANGER” or “WARNING.” These words mean: You can be killed or seriously injured if you don't immediatel
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PARTS AND FEATURES AC B I D H A. Ice maker B. Air filter C. Water filter D. Door bins E. Crispers E F. Pantry drawer G. Freezer drawer H. LED ramp-on lighting ® I. In-Door-Ice ice dispensing system F G Whats New Behind the Doors? ® Your Whirlpool French Door Refrigerator comes equipped with various innovative storage and energy efficient features. Energy and Normal Operating Sounds Water Filter ® Your new French Door Bottom Mount refrigerator has been NSF Certified filter reduces chlorine tas
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Unpack the Refrigerator When Moving Your Refrigerator: WARNING Your refrigerator is heavy. When moving the refrigerator for Excessive Weight Hazard cleaning or service, be sure to cover the floor with cardboard or hardboard to avoid floor damage. Always pull Use two or more people to move and install the refrigerator straight out when moving it. Do not wiggle or refrigerator. “walk” the refrigerator when trying to move it, as floor Failure to do so can result in b
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Remove and Replace Refrigerator Doors NOTE: Measure the width of your door opening, to see whether or not you need to remove the refrigerator doors to move the refrigerator into your home. If door removal is necessary, see the following instructions. IMPORTANT: If the refrigerator was previously installed and you are moving it out of the home, before you begin, turn the refrigerator control OFF. Unplug the refrigerator or disconnect power. Remove food and adjustable d
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Remove Right-Hand Refrigerator Door Remove Left-Hand Refrigerator Door IMPORTANT: The tubing and wiring for the water dispenser run through the left-hand door hinge, so they must be disconnected WARNING before removing the door. 1. Using a Phillips screwdriver, remove the cover from the top hinge. A Electrical Shock Hazard Disconnect power before removing doors. B Failure to do so can result in death or electrical shock. 1. Unplug refrigerator or disconnect power.
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Style 2 - Firmly pull up on the clasp. Then, pull the tubing out 5. Lift the refrigerator door from the bottom hinge pin. The top of the fitting. hinge will come away with the door. NOTE: It may not be necessary to remove the bottom hinges NOTE: The water dispenser tubing remains attached to the and brake feet assemblies to move the refrigerator through a left-hand refrigerator door. doorway. ■ Only if necessary, use a driver with a #2 square bit tip to remove t
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Remove and Replace Freezer Drawer Front Depending on the width of your door opening, it may be Replace Drawer Front necessary to remove the freezer drawer front to move the refrigerator into your home. 1. Pull out the freezer drawer glides to their full extension. IMPORTANT: 2. Holding the drawer front by its sides, align the two plastic ■ If the refrigerator was previously installed and you are moving studs, located at the bottom, inside the drawer front, with t
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Electrical Requirements Recommended Grounding Method A 115 volt, 60 Hz, AC only 15- or 20-amp fused, grounded WARNING electrical supply is required. It is recommended that a separate circuit serving only your refrigerator be provided. Use an outlet that cannot be turned off by a switch. Do not use an extension cord. NOTE: Before performing any type of installation, cleaning, or removing a light bulb, turn Cooling OFF, and then disconnect the refrigerator from the
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Connect the Water Supply Read all directions before you begin. ■ Slip compression sleeve and compression nut onto copper tubing as shown. Insert end of tubing into outlet IMPORTANT: end squarely as far as it will go. Screw compression nut ■ Plumbing shall be installed in accordance with the onto outlet end with adjustable wrench. Do not International Plumbing Code and any local codes and overtighten. ordinances. ■ To avoid off-taste or odor in your ice or water, it
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Style 2 Complete the Installation 1. Unplug refrigerator or disconnect power. 2. Remove and discard the short, black plastic part from the end of the water line inlet. WARNING 3. Thread the nut onto the end of the tubing. Tighten the nut by hand. Then tighten it with a wrench two more turns. Do not overtighten. NOTE: To avoid rattling, be sure the copper tubing does not touch the cabinet’s side wall or other parts inside the cabinet. Electrical Shock Hazard Plug i
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A B INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 4. While holding the handle, insert the short end of the hex key 10. Firmly push the handle toward the drawer until the handle into the upper hole and slightly rotate the hex key until it is base is flush against the drawer. engaged in the setscrew. 11. Insert the short end of the hex key into the left-hand hole and slightly rotate the hex key until it is engaged in the setscrew. 12. Using a left to right motion tighten the setscrew a quarter-turn at a time jus
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Refrigerator Leveling, Door Closing and Alignment The base grille covers the adjustable brake feet and roller Style 2 assemblies located at the bottom of the refrigerator below the freezer drawer. Before making any adjustments, remove the base ¹⁄₄" grille and move the refrigerator to its final location. Tools Needed: ¹⁄₄" hex driver Tools Provided: ¹⁄₈" hex key wrench 1. Remove the base grille. Grasp the grille firmly and pull it toward you. Open the freezer dra
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FILTERS AND ACCESSORIES To Steady the Refrigerator: NOTE: Having someone push against the top of the refrigerator takes some weight off the brake feet. This ■ Open the freezer drawer. Using a ¹⁄₄" hex driver, turn both makes it easier to turn the screws. brake feet clockwise the same amount until the brake feet 7. Replace the base grille by aligning the ends of the grille with are snug against the floor. Check again. If not satisfied, the leveling assemblies on each side and snapping the g
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FILTERS AND ACCESSORIES ■ RESET the water filter status tracking feature. After you 1. Locate the water filter compartment in the right-hand side of replace the disposable filter with a new filter, closing the filter the refrigerator ceiling. Push up to release and lower the compartment door will automatically reset the filter status compartment door. tracking feature. See “Using the Control(s).” 2. Turn the water filter counterclockwise (to the left), and pull it straight out of the compar
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FILTERS AND ACCESSORIES ■ Close the air filter door, and check that the indicator is Models without notches: visible through the window in the door. ■ Place the indicator somewhere it is easily visible - either inside the refrigerator, or elsewhere in your kitchen or home. Replacing the Air Filter The disposable air filter should be replaced every 6 months, when the status indicator has completely changed from white to red. A To order a replacement air filter, contact us. See “Accessories”
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FILTERS AND ACCESSORIES 3. Slide open the cap on the top of the produce preserver Installing the Status Indicator housing. 4. Place the indicator in the top of the housing, facing outward. The produce preserver comes with a status indicator, which 5. Slide the cap closed, and check that the indicator is visible should be activated and installed at the same time the pouches through the rectangular hole in the cap. are installed. NOTE: The cap will not easily close if the indicator’s bubble
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REFRIGERATOR USE Opening and Closing Doors There are two refrigerator compartment doors. The doors can be A opened and closed either separately or together. There is a vertically-hinged seal on the left refrigerator door. ■ When the left side door is opened, the hinged seal automatically folds inward so that it is out of the way. ■ When both doors are closed, the hinged seal automatically forms a seal between the two doors. A. Hinged seal Using the Controls The controls are located above the
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REFRIGERATOR USE View Temperature Set Points Save/Confirm Temperature Settings 1. Press and hold TEMP for 3 seconds to activate Temperature ■ When you have finished adjusting both the refrigerator and mode. freezer set points, press MEASURED FILL to confirm and to save the settings. NOTE: To view temperature in degrees Celsius, press the LIGHT button, under Units, when adjust mode is activated. To NOTE: To exit Temperature mode without saving changes, press return the display setting to Fa
