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Owner’s Manual
Keep instructions for future reference.
Keep this manual and your sales receipt together in a safe place
in case warranty service is required.
Contents
Introduction .................................................................2
Important Safety Information ......................................3
Installing Your Refrigerator .........................................4
How to Remove the Doors and Hinges....................4
How to Reverse Refrigerator Door.....................
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Thank you for buying an Amana refrigerator! Please read this Owner's Manual thoroughly. This manual provides proper maintenance Asure™ extended information. Complete registration card and promptly return. If registration card is missing, call service plan the Consumer Affairs Department. Amana offers long-term service protec- Warranty service must be performed by an authorized servicer. Amana also tion for this new refrigerator. Asure recommends contacting an authorized servicer if service is
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Important safety information RECOGNIZE SAFETY DANGER What you need to know SYMBOLS, WORDS, To reduce risk of injury or death, LABELS about safety follow basic precautions, including the following: instructions DANGER IMPORTANT: Child entrapment and DANGER Immediate hazards which Warning and Important Safety suffocation are not problems of the WILL result in severe personal injury Instructions appearing in this manual are past. Junked or abandoned refrigera- or death. not meant to cover all po
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Installing your refrigerator These instructions were provided to aid 1. Unplug power cord from power Selecting the best you in the installation of your refrigerator. source. Amana is not responsible for improper 2.Remove toe location installation. grille and bot- Observe these points when choosing the tom bracket final location for your unit: cover. ➢ DO NOT install refrigerator near oven, Open freezer door Measuring the opening radiator or other heat source. If not (some models) as wide as pos
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7. Remove side door trim (A) and handle STANDARD How to reverse trim (B) from door by tapping bottom REFRIGERATOR DOOR edges upward with soft rubber mallet. 1. Perform all steps listed in How to refrigerator door Remove the Doors and Hinges. DOORS WITH TRIM AND 2. Transfer cabinet PANELS plugs and cabinet A screws to opposite 1. Perform all steps listed in How to side of cabinet. Remove the Doors and Hinges. 3.Remove cabinet B 2. Transfer cabinet plugs with flat blade screwdriver tip plugs and s
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Installing your refrigerator, cont. INSTALLING FRESH FOOD WARNING How to install and SIDE-MOUNTED HANDLE To avoid risk of serious personal injury If installing handles for the first time, the remove handles from sharp edges, use extreme Fresh Food handles can be located on caution when removing and installing the back of the refrigerator. REMOVING TRIM AND handles. PANEL FRESH FOOD ➢ Install handle by fastening HANDLE INSTALLING STAINLESS with T-15 Removing handles is necessary when STEEL FRONT
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WHAT IF I AM INSTALLING How to replace the How to remove and RAISED PANELS? 1 If raised panels are used, allow 2 Ú2" (A) doors and hinges install panels minimum clearance between raised edge (SOME MODELS) 1. Install hinge assemblies. of panel and handle. 2. Install center hinge with Phillips WARNING Please see the recommended dimen- screws. sions for panelling. To avoid personal injury or property 3 3. Install stabilizing bracket with Ú8" hex 5 damage, fresh food panel should not Raised Panel B
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Installing your refrigerator, cont. REMOVING PULLOUT INSTALLING PULLOUT How to remove and DRAWER DRAWER 1. Pull drawer open to full extension. 1. Pull both rails out to full extension. install the pullout Remove Phillips screw from each side drawer of rail system. WARNING To avoid electrical shock which can cause severe personal injury or death, disconnect power to refrigerator before removing doors. After replacing 2. Hook door supports into rail tabs, as doors, connect power. illustrated, and
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4. Place end of copper tubing into water MATERIALS NEEDED How to connect the valve inlet port. Shape tubing slightly 1 ➢ Ú4" outer diameter flexible copper DO NOT KINK so that tubing feeds tubing water supply straight into inlet port. 1 ➢ Shut-off valve (requires a Ú4" hole to be WARNING drilled into water supply before valve attachment) To reduce the risk of injury or death, follow basic precautions, ➢ Adjustable wrench including the following: 1 ➢ Ú4" hex nut driver ➢Read all instructions
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Installing your refrigerator, cont. 4. Turn stabilizing legs (C) clockwise 1. Locate refrigerator controls at the top How to level your until firmly against floor. of fresh food compartment and freezer controls at top of freezer section. Set 5. Turn front roller adjustment screws (A) refrigerator both controls to 4. 2 to 3 times counterclockwise, so that If your refrigerator requires an ice maker full weight of unit rests on stabilizing IMPORTANT: Neither section will cool if water supply connec
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About your water filter... INITIAL INSTALL OF WHEN DO I CHANGE THE Water filter removal and WATER FILTER WATER FILTER? 1. Remove blue bypass cap and retain The filter should be changed approxi- installation for later use. mately every 6 months. WARNING IMPORTANT: Condition of water and To avoid serious illness or death, do amount used determines life span of not use unit where water is unsafe or water filter cartridge. If water use is high, of unknown quality without adequate or if water is of
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Fresh food features ➢ To install, insert posts of the shelf FULL-WIDTH SHELF Primary features extension into holes in the shelf frame. (SOME MODELS) ➢ To remove shelves, HOW CAN I CLEAN OUT unhook shelf from MY WATER SUMP? rear ladder assembly Door storage The sump has been designed for easy- and pull out. access cleaning. DAIRY CENTER ➢ To install shelves, insert shelf hooks The cup-style sump can be removed by into rear ladder assembly and lower The dairy center sliding straight up out of the
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To remove and install pantry: Accessories Climate-controlled ➢ To remove draw- er, lift lid and pull drawers GRIP PADS drawer out to full (SOME MODELS) extension. Tilt up HUMIDITY-CONTROLLED The Grip Pads pre- front of pantry and pull straight out. CRISPER DRAWERS vents objects from sliding in ➢ To install, push metal The crisper drawer keeps produce fresh the door bucket. Grip Pads are remov- glide rails to the back longer by providing an environment with able and are top-rack dishwasher safe
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Freezer features Primary features Drawers Accessories AUTOMATIC ICE MAKER PULLOUT DRAWER LOWER BASKET DIVIDER (SOME MODELS) BASKETS (SOME MODELS) (SOME MODELS) (Door assembly of drawer removed from The lower basket divider allows the CAUTION illustration for visual clarity) option to organize the basket area into sections. To avoid property damage, observe the following: ➢ Do not force ice maker arm down or up. ➢ Do not place or store anything in ice storage bin. Using Ice Maker for the First Ti
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Hints and Care How to clean your unit WARNING CAUTION To avoid electrical shock which can To avoid personal injury or property damage, observe the following: cause severe personal injury or death, Read and follow manufacturers directions for all cleaning products. disconnect power to refrigerator before cleaning. After cleaning, con- DO NOT place buckets, shelves or accessories in dishwasher. Cracking or warp- nect power. ing of accessories may result. PART DO NOT USE DO Textured Doors ➢ Ab
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Hints and care, cont. 2. Pack refrigerator and freezer sections What cleaners does Remove and replace including doors with crumpled sheets of black and white newspaper. Amana recommend for my light bulbs 3. Place charcoal briquettes randomly on crumpled newspaper in both freezer stainless steel product? WARNING and refrigerator compartments. Amana has a cleaner available for pur- To avoid electrical shock which can 4. Close doors and let stand 24-48 chase (Part # 31960801) through our cause
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Trouble shooting Todays refrigerators have new features and are more energy efficient. Foam insulation is very energy efficient and has excellent insu- lating capabilities, however, foam insulation is not as sound absorbent. As a result, certain sounds may be unfamiliar. In time, these sounds will become familiar. Please refer to this information before calling service. TOPIC POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION Clicking ➢ Freezer control (A) clicks when ➢ Normal operation starting or stopping compressor. ➢
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Trouble shooting, cont. Operation PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSES WHAT TO DO Freezer control and lights Refrigerator is in defrost mode. Normal operation. Wait 40 minutes to see if refrigerator restarts. are on, but compressor is not operating Crisper drawer Control settings are too low. See section on Crisper drawer to adjust controls. temperature is too warm Freezer controls are set too low. See controls section in Owners Manual on how to adjust your controls. Drawer is improperly positioned. See se
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PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSES WHAT TO DO Crisper drawers do not Contents of drawer, or positioning of items Reposition food items and containers to avoid interference with close freely in the surrounding compartment could be the drawers. obstructing drawer. Drawer is not in proper position. See Crisper drawer section for proper placement. Refrigerator is not level. See How to Level Your Refrigerator for details on how to level your unit. Drawer channels are dirty or need treatment. Clean drawer channe
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Water filter data SYSTEM SPECIFICATION AND PERFORMANCE DATA GENERAL USE SHEET REFRIGERATOR WATER FILTER CARTRIDGE CONDITIONS MODEL WF50 Read this Performance Data Sheet and compare the capabilities of this unit with Specifications your actual water treatment needs. Service Flow Rate (maximum)...............................................0.75 GPM (2.83 L/min) Rated Service Life WF50-NI300 (maximum) .........................300 gallons/1135 liters DO NOT use this product where water Rated Service
