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Refrigerator Saféty
Your safety is important to us.
This guide contains statements under
warning symbols. Please pay special
attention to these symbols and follow any
instructions given. Here is a brief explana
tion of the use of the symbol.
^WARNING
This symbol alerts you to such dangers
as personal injury, burns, fire and
electrical shock.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
^WARNING
To reduce the risk of fire, eiectricai shock, or injury when
using your refrigerator, foliow these basic precautions:
• Read all instructions before using the
refrigerator.
• Child entrapment and suffocation are
not problems of the past. Junked or
abandoned refrigerators are still danger
ous ... even if they will ‘‘just sit in the
garage a few days.”
If you are getting rid of your old refrig
erator, do it safely. Please read the
enclosed safety booklet from the
Association of Home Appliance Manu
facturers. Help prevent accidents.
• Never allow children to operate, play with,
or crawl inside the refrigerator.
• Never clean refrigerator parts with
flammable fluids. The fumes can create a
fire hazard or explosion.
• FOR YOUR SAFETY •
DO NOT STORE OR USE GASOLINE OR
OTHER FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND
LIQUIDS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS OR
ANY OTHER APPLIANCE. THE FUMES
CAN CREATE A FIRE HAZARD OR
EXPLOSION.
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Please:
• Install and level the refrigerator on a floor
that will hold the weight and in an area
suitable for its size and use.
• Do not install the refrigerator near an oven,
radiator or other heat source.
• Do not use the refrigerator in an area
where the room temperature will fall below
55‘>F(13“C).
• Keep the refrigerator out of the weather.
• Connect the refrigerator only to the proper
kind of outlet, with the correct electrical
supply and grounding. (Refer to the
Electrical Requirements and Grounding
Instructions Sheet.)
' Do not load the refrigerator with food
before it has time to get properly cold.
' Use the refrigerator only for the uses
described in this manual.
' Properly maintain the refrigerator.
> Be sure the refrigerator is not used by
anyone unable to operate it properly.