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
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