WHIRLPOOL NT17E53GL
Owner's Manual

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reach through the base opening with your front and open end of the condenser. To replace base grille, align spring clips with square opening in cabinet and tap each end until grille locks in place.

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you can remove it and submerge the entire assembly in warm water. Never use hot water. ALWAYS ALLOW GLASS TO WARM UP TO ROOM TEMPERATURE BEFORE IMMERSING IN WARM WATER. OUTSIDE cleaning a glass cantilever shelf, When Wash regularly with mild soap and water. rinse with clear water. Never use abrasive scouring powders, automobile polish or furniture polish. Glass Wax or a similar product will clean and protect the finish satisfactorily, DOOR GASKETS

vacuum cleaner attachment TI_)S clean the SA F]_-_jTy to 1. In case of power failure, minimize door openings. If power failure is of long duration, protect frozen food by placing or check with icelocaltop of the packages, blocks of dry a on frozen foods locker plant about temporary storage, 2. Use the three-pronged plug only with a grounding receptacle to provide protection from electrical shock, 3. Unplug refrigerator before cleaning condenser or replacing light bulb. 4. Remove the doorsfrom out-of-use refrigerator. Preventa child from becoming accidentally trapped and suffocating,

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2. handles phillipsthe door edges. On the Using a from screwdriver, remove the side of the doors that you are going to install the handles, remove the small round screw hole plugs with a table knife and press them into the holes on the opposite side of the doors. Invertthe handles and attach them to the other side of the doors with the same screws. 3. Using a socket screwdriver or end wrench, remove the screws from the upper hinge. Carefully lift the door (including upper hinge) off the center hinge and place it on a padded surfaceto prethat top. inet was between the hinge and the cab4. Using a table knife, pry the plug button of the door. Save the cover for future use. vent scratching.Avoid losing the spacer 5. cover from the plastic bushing at the top Lift the upper hinge and the spacer washers from the door and install them at the opposite corner. 6. Position the plug button cover, saved from step 4, over the old hinge bushing and press it into place. 7. Pry out the 3 plastic plug buttons from opposite corner. the cabinet top and press them into the tom door and center hinge. Carefully lift the lower door off the lower hinge and 8. Lift the on a padded surface. If the metal place it center hinge pin out of the bothinge pin pulls out of the lower hinge when the door is removed, it back into the door bottom and presspull it out of the hinge. 9. from thethe the left Transferthe spacer Remove cabinet. end of the two screws from center hinge and divider bar to the right end. Install the center hinge and spacer on the left end of the divider bar the same way it was installed on the right end. Tighten both screws until they are just snug, then turn them one-half turn more. 10. Pry the plug coverfrom the plasticbushing at the top of the lower door and pressinto the plasticbushing on the op11. Remove the base grille by grasping at both ends and pulling it straight out. 12. Remove the lower hinge and spacer. posite side of the door. Continued On Back

Your door gaskets are vinyl. They may be cleaned with soap and water, a soda solution or with a mild scouring powder, DEFROST PAN Defrost water drains into a shallow pan beneath the cabinet and evaporates.This pan shouldbe cleaned at least once a month with a solution of strong soap and water,

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1. Be sure refrigerator is level and ventilation around front grille is not blocked, -_ To remove the defrost pan, grasp the base grille at both ends and pull it straight out. Slide the pan out from underneath the cabinet, 2. Check door seals occasionally for leakage. Check at various places, top, bottom, sides, 3. Check the temperature; avoid unnecessarily cold settings, 4. Keep freezer full to near capacity, less IU I ///SUPPORT RAILS DEFROST PAN 5. coldhot dishes cool before putting into reLet air is lost during door openings,

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To replace the defrost pan, position the side flanges to fit over slide railsand push it in until it stops. with square opening grille, align and tap each TO replace base in cabinet spring clips end until grille locks in place. CONDENSER Your refrigerator will operate more efficiently when the condenser is clean. It should be cleaned at least twice a year. It can be adequately cleaned through the right front of the base opening. Grasp the base grille at both ends and pull straightout. Then

6. Cover liquids; if uncovered, the unit must work longer, frigerator or freezer. 7. Clean refrigerator condensercoilsat least twice a year.

CHANOINO REVERSIBLE ]_)OORS This refrigerator has been built with the doors hinged on the right. If you wish to hinge the doors on the left, follow these instructions. If it becomes necessaryto return the hinges to the right side, merely transpose all references to "right" and "left" TOOLS REQUIRED

Phillipsscrewdriver End wrench (5/16") _i __=_.__ _ _op_J,D 0E,SE_ -_--B,s_G, Table knife when following these instructions, Hex-head socket screwdriver 15/16") 1. Turn the fresh food control to OFF and remove all food from the interior.