Refrigerator Safety
Your safety is important to us.
This guide contains statements under warning sym- bols. Please pay special attention to these symbols and follow any instructions given. Here is a brief explanation of the use of the warning symbol.
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This symbol alerts you to such dangers as fire, electrical shock, burns, and personal injury.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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•Read all instructions before using the refrigerator.
•Child entrapment and suffocation are not problems of the past. Junked or abandoned refrigerators are still dangerous … even if they will “just sit in the garage a few days.”
If you are getting rid of your old refrigerator, do it safely. Please read the enclosed safety booklet from the Association of Home Appliance Manufac- turers. 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 ground- ing. (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.
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