USING YOUR

REFRIGERATOR

Ensuring Proper Air Circulation

In order to ensure proper temperatures, you need to permit air to flow between the two sections. Cold air enters the bottom of the freezer section and moves up. It then enters the refrigerator section through the top vent. Air then returns to the freezer as shown.

Do not block any of these vents with food such as soda, cereal, bread, etc. If the vents are blocked, airflow will be prevented and the temperature controls will not function properly.

IMPORTANT: Because air circulates between both sections, any odors formed in one section will transfer to the other. You must thoroughly clean both sections to eliminate odors. To prevent odor transfer from food, wrap or cover foods tightly.

Setting the Controls

For your convenience, your refrigerator controls are preset at the factory. When you first install your refrigerator, make sure that the controls are still preset. The Refrigerator Control and the Freezer Control should both be at the “mid-settings” as shown in the illustrations below.

Style 1

setting make the temperature less cold. Settings to the right of the mid-setting make the temperature colder.

The Freezer Control adjusts the freezer compartment temperature. Settings to the left of the mid-setting make the temperature less cold. Settings to the right of the mid-setting make the temperature colder.

Give your refrigerator time to cool down completely before adding food. It is best to wait 24 hours before you put food into the refrigerator.

IMPORTANT: If you add food before the refrigerator has cooled completely, your food may spoil. Adjusting the Refrigerator and

Freezer Controls to a higher (colder) than recommended setting will not cool the compartments any faster.

Adjusting Control Settings

Give the refrigerator time to cool down completely before adding food. It is best to wait 24 hours before you put food into the refrigerator. The settings indicated in the previous section should be correct for normal household refrigerator usage. The controls are set correctly when milk or juice is as cold as you like and when ice cream is firm.

If you need to adjust temperatures in the refrigerator or freezer, use the settings listed in the chart below as a guide. Wait at least 24 hours between adjustments.

 

 

RECOMMENDED

CONDITION/REASON:

ADJUSTMENT:

 

 

REFRIGERATOR section

Adjust

too warm

REFRIGERATOR

Door opened often

Control one setting

higher

Large amount of food added

For Style 1 controls

 

 

Room temperature very warm

only: after adjusting

 

 

control, wait 24

 

 

hours and then

 

 

check the FREEZER

 

 

temperature

Air vent blocked by items

Move packages out

 

 

of airstream

 

 

FREEZER section too warm/ice

Adjust FREEZER

not made fast enough

Control one setting

Door opened often

higher

 

Large amount of food added

Very cold room temperature (can’t cycle often enough)

Heavy ice usage

NOTE: Your product will not cool when the REFRIGERATOR Control is set to OFF.

Style 2

REFRIGERATOR section too cold

Controls not set correctly for your conditions

Adjust

REFRIGERATOR Control one setting lower

For Style 1 controls only: after adjusting control, wait 24 hours and then check the FREEZER temperature

NOTE: Your product will not cool when the FREEZER Control is set to OFF.

The Refrigerator Control adjusts the refrigerator compartment temperature. Settings to the left of the mid-

FREEZER section too cold

Adjust FREEZER

Controls not set correctly for your

Control one setting

lower

conditions

 

 

 

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Whirlpool CS22AEXHN02, CS22AEXHW02, 2211602 Using Your Refrigerator, Ensuring Proper Air Circulation, Setting the Controls