WHIRLPOOL RB15HA-1P
Owner's Manual

ENERGY FOR EFFICIENT

TIPS ENERGY USE.

3 wrench,e remove the screws from or end Using socket screwdriver the upper hinge. Carefully lift the door (including upper hinge) off the center hinge and place it on a padded surface to prevent scratching.Avoid losingthe spacer that was between the hingeand the cabinst top. 4. Using a putty knife, pry the plug button coverfrom the plasticbushingat the top ofthedoor. Savethecoverforfutureusa. 6. Lift the upper hinge and the spacer washers from the door and install them at the opposite corner. 5. Position the plug button cover, saved from step 4, over the old hinge bushing and pressit into p_ace, 7. Pry out the 3 plastic plug buttons from the cabinet top and press them into the opposite corner. 8. Lift the center hinge pin out of the bottom door and center hinge. Carefully lift the lower door off the lower hinge and place it on a padded surface. If the metal hinge pin pulls out of the lower hinge when the door is removed, pull it out of the door buttom and pressit back into the hinge, 9. Remove the center hinge and spacer from the cabinet. Transfer the two screws from the left end of the 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 then turn them one-half turn more.snug, both screws until they are just 10. Pry the plug cover from the plastic bushing at the top of the lower door and press into the plastic bushing on the opposite side of the door. 11 Remove the base grille by grasping at both ends and pulling it straight out. 12 Remove the lower hinge and spacer. 13. Rotate the lower hinge counterclockwise 90° and install it (including spacer) to the left leg of the cabinet, NOTE: It will take extra effort to install the screws. The screws are self tapping and wil_havetocutthreadsinthescrewholes.

17. While holding the center hingea pin that position, take the door in closed was removed in step 8, and insert it through the left hole of the center hinge and into the bottom door bushing. Make sure the long pin goes into the bottom door and the short pin goes into the top door. 18. Set the upper door on the center hinge, making sure the hinge pin enters the door bushing. When you close this door, the gasket should ho(d it in place. 19. Making sure to use the same number of spacers that were originally used beneath the upper hinge, install the hinge mounting screws. Before tightof the door is leve_ with the cabinet ening these screws, make sure the top top, and the space between the door is equidistant across the entire front. Tighten over-tightening these screws. Avoid both until they are just snug, then turn them in another one-half turn. 20. Examine the door gasket all around each door, making sure no gaps are visible between the gasket and cabinet. If a gap shows, try stretching the gasket away from the door so the magnet will contact the cabinet surface. 21. Usinga phillips screwdriver, remove the screws that attach the nameplate and insert to the handles and install them on the opposite handles as shown. 22. Invert the handles and install on oppcsite sides of the doors as shown.

1. Be sure refrigerator is level and ventilation around front grille is not blocked, 2. Check door seals occasionally for leakage. Check at various places, top, buttom, sides. 3. Check the temperature; avoid unnecessarily cold settings, 4. Keep freezer full to near capacity, less cold air is lost during door openings, 5. Let hot dishescool before putting into reftigerator or freezer, 6. Cover liquids; if uncovered, the unit must work longer. 7. Clean refrigerator condensercoilsat least twice a year. SAFETY TIPS

1. In case of power failure, minimize door openings. (f power failure is of long duration, protect frozen food by placing blocks of dry ice on top of the packages, or check with a local frozen foods locker plant about temporary storage. 2. Use the three-pronged plug only with a propedygrounded three-prongedreceptacle to provideprotectionfrom electrical shock, Do not use an adapter plug or extension cord. 3. Unplugrefrigerator beforecleaningthe interior, the condenseror replacinglight bulb. 4. Remove the doors from out-of-use refrigerator. Prevent a child from becoming accidentally trapped and suffocating,

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CHANGING

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DOORS 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 necessary to return the hinges to the right side, merely trans when following these instructions,

23. To replace the base grille, line up itsspring clipswith the square openings in the cabinet and tap each end in until the grille locks in place. 24. Replace all food and return the fresh tion.

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Phillips screwdriver End wrench (5/16") Hex-head socket screwdriver (5/16") poseallreferencesto"right'and"left'" Putty knife CHANGING BOORS 1. Turnthe fresh food control to OFF,unplug the refrigerator andremoveall foodfromthe interior. 2. Remove the handles from the doors and you are On the install the hunthat set aside.going toside of the doors dies, remove the small round screw hole plugs with a table knife and press them into the holes on the opposite side of the doors, ____,__ 14. Pull the metal hinge pin from the side of the lower hinge and place it, including the spacer washer, into the top hole. 15. Pry out the two screw hole plug buttons on the bottom left side of the top door and lower door. Press in the plug buttons in the both doors. holes on the right side of 16. Set the lower door on the bottom hinge, making sure the hinge pin enters the bushing in the door bottom.

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UNNECESSARY SERVICE food control to its usual operating poemCALLS BEFORECALLINGA TECHNICIAN, CHECK THE FOLLOWING LIST FOR POSSIBLE TROUBLES THAT YOU CAN REMEDY WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. NOISY OPERATION � Fan noise--normal air flow. � Defrost pan not positioned correctly � Cabinet not level. � Weak floor. � Dishes rattling against each other