Refrigerator Safety
Your safety is important to us.
This guide contains statements under
warning symbols. Please pay special
attention to these symbols and follow any This symbol alerts you to such dangers
instructions given. Here is a brief explana- as personal injury, burns, fire and
tion of the use of the symbol. electrical shock
To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, or injury when
using your refrigerator, follow these basic precautions:
l Read all instructions before using the l Never allow children to operate, play with,
refrigerator. or crawl inside the refrigerator.
@Child entrapment and suffocation are l Never clean refrigerator parts with
not problems of the past. Junked or flammable fluids. The fumes can create a
abandoned refrigerators are still danger- fire hazard or explosion.
ous . . . even if they will ?just sit in the . FOR YOUR SAFETY.
garage a few days.? DO NOT STORE OR USE GASOLINE OR
If you are getting rii of your old refrig-
OTHER FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND
erator, do it safely. Please read the LIQUIDS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS OR
enclosed safety booklet from the Asso- ANY OTHER APPLIANCE. THE FUMES
ciation of Home Appliance Manufactur- CAN CREATE A FIRE HAZARD OR
ers. Help prevent accidents.
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Please:
l Install and level the refrigerator on a floor l Do not load the refrigerator with food
that will hold the weight and in an area before it has time to get property coM.
suitable for its size and use. l Use the refrigerator only for the uses
l Do not install the refrigerator near an oven, described in this manual.
radiator or other heat source. l Properly maintain the refrigerator.
l Do not use the refrigerator in an area l Be sure the refrigerator is not used by
where the room temperature will fall below anyone unable to operate it properly.
55°F (13°C).
l Keep the refrigerator out of the weather.
l Connect the refrigerator onty to the proper
kind of outlet, with the correct electrical
supply and grounding. (Refer to the
Electriil Requirements and Grounding
Instructions Sheet.)
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