WHIRLPOOL RB17KN-0A
Owner's Manual

SAFETY

TIPS

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

5. Lift the upper hinge and the specer weshets 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 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 bottom end press it back into the hinge.

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If you will be gone for a month or less, leave the control knob at its usual setting, During longer absences, (a) remove all food. (b) disconnect from electrical outlet, (c) clean the refrigerator thoroughly, including defrost pan, (d) leave doorsopen to prevent odor formation.

from the the center Transfer the two Remove cabinet. hinge and spacer 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 both screws until they are just snug, then turn them one-half turn more.

10. Pry the plug cover from the plastic bushing at the top of the lower door and Ixses into the plastic bushing on the Op-

CHANGING
REVERSIBLE 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 pose all references to "right"merely "'left'" the hingestO the right side, and trans-

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1,. Remove the base griiie graspingat both ends and pulling it by straight out 12. Remove the lower hinge and spacer. 13. wise 90 ° andlower hinge counterclockRotate the install it (including spacer} to the left leg of the cabinet. _ _[..] / _K_ [--]

TOOLS REQUIRED when following these instructions. End wrench (5/16") Hex-hesd socket screwdriver (5/16") Phillips screwdriver Putty knife CHANGING DOORS 1. Turn the fresh food control to OFF,unplug the refrigeratorandremoveall foodfromthe interior. 2. Remove the handlesfrom the doors and set aside. On 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, 3. Using a socket screwdriver or end wrench, remove the screws from the upper hinge, Carefully 1if1the door (including upper hinge) off the center hinge and place it on a padded surface to prevent scratching. Avoid losing the spacer that was between the hingeand the cabinet top.

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NOTE: It will take extta effort to install the screws. The screws are self tapping and will have to cut threads in the screw holes.

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. Remove the door stops (metal plates) on the bottom of each door and install them on opposite sides. Pressin the plug buttons in the holes on the right side of both doors. 16. Set the lower door on the bottom hinge, making sure the hinge pin enters the bushing in the door bottom.