Whirlpool ECKMF94 Installation Guide - Page 6

Installing, the Ice Maker - ice maker for

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Installing the Ice Maker Making preparations Refer to the illustration below for the following steps. 1. Carefully pull the refrigerator away from the wall so that you can easily access the rear panel. Electrical Shock Hazard I Unplug the refrigerator's power cord from the AC wall outlet. Failure to do so could result in death or serious injury. IMPORTANT: If you have a side-by-side model refrigerator-freezer, be careful when you open the freezer door to work inside that you do not force the door against the stop at the bottom of the door. If you bend the stop, the door will not close properly. 2.On appliances with a top or a bottom freezer, open the freezer door and remove all of the food items from inside the freezer compartment. For side-by-side units, you should only have to remove food items from the top half of the freezer section. This should give you enough room to access the areas to install the ice maker. 3.On an appliance with a bottom freezer, remove the slide-out basket, the ice cube trays, and the wire ice cube holder (if necessary, refer to your "Use and Care Guide" for the procedure). Set these items aside. On top-mount models without a full-width freezer shelf, remove the ice tray shelf. Place the shelf aside, as you will use it later to support the ice bucket. If you have a side-by-side model refrigerator, proceed to "Side-by-side models" on page 7. If you have a refrigerator with a top or a bottom freezer, proceed to "Top/ bottom freezer models" on page 9. NOTE: The work area for all three model refrigerator-freezers is shown in DETAIL A below. YDETNLA\ Rear wall I RBar wall \ Rear wall 9 Power \ cpolrud g=_I' . receptacle receptacle ly P>wer cord \: plug ant K receptac lop freezer model Bottom freezer model Sk&by-eide model Work areas on the three model refrigerator-freezers

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Installing
the Ice Maker
Making
preparations
Refer to the illustration below for the
following steps.
1. Carefully pull the refrigerator away from
the wall so that you can easily access the
rear panel.
Electrical
Shock Hazard
I
Unplug the refrigerator’s power cord from
the AC wall outlet.
Failure to do so could result in death or
serious injury.
you open the freezer door to work inside that
IMPORTANT: If you have a side-by-side
model refrigerator-freezer, be careful when
3.On an appliance with
a
bottom freezer,
remove the slide-out basket, the ice cube
trays, and the wire ice cube holder (if
necessary, refer to your “Use and Care
Guide” for the procedure). Set these items
aside.
bottom freezer models” on page 9.
On top-mount models without a full-width
freezer shelf, remove the ice tray shelf.
Place the shelf aside, as you will use it
later to support the ice bucket.
If you have
a
side-by-side model refrigera-
tor, proceed to “Side-by-side models” on
page 7. If you have a refrigerator with a top
or a bottom freezer, proceed to “Top/
you do not force the door against the stop at
the bottom of the door. If you bend the stop,
the door will not close properly.
2.On appliances with a top or a bottom
freezer, open the freezer door and remove
all of the food items from inside the freezer
compartment.
For side-by-side units, you should only
have to remove food items from the top half
of the freezer section. This should give you
enough room to access the areas to install
NOTE: The work area for all three model
refrigerator-freezers is shown in DETAIL A
below.
YDETNLA\
the ice maker.
Rear wall
9
Power
\
cord
plug
=I
_ .
receptacle
receptacle
I
RBar wall
\
ly
P>wer
cord
\:
plug ant
receptac
Rear wall
K
lop
freezer
model
Bottom
freezer
model
Sk&by-eide
model
Work areas on the three model
refrigerator-freezers