Important Safety Instructions; What You Need To Know - Maytag TM-1 Guia Del Usuario

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

What You Need to Know

About Safety
Instructions
Warning and Important Safety Instruc-
tions appearing in this manual are not
meant to cover all possible conditions
and situations that may occur. Common
sense, caution and care must be exer-
cised when installing, maintaining or
operating this appliance.
Always contact your dealer, distributor,
service agent or manufacturer about
problems or conditions you do not under-
stand.
RECOGNIZE SAFETY
SYMBOLS, WORDS,
LABELS
DANGER
DANGER – Immediate hazards which
WILL result in severe personal injury
or death.
WARNING
WARNING – Hazards or unsafe prac-
tices which COULD result in severe
personal injury or death.
CAUTION
CAUTION – Hazards or unsafe prac-
tices which COULD result in minor
personal injury or product or property
damage.
1
➢
When using your appliance,
always follow basic precautions.
➢ Use the refrigerator only for its intend-
ed purpose.
➢ To prevent possibility of hazard due to
electrical shock, never plug the refrig-
erator into a receptacle which has not
been grounded adequately and in
accordance with the local and national
electrical codes. See
the grounding instructions that follow.
➢ Unplug the refrigerator before clean-
ing or replacing a light bulb.
➢ In case of power failure, minimize door
openings. If the power failure is of a
long duration, protect the food by plac-
ing blocks of dry ice on top of the
packages or check with a local frozen
foods locker about temporary storage.
Frozen foods which have thawed com-
pletely should not be refrozen.
➢ Any electrical service cord that
becomes frayed or damaged should
be immediately repaired or replaced.
Never unplug your appliance by
pulling on the power cord.
➢ Your refrigerator should not be operat-
ed in the presence of explosive fumes.
➢ Children should not climb, hang or
stand on the shelves of this refrigera-
tor.
IMPORTANT: Child entrapment and suf-
focation are not problems of the past.
Junked or abandoned refrigerators are still
dangerous...even if they will sit for "just a
Save These Instructions For Future Reference
WARNING
warning and
few days." If you are getting rid of your old
refrigerator, please follow the instructions
below to help prevent accidents.
➢ Take off the doors.
➢ Leave the
shelves in
place so
that child-
ren may
not easily
climb in-
side.
WARNING
➢ This appliance is designed to
operate on a normal 115 volt, 15
amp, 60 cycle line. There should
be a separate, grounded circuit
serving this appliance only. Do
not use an extension cord. Do
not use any device that will alter
the electrical performance of this
appliance.
This appliance is equipped with a three-
pronged grounding plug for your protec-
tion against possible electrical shock haz-
ards. It must be plugged into a grounding
receptacle. Where a standard two-prong
wall receptacle is encountered, it is the
personal responsibility and obligation of
the customer to have it replaced with a
properly grounded three-prong wall
receptacle. Do not under any circum-
stances, cut or remove the third (ground)
prong from the power cord. Do not use an
adapter plug.
POWER SUPPLY CORD
WITH 3-PRONG
POWER SUPPLY CORD
WITH 3-PRONG
GROUNDING PLUG
GROUNDING PLUG
GROUNDING TYPE
GROUNDING TYPE
WALL RECEPTACLE
WALL RECEPTACLE