Microwave Oven Model MW82OOXL1

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COPY Your Model and Serial Numbers Here If you need service, or call with a question, have this Model Number information ready: Serrol Number 1. Complete Model and Serial Numbers (from the plate just behind the microwave oven door on the oven frame). 2 Purchase date from sales slip (or date installed). Purchase:lnstallation Dole Copy this information in these spaces. Keep this book, your warranty and sales slip together in a handy place. Serwce Company and Phone Number Contents Page Page Responslbllltles ...... 2 Important Information . . . . . 6 Installation ...... How Microwave Ovens Work 8 ‘Proper, Safe Use ...... : Replacing the Light Bulb . 9 Precautions to Avoid Possi t >le Buildlng In Your Microwave Oven . 9 Exposure to Excessive If You Need Service or Assistance. IO Microwave Energy ...... 3 1. Before Calling For Assistance. 10 Using Your Microwave Oven ...... ,. . 4 2. If You Need Assistance t 0 Setting the Controls ...... 4 3. If You Need Service . . 10 Defrosting ...... 5 4. IfYouHaveaProblem . 10 Cleaning the Microwave C)ven 5

Your responsibilities.. . Fill out and return the “MIcrowave Reglstratlon Card”attached to the oven door.

Installation

1. Empty the microwave 2. Put the oven on a cart, 3. Do not block vents oven and clean inside it with counter, table or shelf that is on the oven. a soft, damp cloth. strong enough to hold the Blocklng vents can cause oven. (The control side of the poor cooking results. unit is the heavy side. Handllng can be tricky.)

4. For your safety, thlr oven must be 6. Fill out and return the “MIcrowave Regls- grounded. DO NOT REMOVE THE THIRD PRONG tratlon Card’lattached to the oven door. If FROM THE PLUG. You must have a qualified the card is missing, please send the model electrician put in the right outlet if yours does and serial number of your microwave oven, not have the J-prong plug-in, or if the outlet with your name and address to... is not grounded according to National Electri- Whirlpool Corporation cal Codes and local codes or ordinances. Microwave Registration Department The outlet must supply 120 volts, 60 Hz., AC. Administrative Center When the oven is on, it will use about 1450 2000 U.S. 33 North watts. It should not share a circuit with another Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 appliance. This information will help us reach you if there is ever a need to pass along information 5. Put about one cup (250 mL) of cold water about your microwave oven. in a glass container in the oven. Close the door. Make sure it locks. Follow the directions on page 4 to set the oven to COOK for 1% minutes. When the time is up, the water should be heated. 2 Your mlcrowave must be... l Installed according to the installation l Used only by people who can operate it instructions. properly. l Protected from the weather. l Kept clean and in good repair. l Used only for jobs expected of home micro- wave ovens.

DO NOT cook or reheat whole eggs in the micro- wave oven. Steam build- up can cause an egg to DO NOT use the oven NEVER start the oven burst. Damage to the oven until you have read and when it’s empty. The or injury to the user may understand ALL the oven can be damaged. result. information on safe use. Usifhg your fnkrowave oven

Mlcrowave Oven Controls

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Cook Power Selector

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Slgnal Light

SETTING THE CONTROLS Be sure you understand the basics of microwave oven cooking before you start. Startwith recipes from your MICRO MENUS Cookbook. Follow the directions carefully. NEVER START THE OVEN WHEN IT’S EMPTY. The oven can be damag~ed. For testing, use at least a cup of water.

Be sure you have read and 2. Close the door. Make on. Turn counterclock- understand the dlrectlons. sure it locks. The oven wise to reduce time. won’t work if the door isn’t Each mark is 15 sec- 1. Put food in the oven. closed tightly. onds for the first 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, 3. Set cooking times up to each mark is 1 minute. To set timer for less 35 minutes by turning the timer knob clockwise. than 1 minute, turn timer The oven light will come past 1 minute then to desired time. 4. Set Cook Power to 5. Push the START Button. The 6. When the set time is up, desired setting from HI to oven light will stay on. the oven will shut off auto- LO. Some recipes require You will hear a fan run- matically. You will hear different Cook Powers ning during oven a bell, the lightwill go off for best results. [See operation. and the fan will stop. chart.] The lower the Cook Power, the slower the cooking. -COOK POWER CHART- TO STOP THE OVEN DEFROSTING Recipes In the MICRO MENUS* Cookbook 1. Turn the timer knob coun- For defrosting, set Cook use Cook Power settings terclockwise to 0. Power Control to DEFROST from HI to LO. Recipes OR (MED-LO) setting. See the in other books and Defrost Guide inside the oven magazines may use 2. Open the oven door. door or your MICRO MENUS different percentages of Cookbook for suggested cooking power. The defrost times. following chart will be TO RESTART THE OVEN Tmk. helpful: HI-lOO%offull 1. Close the oven door. power 2. Set timer (if needed). To MED-HI - 70% of full set timer for less than 1 power minute, turn timer past 1 MED- SO% of full minute then to desired power time. MED-LO - 30% of full (DEFROST) power 3. Push the START Button. LO- 15% of full power

CLEANING THE MICR- UVEN

Wipe often with warm sudsy For stubborn soil, boil a cup Be sure to clean the areas water and a soft cloth or of water in the oven for 2 or 3 where the door and oven sponge. minutes. Steam will soften frame touch when closed the soil. Rinse well.

Do not use abrasive cleaners or steel wool pads. IMPORTANT INFORMAIION Before YOU start using your microwave oven, read this section carefully. This informati&n will hetp yo;&oid damage to your oven

Metalllc Trlm

Cooking in metal containers To test a dish for safe use, put it NEVER COOK OR REHEATA can damage the oven. So into the oven with a cup of WHOLE EGG. Slice hard can containers with hldden water beslde it. Cook on high boiled eggs before metal (twist-ties, foil-lining, Cook Power for one minute. heating. Steam build-up in staples, metallic glaze or It the dish gets hot and the whole eggs may cause trim). Test dinnerware or cook- water stays cool, do not them to burst and possibly ware before using. use It. damage the oven.

Paper can char or burn, NEVER start a microwave Don’t let anything touch and some plastics can oven when it’s empty. The the top of the oven cavity melt if used when heating oven can be damaged. If foods for more than 4 you experiment, put a minutes. container of water in the oven. Rough or harsh cleaners DO NOT store things in the Overcooking some foods can scratch or dull the can cause them to scorch oven finish. DO NOT USETHEM. or flame...especially foods like potatoes, popcorn, snacks, etc. See the MICRO MENUS’ Cookbook. -Tmk

Make popcorn only in Liquids heated in certain Do NOT OVERCOOK poppers designed for use containers may overheat. POTATOES. At the end of the in microwave ovens. The liquid may then splash recommended cooking Follow popper directions. out with a loud noise. This time they should be Results are the popper does not harm the oven, slightly firm. Wrap in foil manufacturer’s but you should not use and set aside for 5 minutes. responsibility. such containers to heat They will finish cooking liquids again. while standing.

USE HOT PADS. Microwave Follow MICRO MENUS* It is normal for the inside of energy does not heat Cookbook directions the oven door to look wavy containers, but the hot carefully. If using a after the oven has been run- food does. different cookbook, you ning for a while. may need to experiment with times and Cook It is normal for the signal Powers. lights to flicker while the microwave oven is on. volx! ’ l Double-check all settings.

l Use the oven only for defrosting, cooking or v reheating. If your electric power line voltage is less than the normal 120 volts, cooking times may be longer. HOW MICROWWE OVENS WORK Microwave ovens are safe. Microwave energy is not hot. It causes food to make its own heat, and it’s this heat that cooks the food.

-1 Ceramic Bottom

Oven’Cavlty Metal Floor Microwaves are like TV A magnetron in the micro- The ceramic bottom of your waves or light waves. You wave oven produces microwave oven lets micro- can’t see them, but you can microwaves. The microwaves waves through. Then they see what thev do move into the oven where bounce off a metal floor, they are scattered or stirred back through the ceramic by a mode mixer (like a fan]. bottom and are absorbed by Microwaves bounce off the food. metal oven walls and are absorbed by food.

Microwaves pass through Microwaves may not reach The microwaves disturb glass, paper and plastic the center of a roast. The heat water molecules in the food. without heating them so food around the outside is what As the molecules bounce absorbs the energy. Micro- cooks the roast all the way around bumping into each waves bounce off metal pans through. This is one of the other, heat is made, like rub- so food does not absorb the reasons for letting some bing your hands together. energy. foods (roasts, baked pota- This is the heat that cooks toes] stand for a while after cooking, or for stirring some foods during the cooking time. 1. Unplug the power cord 2. Remove holding screw on access panel. 3. Remove the light bulb from its socket. 4. Replace bulb wrth a 40. watt appliance bulb. It Bulb 5. Replace the access panel and holding screw. Access Panel Screw 6. Plug in the power cord

Building tn your miaowave oven Your microwave’oven is not limited to carts, counters or tables. Custom installations are made easy with kits available from Your dealer.

1. Build the microwave 2. Attach the microwave 3. Put the microwave oven oven into a cabinet or oven to a wall by itself or on the MICRO SHELF. wall by itself or over with cabinets over it Hood over a cooktop. The built-in single ovens in hood is available ducted the Whirlpool RDE, REE, or as a recirculating RGE, RB and SB model hood, and includes cook- series or Imperial 7200 top lights. single gas ovens.

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-Tmk. Ifyou need service or assistance, we suggest you follow these four stem:

1 l Before calling for assistance.. . 3 l If you need service * . . . Performance problems often result from Whirlpool has a little things you can find and fix yourself with- - nationwide net- out tools of any kind. work of franchised If nothlng operates: l Is the oven correctly plugged into a live circuit with the proper voltage? (See page 2.) l Have you checked the main fuse or circuit breaker box? If the mlcrowave oven will not run: warranty service, anywhere in the United l Is the timer set? States. To locate TECH-CARE service in your l Is the door firmly closed and latched? area, call our CCCL-LINE service assistance l Did you push START? telephone number (see Step 2) or look in your l Did you follow the directions on pages 4 telephone directory Yellow Pages under: and 5 exactly? APPLIANCES-HOUSEHOLD- ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES- If mlcrowave cooklng tlmes seem too long: MAJOR-SERVICE 6 REPAIR MAJOR-REPAIRING A P*RTS l Is the electric supply to your home low or WHIRLPOOL APPLIANCES OR WHIRLPOOLAPPLIANCES lower than normal? Your electric company FRANCHISED TECH-CARE SERVICE FRANCHISED TECH-CARE SERVICE can tell you if the line voltage is low. SERVICE COMPA,VIES SERVICE (‘OMPANIES XYZ SERVICE CO XYZ SERVICE CO l Is the Cook Power at the recommended 123 Maple 999.9999 123 Maple 999.9999 setting? OR l Are you allowing for more time when cook- WASHING MACHINES. DRYERS ing more food at one time? 6 IRONERS-SERVICING

WHIRLPOOL APPLIANCES FRANCHISED TECH-CARE SERVICE SERVICE COMPA.VIES 2 l If you need assistance’. . . XYZ SERVICE CO 123 Made 999-9999 Call the Whlrlpool CCCL-LINE n service as- slstance telephone number. Dlal free from: Contlnental U.S...... (800) 253-1301 Mlchlgan ...... (600) 632-2243 4 l Ifyouhaveaprobfem”... Alaska 6 Hawall ...... (800) 253-l 121 and talk with one of our trained Consultants. Call our CCCL-LINE service assistance tele- The Consultant can instruct you in how to ob- phone number (see Step 2) and talk with one tain satisfactory operation from your appli- of our Consultants, or if you prefer, write to: ance or, if service is necessary, recommend a Mr. Guy Turner, Vice President qualified service company in your area. Whirlpool Corporation Administrative Center 2000 US-33 North Benton Harbor, Ml 49022

If you must call orwrite, please provide: model number, serial number, date of purchase, and a complete description of the problem. This information is needed in order to better re- spond to your request for assistance.

10 Notes FSP is a registered trademark of Whirlpool Corporation for quality parts. look for this FSP symbol of quality whenever you need a replacement part ’ for your Whirlpool appliance. 0 FSP replacement parts will fit right and work right, because they are made to the same exacting specifications used to build every new Whirlpool appliance.

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