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Installation Instructions
Proper installation will ensure that this refrigerator
operates most efficiently. Amana cannot be responsible
for improper installation.
Space Requirements
!
WARNING
Keep flammable materials and vapors, such as
gasoline, away from refrigerator. Failure to do so can
result in death, explosion, fire, or burns.
• To ensure proper ventilation for your refrigerator, allow
a 1" (2.5 cm) space at the top of your refrigerator.
• If your refrigerator has an ice maker, make sure you
allow extra space at the back for the water line
connection. The refrigerator can be flush with the back
wall if you do not have an ice maker installed.
• If you are installing your refrigerator next to a fixed wall,
leave 2
1
/2" (6.5 cm) minimum on each side (depending
on your model) to allow the door to swing open 90°.
NOTE: Do not install the refrigerator near an oven,
radiator, or other heat source, nor in a location where the
temperature will fall below 55°F (13° C).
Leveling Refrigerator
!
CAUTION
To avoid property damage, protect soft vinyl or other
flooring with cardboard, rugs, or other protective
material when moving refrigerator. Make sure
stabilizing leg is raised before moving refrigerator.
Raise stabilizing leg by turning counterclockwise.
Some installations may require door reversal to achieve
full door swing. If so proceed to
Door Reversal
section
before leveling your refrigerator.
If your refrigerator requires ice maker water supply
connection, proceed to
Connect Ice Maker Water Supply
section before leveling your refrigerator.
1. Plug in power cord.
2. Move refrigerator into final location.
3. Level refrigerator using a level placed on top of the
refrigerator.
• Remove toe grille. Remove bottom hinge cover if
refrigerator has a stabilizing leg.
• Turn
3
/8" hex head roller adjustment screws to raise
or lower refrigerator cabinet. Front of refrigerator
must be
1
/4" (6 mm), or
1
/2 bubble on your level,
higher than the back of refrigerator.
• Make sure refrigerator cabinet is level from side to
side by adjusting left and right roller adjustment
screw. Turn stabilizing leg (some models)
clockwise until firmly against floor.
A
B
C
A. Roller adjustment screw B. Stabilizing leg (some models)
C. Bottom hinge cover
Leveling refrigerator
Door Reversal
!
WARNING
To avoid electrical shock which can cause severe
personal injury or death, disconnect power to
refrigerator before removing doors. After replacing
doors, connect power.
Tools Required
Putty knife (blade covered with masking tape)
9
/32" hex nut driver (some models)
3
/8" hex nut driver
Phillips screwdriver
Blade screwdriver
Some installations require door reversal to achieve full
door swing. To reverse door swing perform the following
steps:
1. Remove and reverse refrigerator and freezer handles
performing the following steps:
IMPORTANT: To prevent scratching refrigerator surfaces,
blade of screwdriver and putty knife called for in steps
following must be covered with masking tape.
• Remove end caps from top (some models) and
bottom of refrigerator door handle using a
screwdriver with blade covered in masking tape (see
illustration following). Remove one bottom and two
top handle screws to remove handle.