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Safety instructions
To minimize the risk of
fi
re in a tumble
dryer, the following should be observed:
• Items that have been spotted or soaked
with vegetable or cooking oil constitute a
fi
re hazard and should not be placed in a
tumble dryer.Oil-a
ff
ected items can ignite
spontaneously, especially when exposed to
heat sources such as in a tumble dryer.
The items become warm, causing an
oxidation reaction in the oil. Oxidation
creates heat. If the heat cannot escape, the
items can become hot enough to catch
fi
re.
Piling, stacking or storing oil-a
ff
ected items
can prevent heat from escaping and so
create a
fi
re hazard. If it is unavoidable that
fabrics that contain vegetable or cooking
oil or have been contaminated by hair care
products be placed in a tumble dryer they
should
fi
rst be washed in hot water with
extra detergent - this will reduce, but not
eliminate, the hazard. The ’cool down’ cycle
of tumble dryers should be used to reduce
the temperature of the items. They should not
be removed from the tumble dryer or piled or
stacked while hot.
• Items that have been previously cleaned in,
washed in, soaked in or spotted with petrol/
gasoline, dry-cleaning solvents or other
fl
ammable or explosive substances should
not be placed in a tumble dryer. Highly
fl
ammable substances commonly used in
domestic environments include acetone,
denatured alcohol, petrol/gasoline, kerosene,
spot removers (some brands), turpentine,
waxes and wax removers.
• Items containing foam rubber (also known
as latex foam) or similarly textured rubberlike
materials should not be dried in a tumble
dryer on a heat setting. Foam rubber
materials can, when heated, produce
fi
re by
spontaneous combustion.
• Fabric softeners or similar products should
not be used in a tumble dryer to eliminate
the e
ff
ects of static electricity unless this
practice is speci
fi
cally recommended by
the manufacturer of the fabric softener or
product.
• Undergarments that contain metal
reinforcements should not be placed in a
tumbledryer. Damage to the tumble dryer
can result if metal reinforcements come
loose during drying. When available a drying
rack could be used for such items.
• Plastic articles such as shower caps or
babies’ waterproof napkin covers should not
be placed in a tumble dryer. Rubber-backed
articles, clothes
fi
tted with foam rubber pads,
pillows, galoshes and rubber-coated tennis
shoes should not be placed in a tumble
dryer.
Vented dryers
• There has to be adequate ventilation to avoid
the back
fl
ow of gases into the room from
appliances burning other fuels, including
open
fi
res, when operating the tumble dryer.
• The exhaust air must not be discharged into
a
fl
ue which is used for exhausting fumes
from appliances burning gas or other fuels.
CAUTION!
Air from the tumble dryer must not be fed
through ducts used for equipment that burns
gas or other fuels.
