Electrolux EFLS210TIS, Use & Care Manual

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Important Safety Instructions
Definitions
This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to
alert you to potential personal injury hazards.
Obey all safety messages that follow this
symbol to avoid possible injury or death.
Recognize Safety Symbols, Words
and Labels
Safety items throughout this manual are
labeled with a WARNING or CAUTION based
on the risk type as described below:
IMPORTANT
Indicates installation, operation, or
maintenance information which is important
but not hazard-related.
CAUTION
CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous
situation which, if not avoided, may result in
minor or moderate injury.
WARNING
WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous
situation which, if not avoided, could result
in death or serious injury.
DANGER
DANGER indicates an imminently hazardous
situation which, if not avoided, will result in
death or serious injury.
WARNING
Please read all instructions before using this
dryer.
Prevent Fire
• DO NOT dry items that have been previously
cleaned in, soaked in, or spotted with
gasoline, cleaning solvents, kerosene, waxes,
or other flammable or explosive substances.
DO NOT store these items on or near the
dryer. These substances give off vapors that
could ignite or explode.
• DO NOT place items exposed to cooking oils
in your dryer. Items contaminated with cooking
oils may contribute to a chemical reaction that
could cause a load to catch fire. To reduce the
risk of fire due to contaminated loads, the final
part of a tumble dryer cycle occurs without
heat (cool down period). Avoid stopping a
tumble dryer before the end of the drying
cycle unless all items are quickly removed and
spread out so that the heat is dissipated.
• DO NOT dry articles containing rubber, plastic
or similar materials such as bras, galoshes,
bath mats, rugs, bibs, baby pants, plastic
bags and pillows that may melt or burn.
Some rubber materials, when heated, can
under certain circumstances produce fire by
spontaneous combustion.
• DO NOT dry items containing feathers or
down, foam rubber, plastics similarly textured,
rubber-like materials.
• DO NOT operate the dryer if the lint screen
is blocked, damaged or missing. Fire hazard,
overheating and damage to fabrics can occur.
WARNING
FIRE HAZARD
Clean the lint screen before or after each
load. The interior of the dryer, lint screen
housing and exhaust duct should be cleaned
approximately every 18 months by qualified
service personnel. An excessive amount of
lint build-up in these areas could result in
inefficient drying and possible fire. See Care
and Cleaning.
WARNING
RISK OF FIRE
To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock,
or injury to persons when using this dryer,
comply with the basic warnings listed below.
Failure to comply with the Important Safety
Instruction warnings could result in property
damage, serious personal injury, or death.
• DO NOT obstruct the flow of ventilating air.
DO NOT stack or place laundry or throw rugs
against the front or back of the dryer.
• DO NOT spray any type of aerosol into, on or
near dryer at any time.
• DO NOT use fabric softeners or products
to eliminate static unless recommended by
the manufacturer of the fabric softener or
product.
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