OPERATION
Possible Causes
What To Do
Clothes are still wet
The door was opened mid-cycle.
•
A dry cycle must be reselected each time a new load
and dryer shut off
The load was then removed from
is put in.
after a short time
the dryer and a new load put in
without selecting a new cycle
Small load
•
When drying only a few items, choose
SPEED DRY
or
TIMED DRY
.
Load was already dry except
•
Choose
SPEED DRY
or
TIMED DRY
to dry damp collars
for collars and waistbands
and waistbands. In the future, when drying a load with
collars and waistbands, choose
MORE DRY
.
Dryer is not level
•
Move dryer to an even floor space or adjust leveling legs
as necessary until even.
The DRY dryness level
Load consists of a mixture
•
When combining heavy and light fabrics in a load,
was chosen but load is
of heavy and light fabrics
choose
MORE DRY
.
still damp
Exhaust system is blocked
•
Inspect and clean exhaust system.
Cannot make a
The
DRYNESS LEVEL, TEMP
•
This is normal.
selection and the
or
OPTION
that you are
dryer beeps twice
trying to select is incompatible
with the chosen dry cycle
Dryer is running but
The
EXTEND TUMBLE
•
This is normal. During extended tumbling, the time
00 is displayed in
option was chosen
remaining is not displayed. The extended tumbling
Time Remaining
option lasts approximately 20 minutes.
LAUNDRY PRACTICES
Possible Causes
What To Do
Clothes are wrinkled
Overdrying
•
Select a shorter drying time.
•
Remove items while they still hold a slight amount of
moisture. Select a
LESS DRY
or
DAMP
setting.
Letting items sit in dryer after
•
Remove items when cycle ends and fold or hang
cycle ends
immediately, or use the
EXTEND TUMBLE
option.
Overloading
•
Separate large loads into smaller ones.
Clothes shrink
Some fabrics will naturally shrink
•
To avoid shrinkage, follow garment care labels exactly.
when washed. Others can be
safely washed, but will shrink
•
Some items may be pressed back into shape after drying.
in the dryer
•
If you are concerned about shrinkage in a particular
item, do not machine wash or tumble dry it.
Greasy spots on clothes
Improper use of fabric softener
•
Follow directions on fabric softener package.
Drying dirty items
•
Use your dryer to dry only clean items. Dirty items can
with clean ones
stain clean items and the dryer.
Clothes were not
•
Sometimes stains which cannot be seen when the
completely clean
clothes are wet
appear
after drying. Use proper washing
procedures before drying.
Lint on clothes
Lint filter is full
•
Clean lint screen before each load.
Improper sorting
•
Sort lint producers (like chenille) from lint collectors
(like corduroy).
Static electricity can attract lint
•
See suggestions in this section under
STATIC.
Overloading
•
Separate large loads into smaller ones.
Paper, tissue, etc., left in pockets
•
Empty all pockets before laundering clothes.
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