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Read all instructions before

this appliance.

IMPORTANT

NOTICE

The California Safe Drinking
Water and Toxic Enforcement Act
requires the Governor of California
to publish a list of substances
known to the state to cause cancer,
birth defects or other reproductive
harm and requires businesses to
warn customers of potential
exposure to such substances.
Gas appliances can cause minor
exposure to four of these substances,
namely benzene, carbon monoxide,
formaldehyde and soot, caused
primarily by the incomplete
combustion of natural gas or
fuels. Properly adjusted dryers will
minimize incomplete combustion.
Exposure to these substances can
be minimized further by properly
venting the dryers to the outdoors,

—.

reduce the risk

of fire, electric shock, or injury
to persons when using your

basic

including the following:

●

Use this appliance only for its

intended purpose as described in
this Use and Care Book.

●

This dryer must be properly

instilled and located in
accordance with the Installation
Instructions before it is used. If
you did not receive an Installation
Instructions sheet with your dryer,
you can obtain one by contacting
the service location nearest you.
—Properly ground to conform
with all governing codes and
ordinances. Follow details in
Installation Instructions.

where the temperature

is above

for

satisfactory operation of the
dryer control system. Do not
install or store the dryer where it
will be exposed to the weather.

—

—Connect to a properly rated,
protected and sized power-supply
circuit to avoid electrical overload.

—Exhausting to the outside is
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED

to prevent large amounts of
moisture and lint from being blown
into the room. Carefully follow the
Exhausting

in the

Instructions.

●

When disconnecting this

appliance pull by the plug rather
than the cord to avoid damage to
the cord or junction of cord and
plug. Make sure that the cord is
located so that it will not be stepped
on, tripped over or otherwise
subjected to damage or stress.

●

Do not repair or replace any

part of the appliance or attempt
any servicing unless specifically
recommended in this Use and
Care Book or in

repair instructions that you

understand and have the

carry out.

possibility

of a

●

Do not use heat to dry articles

containing rubber, plastic, or
similar

(such as padded

bras, tennis shoes, galoshes, bath
mats, rugs, bibs, baby pants,
bags, etc.) as these materials may

or burn. Abe, some rubber

when

under

certain circumstances produce
fire by spontaneous combustion.

●

Garments labeled “Dry Away

From Heat” (such as life jackets
containing Kapok) must not be put
in your dryer.

Do not wash or dry articles

that have been cleaned in, washed
in, soaked in, or spotted
combustible or
(such as wax, paint, gasoline,

dry-cleaning

solvents, kerosene, etc.) which
may ignite or explode. Do not use
or store such substances on/or
around your washer and/or dryer
during operation.

●

Any article on which you have

used a cleaning solvent, or which
contains flammable materials (such
as cleaning cloths, mops,
towels used in beauty salons,
restaurants or barber shops, etc.)
must not be placed in or near the
dryer until all traces of these
flammable liquids or solids and

their fumes have been removed.
There are many highly flammable
items used in homes such as:

acetone, denatured alcohol,

gasoline, kerosene, some
household cleaners, some spot
removers, turpentines, waxes, wax
removers and products containing
petroleum distillates.

●

Clean the lint filter before each

load to prevent lint
inside the dryer or in the room.
DO NOT

THE

DRYER WITHOUT THE LINT

IN PLACE.

●

Keep area around and

underneath your appliance free
from the accumulation of
combustible materials, such as
lint, paper, rags, chemicals, etc.