INSTALLATION
4
Positioning
The appliance may be placed in any room, provided
the following precautions are taken.
The appliance expels hot, very moist air. The rest of
the house must be able to easily absorb this moisture.
Normally, absorption is only possible in houses where
there is very little humidity. Otherwise, the room must
have ventilation towards the outside; generally, an
open door or window is enough.
The capacity of the venting circuit must be at least
150 m
3
/hour. Check that the air inlet and outlet vents
are unobstructed.
The best way of evacuating the moisture is through a
vent hose to the outside of the building. Use the spe-
cial 100 mm diameter flexible hose supplied with the
appliance connected to one of the air outlet vents with
the collar supplied.
The unused outlets must be covered.
Never connect the air vent hose into an existing dis-
charge pipe or duct, as this could be dangerous, might
disturb neighbours and could cause the dryer to mal-
function.
This product is supplied with a 2.50 metre vent
hose, although the maximum length of the vent
hose may be:
4 metres with no bends, or
2 metres with 2 bends.
Advice
: If the hose is long and the room temperature
low, the moisture might condense to water inside the
hose.
This is an unavoidable natural phenomenon.
To prevent this water from Iying in the hose or flowing
back into the tumble dryer, it is advisable to drill a
small hole (dia. 3 mm) in the lowest point of the hose
and to place a small container below it.(See picture,
point A).
Connect the other end of the hose to an opening in a
door or window. Fit a suitable shield or point the hose
downwards to prevent any rain water and wind from
getting in.
Rain and wind shields for placing over openings usu-
ally consist of valves or movable flaps. Periodically
check the shield since strong winds and other factors
(rust, dirt) can sometimes prevent it from opening, so
causing problems with air venting.
If you use a rain shield, check that the openings in it
are large enough to allow air to escape. Openings
which are too small restrict the flow of air.
Problems can be encountered in rooms fitted with a
very powerful central extractor fan. If you find that dry-
ing times are too long, switch off the extractor or close
its grille whilst the tumble dryer is in use.
A highly effective solution is to simply poke the vent
hose through a window or skylight. This might how-
ever cause problems in winter because the dryer will
draw in very cold (and often also very damp) air
through the open window, so increasing drying times
and leading to very high energy consumption.
If the dryer is fitted next to kitchen units, make
sure that the vent hose is not squashed. If the
hose is partially squashed, drying efficiency wlll
be reduced, resulting in longer drying times and
higher energy consumption.
If the hose is completely squashed, the safety cut-
outs with which the machine is fitted may operate.
Condensation discharge through the vent
hose
Condensation may be discharged either through a
vent outlet provided at the back or through the left or
right side outlet.
The vent hose collar is placed in the rear vent outlet.
Remove the collar by
pulling it out of the vent
outlet. Screw the collar to
the vent hose.
Fit the hose into the
required vent outlet, and
place vent covers provid-
ed over the unused out-
lets.
The vent hose must not
contain more than two
bends when it is placed in
position for operation.
You should
NOT
con-
nect the flexible vent
hose to, for example, a
chimney or flue pipe
designed to carry the
exhaust from a fuel burn-
ing heating appliance.
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