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In addition to the following warnings, please refer to manual section on Exhaust Requirements and Maintenance.
IMPORTANT: To reduce the risk of fire, combustion, and gas accumulation, the dryer must be vented to the
outdoors. Please follow the instructions (and all others in this manual) very carefully.
• Foil-type flexible ducts complied with the outline for clothes dryer transition duct, Subject UL 2158A, shall be used.
• Do not use plastic or thin foil duct.
• Use 4" (10.2 cm) diameter rigid or semi-rigid metal duct (NOTE! Venting materials are not supplied with the dryer,
and you should obtain the venting materials necessary for proper installation)
• Use the maximum duct length and number of bends refered to "USER-MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS".
• Position the dryer such that the exhaust duct run is as short as possible.
• The duct shall not be assembled with screws or other fastening means that extend into the duct and catch lint.
Clean old ducts before installing this dryer
• The male end of each section of exhaust duct must point away from the dryer.
• Use as few elbow joints as possible.
• Use duct tape on all duct joints.
• Insulate ductwork that runs through unheated areas in order to reduce condensation and lint build-up on pipe
walls.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT FAILURE TO EXHAUST THE DRYER CORRECTLY WILL VOID THE
DRYER’S WARRANTY.
Combustible materials, gasoline, and other flammable vapors and liquids must not be stored near
the dryer.
The dryer must be disconnected from the gas supply piping system during pressure testing at
pressures greater than 1/2psi(3.5kPa).
The dryer must be exhausted to the outdoors.
WHEN DISCARDING OR STORING YOUR OLD CLOTHES DRYER, REMOVE THE DOOR.
STEP 2. Connecting the Exhaust System
WARNING!
• To reduce the risk of fire this appliance MUST BE EXHAUSTED OUTDOORS.
• The appliance shall not be exhausted into a chimney, a wall, a ceiling, an attic, a crawl space, or a concealed
space of a building.
• Only rigid or flexible metal duct should be used, for exhausting.
• The total length of flexible metal duct shall not exceed 2.4 m.
• Do not use plastic or thin foil duct.
• Failure to follow these instructions can result in death or fire.
• Clean old ducts before installing this dryer.
• The exhaust must be vented to the outside.
• Improper taping and incorrect installation will cause dryer malfunction.
