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Installation Instructions / Gas Dryer
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• Installation must conform to the current CAN/CSA Z240 MH
series Mobile Home Installation Codes.
• The dryer MUST be vented to the outdoors with the
termination securely fastened to the mobile home structure.
(See EXHAUST INFORMATION section 6.)
• The vent MUST NOT be terminated beneath a mobile or
manufactured home.
• The vent duct material MUST BE METAL.
•
KIT 14-D346-33 MUST be used to attach the dryer securely to
the structure.
•
The vent MUST NOT be connected to any other duct, vent, or
chimney.
• Do not use sheet metal screws or other fastening devices
which extend into the interior of the exhaust vent.
• Provide an opening with a free area of at least 161 cm sq. (25
sq. in.) for introduction of outside air into the dryer room.
USING FL E XIBLE M ET AL DUCTS EXHAUSTING
If rigid all-metal duct cannot be used, then flexible all-metal
venting can be used, but it will reduce the maximum
recommended duct length. In special installations when it is
impossible to use only metal ducting, then UL-listed clothes dryer
flexible metal transition duct may be used as transition
venting
between the dryer and wall connection only. The use of this
ducting will affect dry time.
If flexible transition duct is necessa
ry, the following directions
must be followed.
• Use the shortest length possible.
• Stretch the duct to its maximum length to avoid kinks.
• Do not crush or collapse the duct.
• Extend vent protection bracket as described in step 1 on
page 2.
• Never use transition duct inside the wall or inside the dryer.
• Avoid resting the duct on sharp objects.
• V enting must conform t o local building codes.
A CL O THES D R YER P R ODUCES COMBUSTIBLE LIN T . FOR
ALL INS T ALL ATIONS , THE D R YER MUST BE CONNECTED
T O AN EXHA UST T O THE OUTDOOR S .
NO TE: MOBILE HOME, BED R OOM, B ATHR OOM, ALC OVE
OR CL OSE T INS T ALL A TIONS MUST BE EXHA USTED TO
THE OUTDOOR S .
• If your dryer is approved for installation in an alcove or closet,
it will be stated on a label on the dryer back.
• The dryer MUST be vented to the outdoors. See the EXHAUST
INFORMATION sections 3 & 4.
• Minimum clearance between dryer cabinet and adjacent walls
or other surfaces is:
0 in. either side
7.6 cm (3 in.) front and rear
• Minimum vertical space fr
om floor to o
verhead cabinets,
ceiling, etc. is 109 cm (43 in.) without pedestal, 140 cm (55 in.)
with pedestal.
• Closet doors must be louvered or otherwise ventilated and
must contain a minimum of 387 sq. cm (60 sq. in.) of open area
equally distributed. If the closet contains both a washer and
a dryer, doors must contain a minimum of 774 sq. cm (120 sq.
in.) of open area equally distributed.
• The closet should be vented to the outdoors to prevent gas
pocketing in case of a gas leak in the supply line.
• No other fuel-burning appliance shall be installed in the same
closet with the dryer.
A LC O VE OR CL OSE T INS T ALL ATION
BATHR OOM OR BED R OOM
INST ALL ATION
NO TE: WHEN THE EXHA UST DUCT IS LOC A TED A T THE
RE AR OF THE D RYER , MINIMUM CL E ARANCE F R OM THE
WALL IS 14 cm (5.5 IN.)
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• The dryer MUST be vented to the outdoors. See EXHAUST
INFORMATION section 6.
• The installation must conform with local codes or, in the
absence of local codes, with the current CSA C22.1 Canadian
Electrical code part 1.
MOBILE OR MANUF A CTURED HOME
INST ALL ATION