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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USE
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WARNING
For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of fire or explosion,
electric shock, or to prevent property damage, Injury to persons, or death.
Your Safety and the safety of others is very important.
We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance.
Always read and obey all safety messages.
This is the safety alert symbol.
This symbol alerts you to potential hazards that can kill or hurt you and others.
All safety messages will follow the safety alert symbol and either the word DANGER, WARNING or CAUTION.
These words mean:
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DANGER
You will be killed or seriously injured if you don’t immediately follow instructions.
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WARNING
You can be killed or seriously injured if you don’t follow instructions.
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CAUTION
You may be slightly injured or cause damage to the product if you do not follow instructions.
All safety messages will tell you what the potential hazard is, tell you how to reduce the chance of injury, and tell
you what can happen if the instructions are not followed.
BASIC SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
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WARNING
To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons when using this appliance, follow basic precautions, including the following:
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
• Read all instructions before using the dryer.
• Before use, the dryer must be properly installed as described in this
manual.
• Do not place items exposed to cooking oils in your dryer. Items
contaminated with cooking oils may contribute to a chemical
reaction that could cause a load to catch fire.
• Do not dry articles that have been previously cleaned in, washed in,
soaked in, or spotted with gasoline, dry-cleaning solvents, or other
flammable or explosive substances as they give off vapors that
could ignite or explode.
• Do not reach into the dryer if the drum or any other part is moving.
• Do not repair or replace any part of the dryer or attempt any
servicing unless specifically recommended in this Use and Care
Guide or in published user-repair instructions that you understand
and have the skills to carry out.
• Do not tamper with controls.
• Before the dryer is removed from service or discarded, remove the
door to the drying compartment.
• Do not allow children to play on or in the dryer. Close supervision of
children is necessary when the dryer is used near children.
• Do not use fabric softeners or products to eliminate static unless
recommended by the manufacturer of the fabric softener or
product.
• Do not use heat to dry articles containing foam rubber or similarly
textured rubber-like materials.
• Keep area around the exhaust opening and adjacent surrounding
areas free from the accumulation of lint, dust, and dirt.
• The interior of the dryer and exhaust vent should be cleaned
periodically by qualified service personnel.
• Do not install or store the dryer where it will be exposed to the
weather.
• Always check the inside of the dryer for foreign objects.
• Clean lint screen before or after each load.
• Do not dry unwashed items in the tumble dryer.
• Items that have been soiled with substances such as cooking oil,
acetone, alcohol,petrol,kerosene,spot removers, turpentine, waxes
and wax removers should be washed in hot water with an extra
amount of detergent before being dried in the tumble dryer.
• Items such as foam rubber(latex foam), shower caps, waterproof
textiles, rubber backed articles and clothes or pillows fitted with
foam rubber pads should not be dried in the tumble dryer.
• Fabric softeners, or similar products, should be used as specified by
the fabric softener instructions.
• The final part of a tumble dryer cycle occurs without heat(cool
down cycle) to ensure that the items are left at a temperature that
ensures that the items will not be damaged.
• If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the
manufacturer, its service agent or similarly qualified persons in
order to avoid a hazard.
• The lint trap has to be cleaned frequently, if applicable.
• Lint must not to be allowed to accumulate around the tumble
dryer.
• Adequate ventilation has to be provided to avoid the back flow
of gases into the room from appliances burring other fuels,
including open fires.
• This appliance is not to be used by children or persons with
reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of
experience and knowledge, unless they have been given
supervision or instruction.
• Children should be supervised not to play with the appliance.
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WARNING
Never stop a tumble dryer before the end of the drying cycle unless all items are quickly removed and spread out so that the heat is dissipated.
