Important Safety Information
!WARNING
To reduce risk of fire, electric shock, serious injury, or death when using your
dryer, follow basic precautions, including the following:
1. Read all instructions before using10. Do not tamper with dryer controls.21. Always read and follow
dryer.11. Do not repair or replace any part ofmanufacturer?s instructions on
2. Install dryer according to dryer or attempt any service, packages of laundry aids. Heed
Installation Instructions. Refer tounless specifically recommendedall warnings or precautions. To
the Grounding Instructions in thein user-maintenance instructionsreduce risk of poisoning or
Installation Instructions for properor in published user-repairchemical burns, keep products
grounding of the dryer.instructions that you understandaway from children at all times,
3. Do not dry articles that haveand have skills to carry out. preferably, in a locked cabinet.
been cleaned in, washed in,12. To reduce risk of electric shock or22. Never operate dryer with guards
soaked in, or spotted withfire, do not use extension cords orand/or panels removed.
gasoline, dry-cleaning solvents,adapters to connect dryer to23. Do not operate dryer with missing
or other flammable or explosiveelectrical power source.or broken parts.
substances. Vapors could ignite13. Use the dryer only for its intended24. Do not bypass safety devices.
or explode.purpose, drying clothes.25. Keep area around the exhaust
4. Do not use dryer to dry clothes14. Always disconnect dryer from opening and adjacent
which have traces of anyelectrical supply before attemptingsurrounding areas free from
flammable substance, such as any service. Disconnect power accumulation of lint, dust, and
vegetable oil, cooking oil, cord by grasping the plug, not thedirt.
machine oil, flammablecord.26. Interior of dryer and exhaust duct
chemicals, thinner, etc., or15. Do not use heat to dry articlesshould be cleaned periodically by
anything containing wax orcontaining foam rubber or similarlyqualified service personnel.
chemicals, such as mops and textured rubberlike materials.27. Dryer will not operate with loading
cleaning cloths. Flammable16. Always clean the lint filter afterdoor open. DO NOT bypass door
substances may cause fabric toevery load. A layer of lint in thesafety switch by permitting dryer
catch fire by itself.filter reduces drying efficiency andto operate with door open. Dryer
5. Do not store or use gasoline orprolongs drying time.will stop tumbling when door is
other flammable vapors and 17. Use only fabric softeners or opened. Do not use dryer if it
liquids near this or any otherproducts to eliminate static thatdoes not stop tumbling when
appliance.are appropriate for automatic door is opened or starts tumbling
6. Do not allow children to play ondryers.without pressing or turning the
or in dryer. Close supervision of18. Keep your dryer in good condition.START mechanism. Remove the
children is necessary when dryerBumping or dropping dryer can dryer from use and call
is used near children, a safetydamage safety features. If damagethe service person.
rule for all appliances.occurs, have dryer checked by28. Remove laundry immediately
7. Before dryer is removed from qualified service technician. after the dryer stops.
service or discarded, remove19. Replace worn power cords and/or29. ALWAYS follow the fabric care
door to drying compartment. loose plugs.instructions supplied by the
8. Do not reach into dryer if cylinder20. Do not tumble fiberglass curtainsgarment manufacturer.
is revolving.and draperies unless the label
9. Do not install or store dryersays it can be done. If they are
where it will be exposed to waterdried, wipe out the cylinder with a
and/or weather.damp cloth to remove particles of
fiberglass.
California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (Proposition 65)?Gas Dryers Only
The Governor of California is required to publish a list of substances known to the state of California to cause cancer or
reproductive harm and requires business to warn customers of potential exposures to such substances.
Gas appliances contain or produce substances which can cause death or serious illness and which are known to the
State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. To reduce the risk from substances in fuel
or from fuel combustion, make sure this appliance is installed, operated, and maintained according to the
manufacturer?s instructions.
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