Important Safety Instructions
Installer: Please leave this guide with thisWARNING
appliance.
For your safety, the information in this guide must be
Consumer: Please read and keep this guide forfollowed to minimize the risk of fire or explosion or to
future reference. Keep sales receipt and/or canceledprevent property damage, personal injury or death.
check as proof of purchase.
Y Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable
vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any
Model Number _______________________________
other appliance.
Serial Number ________________________________
WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS
Date of Purchase______________________________
Y Do not try to light any appliance.
If you have questions, call:Y Do not touch any electrical switch.
Customer AssistanceY Do not use any phone in your building.
1-800-688-9900 U.S.A.
Y Clear the room, building or area of all
1-800-688-2002 Canada
occupants.
(Mon.�Fri. 8 a.m.�8 p.m. Eastern Time)
Internet: http://www.maytag.comY Immediately call your gas supplier from a
neighborOs phone. Follow the gas supplierOs
U.S.A. Customers using TTY for deaf, hearing
instructions.
impaired or speech impaired, call 1-800-688-2080.
Y If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the fire
In our continuing effort to improve the quality and
department.
performance of our appliances, it may be necessary
to make changes to the appliance without revisingInstallation and service must be performed by a
this guide.qualified installer, service agency or the gas supplier.
For service information, see page 11.
WARNING! FIRE HAZARD
Do not place into your dryer items that have been
What You Need to Know About
spotted or soaked with vegetable oil or cooking oil.
Safety InstructionsEven after being washed, these items may contain
significant amounts of these oils. The remaining oil
Warning and Important Safety Instructions appearing in
can ignite spontaneously. The potential for
this guide are not meant to cover all possible
spontaneous ignition increases when the items
conditions and situations that may occur. Common
containing vegetable oil or cooking oil are exposed
sense, caution and care must be exercised when
to heat. Heat sources, such as your clothes dryer,
installing, maintaining or operating appliance.
can warm these items, allowing an oxidation
Always contact the manufacturer about problems orreaction in the oil to occur. Oxidation creates heat. If
conditions you do not understand.this heat cannot escape, the items can become hot
enough to catch fire. Piling, stacking or storing
Recognize Safety Symbols, Words,these kinds of items may prevent heat from
escaping and can create a fire hazard.
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All washed and unwashed fabrics that contain
WARNING
vegetable oil or cooking oil can be dangerous.
WARNING � Hazards or unsafe practices whichWashing these items in hot water with extra
COULD result in severe personal injury or death.detergent will reduce, but will not eliminate, the
hazard. Always use the Cool Down cycle for these
CAUTIONitems to reduce the itemsO temperature. Never
CAUTION � Hazards or unsafe practices whichremove these items from the clothes dryer hot or
COULD result in minor personal injury.interrupt the drying cycle until the items have run
through the Cool Down cycle. Never pile or stack
these items when they are hot.
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