Before you begin...
Your safety and the safety of others are 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” or “WARNING”. These words mean:
DANGER
You can be killed or seriously injured if you don’t immediately follow instructions.
WARNING
You can be killed or seriously injured if you don’t 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.
WARNING: For your safety the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of fire or explosion or to prevent property damage, personal injury or death.
—Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance.
—WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS
•Do not try to light any appliance.
•Do not touch any electrical switch; do not use any phone in your building.
•Clear the room, building or area of all occupants.
•Immediately call your gas supplier from a neighbor’s phone. Follow the gas supplier’s instructions.
•If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the fire department.
—Installation and service must be performed by a qualified installer, service agency or the gas supplier.
WARNING
Explosion Hazard
Keep flammable materials and vapors, such as gasoline, away from dryer.
Place dryer at least 18 inches above the floor for a garage installation.
Failure to do so can result in death, explosion, or fire.
For proper drying performance:
The location must provide:
•Protection from weather and water: Do not store or use dryer where it will be exposed to water and weather.
•Room temperature above 45°F: If room temperature is below 45°F, automatic cycles may not shut off.
•Level floor: Maximum slope under entire dryer should not be more than 1 inch. If slope is greater than 1 inch, install Extended Dryer Feet Kit, Part No. 279810. Clothes may not tumble properly and automatic sensor cycles may not operate correctly if dryer is not level.
•Sturdy floor to support dryer weight of 175 pounds.
It is your responsibility to:
•Observe all governing codes and ordinances.
•Check code requirements: Some codes limit or do not permit installation of clothes dryers in garages, closets, mobile homes or sleeping quarters. Contact your local building inspector.
•Comply with the installation specifications and dimensions.
•Consider spacing requirements for companion appliances.
•Properly install dryer.
•Check that you have everything necessary for proper installation.
•Contact a qualified installer to insure that the electrical and gas installation meets all national and local codes and ordinances.
•Exhaust to outdoors: Dryer must be exhausted outdoors to prevent exposure to harmful substances in the gas fuels; to prevent large amounts of lint and moisture from accumulating and to maintain drying efficiency.
This installation must conform with local codes or in the absence of local codes, with the National Fuel Gas Code ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54 installation codes*.
Copies of the standards listed may be obtained from:
*CSA International
8501 East Pleasant Valley Road Cleveland, Ohio
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