Whirlpool 8577213C Move Dryer Into Position, Make Gas Connection, Complete Installation

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS – GAS DRYER

Move Dryer Into Position Connect Vent

WARNING

Excessive Weight Hazard

Use two or more people to move and install dryer. Failure to do so can result in back or other injury.

NOTE: Slide dryer onto cardboard or hardboard before moving to avoid damaging floor covering.

1.Using two or more people, move dryer to desired installation location.

2.Take tape off front corners of dryer. Open dryer and remove the literature and parts packages. Wipe the interior of the drum thoroughly with a damp cloth.

3.Take two of the cardboard corners from the carton and place them on the floor in back of the dryer. Firmly grasp the body of the dryer and gently lay it on its back on the cardboard corners.

4.With one of the legs in hand, check the ridges for a diamond marking. That's how far the leg is supposed to go into the hole.

5.Start to screw the leveling legs into the holes by hand.

(Use a small amount of liquid detergent to lubricate the screw threads so it is easier to turn the legs.) Use a 1" wrench or socket wrench to finish turning the legs until you reach the diamond mark.

Now stand the dryer up.

6.Remove cardboard or hardboard from under dryer.

Make Gas Connection

1.Remove red cap from gas pipe.

2.Connect gas supply to dryer. Use pipe-joint compound resistant to the action of L.P. gas for gas connections. If flexible metal tubing is used, be certain there are no kinks.

If necessary for service, open the toe panel. Use a putty knife to press on the toe panel lock located at the center top of the toe panel. Pull downward on the toe panel to open. Toe panel is hinged at the bottom.

3.Open the shutoff valve in the gas supply line.

4.Test all connections by brushing on an approved noncorrosive leak-detection solution. Bubbles will show a leak. Correct any leak found.

1.Using a 4" (102 mm) clamp, connect vent to exhaust outlet in dryer. If connecting to existing vent, make sure the vent is clean. The dryer vent must fit over the dryer exhaust outlet and inside the exhaust hood. Make sure the vent is secured to exhaust hood with a 4" (102 mm) clamp.

2.Move dryer into final position. Do not crush or kink vent. Make sure dryer is level.

3.Check that there are no kinks in the flexible gas line.

Complete Installation

1.With dryer in final position place level on top of the dryer, first side to side; then front to back. If the dryer is not level, adjust the legs of the dryer up or down until the dryer is level.

WARNING

Electrical Shock Hazard

Plug into a grounded 3 prong outlet. Do not remove ground prong.

Do not use an adapter.

Do not use an extension cord.

Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, fire, or electrical shock.

2.Plug into a grounded 3 prong outlet.

3.Check dryer operation (some accumulated time may be on the timer due to factory testing).

Pull timer-set button left. (Operating time will accumulate per number of depressions and type of timing cam used.) Push START/RESTART button. Using a full heat cycle (not the air cycle), let the dryer run for at least five minutes.

NOTE: Dryer door must be closed for dryer to operate. When door is open, dryer stops, but timer continues to run. To restart dryer, close door and push START/RESTART button.

4.If the burner does not ignite and you can feel no heat inside the dryer, shut off dryer for five minutes. Check that all supply valve controls are in “ON” position and that the electrical cord is plugged in. Repeat five-minute test.

5.If drying time is too long, make sure lint screen is clean.

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