Install vent System, Prepare dryer, Level dryer

rigid gas supply line

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Now start installation (If installing washer and dryer, install dryer first.)

A. Install vent

system

(new installation)

1. Put on safety glasses and gloves.

2. Install exhaust hood. Use caulking compound to seal exterior wall opening around exhaust hood.

3. Connect vent to exhaust hood with 4" clamp. (Exhaust vent MUST fit inside hood.)

4. Run exhaust vent to dryer location.

Use the straightest path possible. (See Panel C.) Avoid 90° turns. Use 4" clamps to secure vent pieces. Tin snips may be needed to cut vent to required length.

B. Prepare dryer

WARNING

Excessive Weight Hazard

Use two or more people to move and install dryer.

Failure to do so could result in back or other injury.

1. Open dryer door. Remove drying rack, if included. Wipe drum with damp cloth to remove dust.

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

diamond marking

3. Start to screw legs into holes by hand. Use an adjustable wrench or 1" hex-head socket wrench to finish turning legs until you reach the ridge with the diamond marking.

4. Stand dryer up on cardboard or hardboard.

C. Level dryer

Dryer must be level to reduce noise and assure proper performance.

Slide dryer onto cardboard or hardboard before moving across floor to prevent floor damage.

1. Move dryer close to its permanent location. Leave enough room to connect exhaust vent. Remove cardboard or hardboard from under dryer.

2. Check levelness of dryer by placing a level on top of dryer, first side to side, then front to back. If dryer is not level, adjust dryer legs up or down.

If legs are not long enough to level dryer, order Extended Dryer Feet Kit, Part No. 279810 (sold two legs per kit), from your dealer.

D.Make gas

connection

red cap

1. Remove and dispose of the red cap from the gas pipe. (You may need to use pliers.)

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

manual shutoff valve “open” position

to dryer

3. Turn the shutoff valve in the gas supply line to the “open” position.

4. Use a brush and liquid detergent to test all external gas connections for leaks. Bubbles around connections will indicate a leak. If a leak appears, shut off gas valve controls and tighten connections. Then check connections again.

Panel D

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