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Clothes take too long | Improper | sorting |
| , | Separate heavy items from lightweight items (generally, | ||||
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| Large loads of heavy fabrics | , | Large,heavy fabrics contain more moisture and take | ||||||
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| loads to speed drying time. | |||
| Controls improperly | set | , | Notch control settings to the load you are drying. | |||||
| Lint filter | is full |
| , | Cleon lint filter before every load. | ||||
| Improper | or obstructed | , | Checkinstallation instructions for proper | |||||
| ducting |
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| ductingiventing. |
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| , Makesure ducting is clean, free of kinks and | ||||
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| , Checkto see if outside wall damper operates easily. | ||||
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| , Checkthe Installation Instructions to make sure the | ||||
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| dryer venting is correct. | |||
| Blown | fuses or tripped | , | Replace fuses or reset | circuit breakers. Since most dryers | ||||
| circuit | breaker |
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| use 2 fuses/breakers, | make sure both are operating. | |||
| Overloading/combining | loads | , | Do not put more | than | one washer load in the dryer | |||
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| Underloading |
| , | If you are | drying | only | one or two items, add a few items | ||
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| to ensure | proper | tumbling. | |
Clothes are wrinkled | Overdrging |
| , | Select a shorter | drying | time. | |||
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| , Remove items while they still hold a slight amount of | ||||
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| moisture. Select a LESS DRY or DAMP DRY setting. |
Letting items sit in dryer after cycle ends
Overloading
,Remove items when cycle ends and fold or hang immediately.
,Separate large loads into smaller ones.
Clothes shrink | Some | fabrics | will naturally | shrink | , | To ovoid shrinkage, follow garment | care labels exactly. | |
| when | washed. | Others can | be | , | Some items may be pressed back | into shape after drying. | |
| safely washed, but will shrink |
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| , | If you are concerned about | shrinkage in a particular | |
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| item, do not machine wash | or tumble dry it. |
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