Electrolux FKGHS01P InstallLeveling Legs, Level Dryer, Make Gas Connection, For mobile home use

Models: FKGHS01P

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InstallLeveling Legs

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.

1.To protect the floor, use a large flat piece of cardboard from the dryer carton. Place cardboard under the entire back edge of the dryer. See illustration.

2.Firmly grasp the body of the dryer (not the console panel). Gently lay the dryer on the cardboard.

3.

Examine the leveling legs. Find the diamond marking.

4.

Screw the legs into the leg holes by hand. Use a wrench to

 

finish turning the legs until the diamond marking is no longer

 

visible.

5.

Place a carton corner post under each of the 2 dryer back

Level Dryer

Check the levelness of the dryer. Check levelness first side to side, then front to back.

If the dryer is not level, prop up the dryer using a wood block. Use a wrench to adjust the legs up or down and check again for levelness.

NOTE: It might be necessary to level the dryer again after it has been moved into its final position.

Make Gas Connection

1.Remove the red cap from the gas pipe. Move the dryer close to its final position.

2.Using a wrench to tighten, connect the gas supply to the dryer. Use pipe joint compound on all non-flared male threads. If flexible metal tubing is used, be sure there are no kinks.

NOTE: For L.P. gas connections, you must use pipe joint compound resistant to the action of L.P. gas. Do not use TEFLON®† tape.

A combination of pipe fittings must be used to connect the dryer to the existing gas line. Shown following is a recommended connection. Your connection may be different, according to the supply line type, size and location.

corners. Stand the dryer up. Slide the dryer on the corner

posts until it is close to its final location. Leave enough room

to connect the exhaust vent or gas line.

6. Once connection is made and dryer is in final location,

remove corner posts and cardboard.

For mobile home use

Gas dryers must be securely fastened to the floor at the time of installation.

A

B

D

C

Mobile home installations require a Mobile Home Installation Kit. For more information, please reference the service numbers in the “Assistance or Service” section of this manual.

A. ³⁄₈" flexible gas connector

B. ³⁄₈" dryer pipe

C. ³⁄₈" to ³⁄₈" pipe elbow

D.³⁄₈" pipe-to-flare adapter fitting

3.Open the shutoff valve in the supply line. The valve is open when the handle is parallel to the gas pipe.

A

B

A. Closed valve

B. Open valve

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

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Electrolux FKGHS01P manual InstallLeveling Legs, Level Dryer, Make Gas Connection, For mobile home use