Whirlpool 3397616 Before you start, Tools and materials needed for installation

Before you start...

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.

Do Not store or operate washer/dryer below 32°F (some water may remain in washer). Proper operation of dryer cycles requires temperatures above 45°F. See Use & Care Guide for “Winterizing” information.

Check code requirements: Some codes limit or do not permit installation of clothes dryers in garages, closets, mobile homes and sleeping quarters. Contact your local building inspector.

Check utilities: Proper, water and electrical supply connections must be available.

WARNING

Explosion Hazard

Keep flammable materials and vapors, such as gasoline, away from dryer.

Failure to do so can result in death, explosion, or fire.

Location: Should be large enough to fully open dryer door to 90°. See Panel G for “Recessed and closet installation instructions” and “Product dimensions.”

Grounded electrical connection is required. See “Electrical requirements.”

Check location where washer/dryer will be installed. Proper installation is your responsibility. The washer/dryer must not be installed or stored in an area where it will be exposed to water and/or weather. Make sure you have everything necessary for correct

installation.

Hot and cold water faucets: Must be within 4 feet of the back of the washer/dryer and provide water pressure of 5 -100 PSI.

Water heater: Set to deliver 140°F water to the washer.

Laundry tub drain system: Needs a 20-gallon laundry tub. Top of tub must be at least 34 inches high and no higher than 72 inches from floor.

If a longer drain hose is needed, drain hose (Part No. 388423) and hose extension kit (Part No. 285442) are available from a Whirlpool- authorized parts distributor.

Standpipe drain system: Needs a two-inch diameter standpipe with minimum carry-away capacity of 17 gallons per minute. Top of standpipe must be at least 34 inches high and no higher than 72 inches from floor.

Floor drain system requires a siphon break, Part No. 285320, available from a Whirlpool-authorized

parts distributor.

Support: Floor must be sturdy enough to support washer/dryer weight, with water and clothes, of 500 pounds.

Drain	hose	Untape and
may also be
		open washer
installed to a
		lid. Remove
laundry tub or
		packages
floor drain		and hoses
system.
		from washer.
See Panel F.

Level floor:

1-inch maximum slope under entire washer/dryer.

Dryer may be exhausted from the rear or left or right side. Exhausting through the side requires Part No.

279823. See “Exhaust requirements,” Panels C and D.

Four-inch metal exhaust vent is required.

SEE RECESSED AREA INSTRUCTIONS ON PANEL G.

Important: Observe all governing codes and ordinances.

Tools and materials needed for installation:

WARNING Power supply cord

utility knife

level

safety glasses

		gloves
	pliers	Phillips screwdriver
flat-blade		adjustable
screwdriver
		wrench (two
		may be
		required)

Electrical Shock Hazard Plug into a grounded 4-prong outlet.

Failure to do so can result in death or electrical shock.

Electrical requirements

A four-wire or three-wire, single-phase, 120/240-volt, 60-Hz, AC-only electrical supply (or four-wire or three-wire, 120/208-volt, if specified on the model/serial rating plate) is required on a separate, 30-ampere circuit, fused on both sides of the line. A time-delay fuse or circuit breaker is recommended. The model/serial rating plate is located in the door well behind the dryer door on the front of the opening.

It is the personal responsibility and obligation of the customer to contact a qualified electrician to assure that the electrical installation is adequate and in conformance with the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70 — latest edition*, and all local codes and ordinances.

Local codes may permit the use of a U.L.-listed, 120/240-volt minimum, 30- ampere, dryer power supply cord kit (pigtail). Power supply cord should be Type SRD or SRDT and be at least four feet long. The wires that connect to the dryer must end with ring terminals or spade terminals with upturned ends.

A 3/4", U.L.-listed strain relief must be installed where the power supply cord connects to the dryer (see Figures 1

and 2). spade terminals with upturned ends

3/4" U.L.-listed	NEUTRAL
strain relief	(white)

NEUTRAL	ground wire
ground prong	(green)	ring
		terminals

Four-wire power supply cord

NEMA 14-30P

Figure 1

spade terminals with upturned ends

NEUTRAL		ring terminals
	This blade connected
Copies of the standards listed above may be	to this conductor.
obtained from:
* National Fire Protection Association
Batterymarch Park
Quincy, Massachusetts 02269	3/4" U.L.-listed
		NEUTRAL
	strain relief	(white or center)

Three-wire power supply cord

Panel ANEMA 10-30P Figure 2