Safety Instructions - GE DDP1370G Use And Care Manual

Read all instructions before using this appliance.
reduce the risk
of fire, electric shock, or injury
to persons when using this
appliance, follow basic
precautions, including the
following:
. Use this appliance only fOr i~
as
intended purpose
described in
this Use and Care Book.
This dryer must be properly
with the Instigation hstructions
before it is used.
If you did not
receive an Installation Instructions
sheet with your dryer, you can
by
obtain one contacting the
service location nearest you.
–Properly ground to conform
with all governing codes and
ordinances. Follow details in
Installation Instructions.
—Locate where the temperature
is above 50°F (lO°C) for
satisfactory operation of the
dryer control system. Do not
install or store the dryer where it
will be exposed to the weather.
–Connect to a properly rated,
protected and shed power-supply
circuit to avoid electrical overload.
–Exhausting to the outside is
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
to prevent large amounts of
moisture and lint from being blown
into the room. Carefilly follow the
Exhausting Details in the
Installation Instructions. If
dryer is exhausted to the
outside, see special instructions on
page 8.
When disconnecting this
appliance pull by the plug rather
than the cord to avoid damage to
the cord or junction of cord and
plug. Make sure that the cord is
located so that it wti not be stepped
on, tripped over or otherwise
subjected to damage or stress.
Do not repair or replace any
part of the appKance or attempt
any servicing tiess specifically
recommended in this Use and
Care Book or in published user-
repair instructions that you
understand and have the skills to
carry out.
To mitimbe the possibtiity
of a fire h=rd.
Do not use heat to dry articles
containing rubber, plastic, or
similar materials (such as
padded bras, tennis shoes,
galoshes, bath mats, rugs, bibs,
baby pants, plastic bags, etc.) as
these materials may melt or
burn. Also, some rubber
materials, when heated, can
under certain circumstances
produce fire by spontaneous
combustion.
Garments labeled "Dry Away
From Heat" (such as life jackets
containing Kapok) must not be put
in your dryer.
have been cleaned in, washed in,
soaked in, or spotted with
combustible or explosive
substances (such as gasoline,
kerosene, etc.) which may give
off vapors that could igtite or
explode, Do not use or store such
substances odor around your
your
washer and/or dryer during
operation.
article on which you have
a cleaning solvent, or which
used
contains flammable rnaterids (such
as cleaning clffths, mops, towels
used in beauty dons, restaurants
or barbershops, etc.) must not be
solids and their -s have been
that
or dry articles
removed. There are many highly
flammable items used in homes
such as: acetone, denatured
alcohol, gasoline, kerosene, some
household cleaners, some spot
removers, turpentines, waxes, wax
removers and products containing
petroleum distillates.
load to prevent lint accumdation
inside the dryer or in the room.
DO NOT OPERATE T~
underneath your appfiance free
from the accumulation of
combustible materials, such as
Do not store items that may burn
or melt (such as clothing, paper
material, plastics or plastic
containers, etc.) on top of the dryer
during operation,
The ~~rior of the mac~e and
the exhaust duct connector inside
the dryer should be cleaned
periodically by a qualified
individual.
. E~~ dud (s~ ~~~ation
instructions). Use ody metal
dryer to the outside.
the possibility
of i@ury.
loading, unloa+ or adding
clothes, wait untfi the drum has
completely stopped.
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